Connecticut SB 353: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN APPRENTICE, JOURNEYMEN AND CONTRACTOR WORKING GROUP.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 353
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 2009

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC
EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT CONCERNING REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE
WORKPLACE FOR CONDITIONS RELATED TO MENOPAUSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 46a-60 of the 2026 supplement to the general 1
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
(Effective October 1, 2026): 3
(a) As used in this section: 4
(1) "Pregnancy" means pregnancy, childbirth or a related condition, 5
including, but not limited to, lactation; 6
(2) "Reasonable accommodation" means, but is not limited to, being 7
permitted to sit while working, more frequent or longer breaks, periodic 8
rest, assistance with manual labor, job restructuring, light duty 9
assignments, modified work schedules, temporary transfers to less 10
strenuous or hazardous work, time off to recover from childbirth or 11
break time and appropriate facilities for expressing breast milk; and 12

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(3) "Undue hardship" means an action requiring significant difficulty 13
or expense when considered in light of factors such as (A) the nature 14
and cost of the accommodation; (B) the overall financial resources of the 15
employer; (C) the overall size of the business of the employer with 16
respect to the number of employees, and the number, type and location 17
of its facilities; and (D) the effect on expenses and resources or the 18
impact otherwise of such accommodation upon the operation of the 19
employer. 20
(b) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section: 21
(1) For an employer, by the employer or the employer's agent, except 22
in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification or need, to refuse to 23
hire or employ or to bar or to discharge from employment any 24
individual or to discriminate against any individual in compensation or 25
in terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of the 26
individual's race, color, religious creed, age, sex, gender identity or 27
expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, present or past 28
history of mental disability, intellectual disability, learning disability, 29
physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, status as a 30
veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, status as a victim of 31
sexual assault or status as a victim of trafficking in persons; 32
(2) For any employment agency, except in the case of a bona fide 33
occupational qualification or need, to fail or refuse to classify properly 34
or refer for employment or otherwise to discriminate against any 35
individual because of such individual's race, color, religious creed, age, 36
sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, 37
ancestry, present or past history of mental disability, intellectual 38
disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not 39
limited to, blindness, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic 40
violence, status as a victim of sexual assault or status as a victim of 41
trafficking in persons; 42
(3) For a labor organization, because of the race, color, religious creed, 43
age, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, 44

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ancestry, present or past history of mental disability, intellectual 45
disability, learning disability, physical disability, including, but not 46
limited to, blindness, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic 47
violence, status as a victim of sexual assault or status as a victim of 48
trafficking in persons of any individual to exclude from full membership 49
rights or to expel from its membership such individual or to 50
discriminate in any way against any of its members or against any 51
employer or any individual employed by an employer, unless such 52
action is based on a bona fide occupational qualification; 53
(4) For any person, employer, labor organization or employment 54
agency to discharge, expel or otherwise discriminate against any person 55
because such person has opposed any discriminatory employment 56
practice or because such person has filed a complaint or testified or 57
assisted in any proceeding under section 46a-82, 46a-83 or 46a-84; 58
(5) For any person, whether an employer or an employee or not, to 59
aid, abet, incite, compel or coerce the doing of any act declared to be a 60
discriminatory employment practice or to attempt to do so; 61
(6) For any person, employer, employment agency or labor 62
organization, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification 63
or need, to advertise employment opportunities in such a manner as to 64
restrict such employment so as to discriminate against individuals 65
because of their race, color, religious creed, age, sex, gender identity or 66
expression, marital sta