Bill Text: CT SB00348 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Employment Protections For An Employee Who Serves As A State Or Federal Juror.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-29 - House Calendar Number 507 [SB00348 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00348-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 348
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 2468
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO SERVES AS A STATE OR FEDERAL JUROR.

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

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 51-247a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of his or her employment, or threaten or otherwise coerce the employee with respect to his or her employment, because the employee receives a summons in accordance with the provisions of section 51-232, responds to the summons, or serves as a state or federal juror.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	51-247a(a)

JUD	Joint Favorable
LAB	Joint Favorable