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CHRO, employers and business groups debate expanding "employer's agent" definition and process changes
Summary
The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities and business groups clashed at a hearing over bipartisan draft changes that would expand who counts as an employer's agent and clarify CHRO timing and process rules; CHRO leaders said the change corrects a Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that narrowed vicarious-liability interpretation.
Hartford ' The Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) urged lawmakers to pass SB 1442 to broaden the statutory definition of "employer's agent" and to clarify several CHRO procedural time limits, while business groups and some legislators raised concerns about expanded liability.
Tanya Hughes, executive director of CHRO, told the panel the measure amends Connecticut General Statutes Section 46a-51 to reinstate CHRO's prior interpretation of vicarious liability: supervisors who direct day-to-day work should be considered employer agents even if they cannot hire or fire. "Sticking with the more narrow federal…
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