Substitute House Bill No. 5827
          Substitute House Bill No. 5827

               PUBLIC ACT NO. 92-85

AN  ACT CONCERNING SEXUAL HARASSMENT EDUCATION AND
TRAINING IN THE WORKPLACE.


    Section 46a-54 of  the  general  statutes,  as
amended by section  21  of  public  act  91-58 and
section 2 of  public  act  91-302, is repealed and
the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
    The commission shall have the following powers
and duties:
    (1) To establish  and maintain such offices as
the commission may deem necessary;
    (2) To organize the commission into a division
of  affirmative  action  monitoring  and  contract
compliance, a division  of discriminatory practice
complaints and such  other  divisions,  bureaus or
units  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  efficient
conduct of business of the commission;
    (3) To employ  a  commission counsel who shall
not be subject to the provisions of chapter 67;
    (4) To appoint  such  investigators  and other
employees and agents  as  it  deems necessary, fix
their compensation within the limitations provided
by law and prescribe their duties;
    (5)  To  adopt,  publish,  amend  and  rescind
regulations consistent with  and to effectuate the
provisions of this chapter;
    (6) To establish  rules of practice to govern,
expedite and effectuate  the  procedures set forth
in this chapter;
    (7)   To   recommend    policies    and   make
recommendations to agencies  and  officers  of the
state  and local  subdivisions  of  government  to
effectuate the policies of this chapter;
    (8)  To  receive,   initiate  as  provided  in
section    46a-82,   investigate    and    mediate
discriminatory practice complaints;
    (9) By itself  or with or by hearing officers,
to hold hearings,  subpoena  witnesses  and compel
their  attendance,  administer   oaths,  take  the
testimony of any person under oath and require the
production for examination of any books and papers
relating to any  matter  under investigation or in
question;
    (10) To make rules as to the procedure for the
issuance of subpoenas  by individual commissioners
and hearing officers;
    (11)   To   require    written    answers   to
interrogatories  under  oath   relating   to   any
complaint  under investigation  pursuant  to  this
chapter alleging any  discriminatory  practice  as
defined in subdivision  (8) of section 46a-51, and
to  adopt  regulations   in  accordance  with  the
provisions of chapter 54 for the procedure for the
issuance of interrogatories  and  compliance  with
interrogatory requests;
    (12)   To   utilize    such    voluntary   and
uncompensated  services  of  private  individuals,
agencies and organizations  as  may  from  time to
time  be  offered   and   needed   and   with  the
cooperation of such  agencies,  (A)  to  study the
problems  of discrimination  in  all  or  specific
fields of human  relationships  and  (B) to foster
through   education  and   community   effort   or
otherwise good will  among the groups and elements
of the population of the state;
    (13) To require  the  posting  by an employer,
employment agency or  labor  organization  of such
notices  regarding  statutory  provisions  as  the
commission shall provide;
    (14) To require the posting, by any respondent
or other person  subject  to  the  requirements of
section 46a-64, 46a-64c,  46a-81d  or  46a-81e, of
such notices of  statutory  provisions as it deems
desirable; [and]
    (15) (A) TO  REQUIRE  AN EMPLOYER HAVING THREE
OR MORE EMPLOYEES  TO  POST  IN  A  PROMINENT  AND
ACCESSIBLE  LOCATION  INFORMATION  CONCERNING  THE
ILLEGALITY  OF  SEXUAL   HARASSMENT  AND  REMEDIES
AVAILABLE TO VICTIMS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT; AND (B)
TO  REQUIRE  AN  EMPLOYER  HAVING  FIFTY  OR  MORE
EMPLOYEES TO PROVIDE  TWO  HOURS  OF  TRAINING AND
EDUCATION TO ALL  SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES WITHIN ONE
YEAR OF THE  EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT AND TO ALL
NEW SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES  WITHIN  SIX  MONTHS  OF
THEIR  ASSUMPTION  OF   A   SUPERVISORY  POSITION,
PROVIDED  ANY  EMPLOYER   WHO  HAS  PROVIDED  SUCH
TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO ANY SUCH EMPLOYEES AFTER
OCTOBER 1, 1991,  SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
SUCH TRAINING AND  EDUCATION  A  SECOND TIME. SUCH
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  SHALL  INCLUDE INFORMATION
CONCERNING  THE  FEDERAL   AND   STATE   STATUTORY
PROVISIONS   CONCERNING  SEXUAL   HARASSMENT   AND
REMEDIES   AVAILABLE   TO    VICTIMS   OF   SEXUAL
HARASSMENT. AS USED  IN  THIS SUBDIVISION, "SEXUAL
HARASSMENT" SHALL HAVE  THE  SAME  MEANING  AS SET
FORTH IN SUBDIVISION  (8)  OF  SUBSECTION  (a)  OF
SECTION 46a-60, AND  "EMPLOYER"  SHALL INCLUDE THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY; AND
    [(15)] (16) To  enter  into  contracts for and
accept grants of  private  or federal funds and to
accept  gifts, donations  or  bequests,  including
donations of service by attorneys.