Employee Privacy: Connecticut

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Author: Christine P. Corrigan, CPC Writing Services

Summary

• There are few limitations on workplace searches by private employers in Connecticut. See Workplace Searches.
• Connecticut has laws limiting electronic monitoring and surveillance of employees in the workplace. See Electronic Monitoring.
• Connecticut law limits disclosure of certain arrest records and prohibits employers from requiring employees or prospective employees to consent to a request for a credit report as a condition of employment. See Arrest Records; Background Checks of Employees.
• Connecticut law prohibits employers from requiring employees to undergo genetic testing. See Genetic Testing.
• Connecticut law imposes certain limits on drug testing in the workplace. See Drug Testing.
• Connecticut has a detailed personnel file and medical records law that limit employer disclosure of personal information and provide employees with the right to inspect, copy, and supplement those records. See Employee Records.
• Connecticut has several laws to protect Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information. See Social Security Number Protection.
• Connecticut law requires employers to provide facilities to allow employees to express breast milk in private. See Breastfeeding.
• Connecticut law requires employers to notify employees of incoming emergency phone calls. See Emergency Phone Calls.
• Connecticut prohibits employers from discriminating against employees or applicants for their use of tobacco outside of the workplace. See Legal Non-Work Activities.
• Connecticut law gives consumers privacy rights with respect to their personal data and establishes certain requirements and limitations for covered businesses that control or process personal data about consumers. See Connecticut Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act.