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WORKERS' RIGHTS – CONNECTICUT
Workers in Connecticut have certain rights under federal law and state law. Workers who belong to a union may have additional rights under the terms of the union contract. Also, workers, like any citizen, have protection under federal and state civil rights laws against unlawful discrimination in employment. The laws regarding workers’ rights are too numerous to summarize. To get answers to your specific questions about worker’s rights, you can contact the following agencies:
- If you have a question or need information about workers’ rights or other employment related issues under Connecticut law, you can contact the State of Conn. Dept. of Labor (CT DOL) Assistance Center. The Assistance Center staff will work to answer your question about workers’ rights/employment issues, and if they are unable to answer your question they will direct you to other agencies that may be able to answer your question. You can contact the Assistance Center at (860) 263-6785, or email dol.help@ct.gov. In addition, you can select from a list of hyperlinks on employment related topics or do a general search from the CT DOL webpage http://www.ctdol.state.ct.us/gendocs/sitemap.html
- For questions about workers’ rights under federal law, contact the U.S. Department of Labor (US DOL) Employment Standards Administration Wage and Hour Division. The local offices are in Hartford (860) 240-4160, and New Haven (203) 773-2249. The US DOL National Call Center toll-free number is
1-8 66-487-2365 (1-866-4-USA-DOL), or TTY: 1-877-889-5627, or send an email through the US DOL website: http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd. In addition, the US DOL has a web page “Find It! in DOL” at http://www.dol.gov/dol/findit.htm that has a list of hyperlinks to online resource pages on a variety of work-related topics.
- If you have a question or complaint about discrimination in employment based on sex, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation, or about sexual harassment in the workplace, contact the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO). http://www.state.ct.us/chro
- The Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut (LARCC) has downloadable pamphlets and flyers on its website http://www.larcc.org with information on benefits and work issues including:
- Unemployment
- Is Your Criminal Record Keeping You from Working?
- Applying for a Job
- Drug History/Testing
- Workers' Compensation
- Job Discrimination
- Medical Exams
- Right to Work in a Safe Place
- Work and Disabilities
- Tips on Keeping Your Job
- Temporary Workers
- Pregnancy and Work
- Taking Time Off from Work - Family and Medical Leave
- Your Personnel File & Medical Records
- Employment and Your Criminal Record
- Wages and Hours of Work
- When You Can Be Fired from Your Job
TO FIND PROVIDERS IN CONNECTICUT’S COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE:
Search by Service Names:
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SOURCES: United States Dept. of Labor, State of Conn. Dept. of Labor, State of Conn. Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, Legal Assistance Resource Center of Conn.
PREPARED BY: 211/fj
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: October2007
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