CT HB05043

Expands harassment protections beyond sexual harassment to include harassment based on any protected status under Connecticut law, effective October 1, 2018.

Requires employers with 3+ employees to post information about harassment illegality and available remedies in prominent locations and communicate this information to employees annually.

Mandates employers with 15+ employees provide two cumulative hours of awareness and antiharassment compliance training to all supervisory and nonsupervisory employees by October 1, 2019, with new employees trained within six months of hire and refresher training every five years.

Requires training content to include federal and state harassment laws, employer policies, examples of prohibited conduct, bystander intervention strategies, and workplace civility standards.

Directs state agencies to provide minimum three hours of diversity training to supervisory and nonsupervisory employees covering discrimination, hate crimes, and strategies for diverse work environments.