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SECTION 31-48b
Sec. 31-48b. Use of electronic surveillance devices by employers
limited. Prohibition on recording negotiations between employers and
employees.
a. For purposes of this section,
"employer" means the owner or owners in the case of an unincorporated
business, the partners in the case of a partnership, the officers in the
case of a corporation or in the case of the state, any town, city or
borough, or district, local or regional board of education, or housing
authority or district department of health, the chief executive officer
thereof.
b. No employer or agent or representative of an employer shall operate
any electronic surveillance device or system, including but not limited
to the recording of sound or voice or a closed circuit television
system, or any combination thereof, for the purpose of recording or
monitoring the activities of his employees in areas designed for the
health or personal comfort of the employees or for safeguarding of their
possessions, such as rest rooms, locker rooms or lounges.
c. Any employer, who violates any provision of subsection (b) of this
section shall, for the first offense, be fined five hundred dollars, for
the second offense be fined one thousand dollars and for the third and
any subsequent offense be imprisoned thirty days.
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