See Sec. 1-1f for definitions of “blind” and “physically disabled”.
See Sec. 28-17 re prohibition against discharging employee for civil preparedness activity or eligibility for induction into armed services.
Annotations to former section 31-126:
Cited. 140 C. 537; 153 C. 173; Id., 652. Final judgment by arbitrators as to employment discrimination bears action. 163 C. 309. Cited. Id., 327; 165 C. 318. Sex classification in help wanted advertising constitutes a per se violation; sex discrimination is an unfair employment practice which newspapers are not allowed to promote; a newspaper aids and abets sex discrimination by offering sex classifications in help wanted advertisements and commits an unfair employment practice; bona fide occupational qualification exceptions are rare; a corporation is a “person” and a newspaper corporation publishing an advertising section in sex-segregated columns is guilty of promoting the unfair employment practice of sex discrimination in hiring. 168 C. 26. Cited. Id., 504; 170 C. 327; 172 C. 485. Failure to define specifications for position or to test capabilities of applicant resulting in blanket exclusion from position is unfair employment practice. 176 C. 88. Cited. Id., 291; Id., 533; 177 C. 75; 179 C. 471; 198 C. 479; 211 C. 464.
Purpose of statute is to eliminate discrimination in employment for specified reasons, and it is only within these prescribed reasons that statute operates. 17 CS 93. Not unfair employment practice for corporation employer to require complainant to work regular factory shifts although this would require work on a religious sabbath. 28 CS 341.
Annotations to present section: