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Connecticut Public Act 26-15 — 2026 Employment Provisions
Public Act 26-15 amends Connecticut employment-discrimination law to address automated employment-related decision technology and adds an AI-related disclosure to Labor Department notices that an employer already submits under the federal WARN Act.
Related coverage: Connecticut’s AI Employment Law Is Now Partly in Effect: What Employers Need to Know →Connecticut Public Act 26-15 — Automated Employment Decision Duties
Sections 7–12 of Public Act 26-15 establish definitions, developer-information duties, interaction disclosures, and pre-decision notices for defined automated employment-related decision technology. Although these sections have an October 1, 2026 effective clause, the operative developer and deployer duties apply to qualifying deployments on or after October 1, 2027.
Related coverage: Connecticut’s AI Employment Law Is Now Partly in Effect: What Employers Need to Know →Connecticut Attorney General Guidance on Existing Laws and Artificial Intelligence
The Connecticut Attorney General's February 2026 memorandum explains that existing civil-rights, privacy, consumer-protection, data-security, and antitrust laws may apply to AI, including AI used in hiring and employment.
Related coverage: Connecticut’s AI Employment Law Is Now Partly in Effect: What Employers Need to Know →Connecticut SB 435 — Automated Decision Systems Protections for Employees
SB 435 proposed a broader employment automated-decision framework, including explanations, data correction, human review, bias audits, recordkeeping, collective-bargaining provisions, and a civil action. The official history ends with an April 20, 2026 favorable report and Senate calendar placement; the regular session adjourned May 6 without enactment.
Related coverage: Connecticut’s AI Employment Law Is Now Partly in Effect: What Employers Need to Know →RECENT REGULATORY TIMELINE
- verification updateRecord re-verifiedConnecticut 2026 AI Employment Provisions
- verification updateRecord re-verifiedConnecticut 2027 Automated Employment Duties
- effectiveEmployment provisions became effectiveConnecticut 2026 AI Employment Provisions
- effectiveSections 7–12 became effectiveConnecticut 2027 Automated Employment Duties
- verification updateRecord re-verifiedConnecticut AG AI Guidance
- verification updateRecord re-verifiedConnecticut SB 435
- signedGovernor signed Public Act 26-15Connecticut 2026 AI Employment Provisions
- signedGovernor signed Public Act 26-15Connecticut 2027 Automated Employment Duties
WHAT EMPLOYERS SHOULD WATCH
- Implementation of the discrimination and federal-WARN-related provisions effective October 1, 2026
- October 1, 2027 deployment trigger for developer and deployer duties in Public Act 26-15 sections 8–10
- Labor Department forms or guidance for the AI-related WARN disclosure
- Attorney General enforcement or implementation guidance concerning sections 8–12
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