Connecticut SB 64: AN ACT CONCERNING CAPTIVE AUDIENCE MEETINGS.

Bill Text

LCO No. 1284 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 64
January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1284

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING CAPTIVE AUDIENCE MEETINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide that no employer, 1
or agent, representative or designee of such employer, shall: (1) 2
Require an employee to attend an employer-sponsored meeting with 3
the employer or its agent, representative or designee, the primary 4
purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion 5
concerning political or religious matters, and (2) discharge, discipline 6
or penalize, or threaten to discharge, discipline or penalize, any 7
employee because the employee, or a person acting on behalf of the 8
employee, makes a good-faith report, orally or in writing, of a 9
violation or a suspected violation of the provisions of subdivision (1) of 10
this section. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit an employer from coercing employees into attending or
participating in meetings sponsored by the employer concerning the
employer's views on political or religious matters.