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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A11 hough the present case involves a large corporate employer, which may well have full-time counsel available to advise it regarding disciplinary or discharging decisions, the statute applies to “any employer” in the state. Thus, the same complex rules would apply to small businesses such as the sole shareholders of Joe’s Pizza, Inc.; see Joe’s Pizza, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co., 236 Conn. 863, 864, 675 A.2d 441 (1996); if they wanted to discipline their pizza delivery boy for his refusal to wear a uniform with a small American flag patch on the shoulder. I simply do not think that the legislature intended such a result when it enacted § 31-51q.

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