Section 31-51q

Citation: Section 31-51q
Parent Document: Cotto v. United Technologies Corp., 251 Conn. 1 (1999)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1999-10-12
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7898264/cotto-v-united-technologies-corp/ ↗

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The point of this discussion is not to comment on the policy choice of whether a private employer should be subject to the same rules as is a public employer. That choice is for the legislature, not this court, to decide. These cases illustrate, however, that we should be cautious about interpreting our statute in such a way that would have the potential to embroil every private employer that finds the need to discipline or discharge *37an employee for workplace misconduct arguably involving the employee’s expressive conduct, in the factual and legal complexities involved in reaching these employment decisions.8 We should not interpret § 31-51q so as to contemplate such drastic consequences without a clear indication of legislative intent to do so.

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