DISCRIMINATION

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WHAT IS DISCRIMINATION:

In Connecticut, it is illegal to discriminate in:

• Employment
• Housing
• Public accommodations
• Credit transactions

on the basis of:

• Age
• Ancestry
• Color
• Learning disability
• Marital status
• Developmental disability
• National origin
• Physical disability
• Race
• Religious creed
• Sex (including pregnancy)
• Sexual orientation

ALSO

• It is illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of genetic information or mental disorder.

• It is illegal to discriminate in housing and public accommodations based on a lawful source of income, mental disability, use and/or training of a guide dog, family status (housing only), and breastfeeding (public accommodations only).

HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT:

People who want to file a discrimination complaint should contact an intake officer at the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities regional office that covers the town in which the discrimination took place.

Exception: All housing complaints are taken by the Commission’s Fair Housing Unit in Hartford.

Complaints must generally be filed within 180 days of the date of the alleged act of discrimination or within 180 days of the date that you became aware of the act. Complaints must be in writing and under oath. The written complaint must be entered into the Commission records before the 180 day time frame expires. No email or document received by facsimile is acceptable. The original complaint affidavit document must be received in a Commission office.

TO FIND PROVIDERS IN CONNECTICUT'S COMMUNITY RESOURCES DATABASE:

• Search by service name: Discrimination Assistance

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SOURCES: Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities; Refer Database
PREPARED BY: 211/kq
CONTENT LAST REVIEWED: January2012