Connecticut Time's Up Act sexual harassment training
Connecticut's Time's Up Act dramatically expanded prior law. Employers with three or more employees must train every employee; smaller employers must train supervisors. Training must be at least two hours and is enforced by the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
Coverage scope
All employees (3+ employee employers) or all supervisors (smaller employers).
Duration & frequency
- Duration
- At least two (2) hours.
- Frequency
- Initial training once per employee, plus mandatory supplemental training updating all staff at least every ten (10) years. A separate 1993 regulation encourages a three-year refresh, but that is a recommendation aimed at employers with fifty or more employees, not a requirement.
- New hires
- Within six (6) months of hire (and within six months of promotion to supervisor).
Every compliant program must include
Miss any one of these elements and your training fails the Connecticut standard, even if every other detail is perfect.
Definitions of sexual harassment under Connecticut and federal law
Types of conduct that may constitute harassment, with examples
Statutory remedies available to victims
Strategies to prevent harassment in the workplace
Discussion of bystander intervention
Specific protections for LGBTQ+ employees (Connecticut law adds these explicitly)
Recordkeeping
Maintain records of training completion and content; CHRO accepts its own free online training as a compliant baseline.
Penalties & enforcement
A fine of not more than $750 under CGS § 46a-97(c). The larger exposure is structural: § 46a-51(8) defines failure to provide the training as a discriminatory practice in its own right, which opens a CHRO complaint and the full range of CFEPA remedies. CHRO may also enter a workplace during business hours to inspect training materials and records.
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO).
Fourteen or fewer employees?
You sit below the fifteen-employee threshold where the federal laws begin, which is where most small employers stop reading. Connecticut does not use that line, so this training requirement reaches you anyway. We run a program scoped for exactly that position.
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Connecticut is one of 11 jurisdictions in our compliance matrix. If your employees work across state lines, the mandates stack: different durations, frequencies, and content per location. We handle that.
This page summarizes publicly available statutes and regulatory guidance, last reviewed July 2026. State and local mandates change frequently; verify current requirements with the enforcing agency or employment counsel before relying on this content for compliance decisions. empathiHR clients receive a written compliance matrix updated against their roster and locations.
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