Leave - Connecticut

Jury duty

Connecticut law requires employers to pay full-time employees serving as a juror regular wages for the first five days, or part thereof, of juror service.

Part-time employees are to be reimbursed by the state for necessary out-of-pocket expenses incurred during the first five days, or part thereof, of juror service.

Leave for victims

Under Connecticut law, employers are prohibited from depriving employees of employment, penalizing, threatening, or otherwise coercing employees because of the following:

• Employees obey legal subpoenas to appear in court as witnesses,
• Employees attend a court proceeding or participate in an investigation,
• A restraining order has been issued on the employees’ behalf, or
• Employees are victims of family violence.

The law does not specify a limit on the quantity of time off to which employees may be entitled, nor does it provide for employer coverage or employee eligibility criteria.

Voting

Effective from June 23, 2021 to June 30, 2024, employers must give employees at least two hours of unpaid time off from the employee’s regularly scheduled work day during the polling hours to vote as follows:

• For state election, or
• For any special election for United States senator, representative in Congress, state senator, or state representative.

Employees are to request the time off at least two working days before the election.

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