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CONNECTICUT STATUTES CONCERNING
MILITARY LEAVE AND NON-DISCRIMINATION
Source: Connecticut General Statutes (Rev. to 1/1/97),
from the Connecticut
State Library
Sec. 27-33a. Leave from employment to attend
military reserve or National Guard duty.
The employer of any person who, as a part of his military
service, is required to attend military reserve or National Guard meetings
or drills during regular working hours shall allow such person leave
of absence for such purpose.
(1961, P.A. 583.)
Sec. 52-571. Discrimination on account of membership
in armed forces.
Any person who subjects or causes to be subjected any other
person to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities usually
enjoyed by the public, on account of membership in the armed forces of
this state, as defined by section 27-2, or of the United States, as defined
by section 27-103, or on account of the wearing of the uniform of such
service, or who, on account of such membership or the wearing of such
uniform, deprives any other person of the full and equal enjoyment of
any advantages, facilities, accommodations, amusement or transportation,
subject only to the limitations established by law and applicable alike
to all persons, or who, on account of such membership or the wearing
of such uniform, discriminates in the price for the enjoyment of any
such privileges, shall forfeit and pay to the person injured thereby
double damages, to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction
within this state.
(1949 Rev., S. 8312; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 44.)
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