Originally published on Employer's Law Blog
The Connecticut General Assembly passed a bill that amends the
State's anti-discrimination law by creating a new protected
category – "gender identity and expression."
Governor Dannel Malloy stated that he will sign the bill, which
will become effective October 1, 2011. The new law will cover
employers with 3 or more employees and will prohibit those
employers from making employment decisions based on an
individual's gender identity and expression, just as employers
are prohibited from relying upon other protected categories
(e.g., gender or race).
The law includes a lengthy definition of the category
"gender identity and expression" that makes clear it
includes a person's gender-related identity, appearance or
behavior, whether or not that identity is different from that
traditionally associated with the person's physiology or gender
assigned at birth.
