Section 46a-72 - (Formerly Sec. 4-61e). Discrimination in job placement by state agencies prohibited(a) All state agencies, including educational institutions, which provide employment referrals or placement services to public or private employers, shall accept job orders on a nondiscriminatory basis.(b) Any job request indicating an intention to exclude any person because of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, intellectual disability, mental disability, learning disability or physical disability, including, but not limited to, blindness, shall be rejected, unless it is shown by such public or private employers that such disability prevents performance of the work involved.(c) All state agencies shall cooperate in programs developed by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities initiated for the purpose of broadening the base for job recruitment and shall further cooperate with all employers and unions providing such programs.(d) The Labor Department shall encourage and enforce employers and labor unions to comply with the policy of sections 46a-70 to 46a-78, inclusive, and promote equal employment opportunities.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 46a-72
(1969, P.A. 790, S. 4; P.A. 73-279, S. 9; P.A. 78-148, S. 4; P.A. 79-631, S. 1, 111; P.A. 80-422, S. 20; P.A. 90-330, S. 8, 11; P.A. 01-28 , S. 4 ; P.A. 11-55 , S. 31 ; 11-129 , S. 20 ; P.A. 17-127 , S. 10 ; P.A. 18-72 , S. 45 .)
Amended by P.A. 22-0082, S. 18 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2022.Amended by P.A. 18-0072, S. 45 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2018 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2018.Amended by P.A. 17-0127, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2017.Amended by P.A. 11-0055, S. 31 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2011. Cited. 236 Conn. 453 .
See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of "blind" and "physically disabled".