Bill Text: CT HB05234 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Preventing A Labor Organization From Waiving An Employee's Right To Bring A Civil Action For A Civil Rights Violation Against An Employer.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-25 - Public Hearing 03/04 [HB05234 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05234-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5234
February Session, 2010		LCO No. 1012
		*01012_______LAB*
Referred to Committee on Labor and Public Employees
Introduced by:
(LAB)

AN ACT PREVENTING A LABOR ORGANIZATION FROM WAIVING AN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO BRING A CIVIL ACTION FOR A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION AGAINST AN EMPLOYER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2010, and applicable to collective bargaining agreements entered into on or after October 1, 2010) No labor organization, as defined in section 31-101 of the general statutes, shall agree in any collective bargaining agreement to waive the right of any employee, as defined in said section 31-101, to bring a civil action against such employee's employer, as defined in said section 31-101, for said employer's deprivation of the employee's civil rights.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2010, and applicable to collective bargaining agreements entered into on or after October 1, 2010	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To prevent labor organizations from bargaining away the rights of an employee to bring a civil action for an employer's violation of said employee's civil rights.

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