(a) State officials and supervisory personnel shall recruit, appoint, assign, train, evaluate and promote state personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications, without regard for race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, unless it is shown by such state officials or supervisory personnel that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.
(b) All state agencies shall promulgate written directives to carry out this policy and to guarantee equal employment opportunities at all levels of state government. They shall regularly review their personnel practices to ensure compliance.
(c) All state agencies shall conduct continuing orientation and training programs with emphasis on human relations and nondiscriminatory employment practices.
(d) The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall ensure that the entire examination process, including qualifications appraisal, is free from bias.
(e) Appointing authorities shall exercise care to ensure utilization of minority group persons.
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 1; P.A. 73-279, S. 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 66, 610; P.A. 78-148, S. 2; P.A. 80-422, S. 18; P.A. 90-330, S. 6, 11; P.A. 01-28, S. 2; P.A. 04-171, S. 2; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 37; P.A. 11-55, S. 29; 11-129, S. 20; P.A. 17-127, S. 8; P.A. 18-72, S. 44; P.A. 22-82, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 73-279 prohibited discrimination on basis of physical disability including blindness unless it is shown that nature of work required sighted person or person without disability; P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services; P.A. 78-148 prohibited discrimination on basis of mental retardation; P.A. 80-422 created Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) from former Subsec. (b), changing wording slightly and designated former Subsec. (c) as (e); Sec. 4-61c transferred to Sec. 46a-70 in 1981; P.A. 90-330 amended Subsec. (a) to include persons with learning disabilities; P.A. 01-28 amended Subsec. (a) by adding references to “marital status” and “mental disability”; P.A. 04-171 added new Subsec. (d) re confidentiality of the name and address of a sexual harassment complainant in an internal sexual harassment investigation conducted on behalf of a state agency and redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as new Subsecs. (e) and (f), respectively, effective June 1, 2004; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 repealed provisions enacted by P.A. 04-171, effective May 12, 2004; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to gender identity or expression; pursuant to P.A. 11-129, “mental retardation” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “intellectual disability” in Subsec. (a); P.A. 17-127 amended Subsec. (a) to add “status as a veteran”, and make technical changes; P.A. 18-72 made technical changes; P.A. 22-82 amended Subsec. (a) by adding “status as a victim of domestic violence,”.
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
Cited. 16 CA 379; 38 CA 506.
Notes of Decisions
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4 in the last 5 years), 1998–2024 · leading case:
Lyon v. Jones, 968 A.2d 416 (Conn. 2009).
Lyon v. Jones, 968 A.2d 416 (Conn. 2009).
· cites it 25× “4 General Statutes § 46a-70 (a) provides: “State officials and supervisory personnel shall recruit, appoint, assign, train, evaluate and promote state personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications, without regard for race, color, religious creed, sex, marital status, age,…”
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 802 A.2d 731 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 4× “provisions contained in chapter 814c of the General Statutes: “General Statutes § 46a-58 (prohibiting deprivation of rights on account of sex); General Statutes § 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting…”
Curry v. Allan S. Goodman, Inc., 944 A.2d 925 (Conn. 2008).
· cites it 2× “11 General Statutes § 46a-70 was amended in 2001 to include “mental disability” and “marital status” as classes protected from discrimination by state officials and supervisory personnel in the employment of state personnel. Public Acts 2001, No. 01-28, § 2.”
Brittell v. Dep't of Corr., 717 A.2d 1254 (Conn. 1998).
· cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 46a-70 provides in relevant part: “Guarantee of equal employment in state agencies, (a) State officials and supervisory personnel *162 shall recruit, appoint, assign, train, evaluate and promote state personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications,…”
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 17 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1481 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 46a-58 (prohibiting deprivation of rights on account of sex); General Statutes § 46a-64 (prohibiting discriminatory public accommodations practices); General Statutes § 46a-64c (prohibiting discriminatory housing practices); General Statutes § 46a-66…”
Lyon v. Jones, 935 A.2d 201 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
· cites it 12× “1 The court rendered summary judgment in favor of the defendants as to the plaintiffs requests for injunctive relief under General Statutes § 46a-70 (a), concluding that the plaintiff was estopped from relitigating issues previously decided in federal court.”
Chirieleison v. Lucas, 72 A.3d 1218 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 2× “394 -95 (failure to appeal from court’s findings on collateral estoppel renders claims raised with respect to General Statutes § 46a-70 [a] moot because appellate court would “not be able to provide .”
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