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Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees)

Law. Placed at Connecticut. Read 30 Sep 2026; 5 provisions cited by the planner.

Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d(b)(1)Give prior written notice of the types and specific locations of monitoring This is the text of Public Act 26-73, in force from 1 October 2026.

Unless an exception in (b)(2) or (b)(3) applies, an employer that engages in any type of electronic monitoring must give prior written notice to all employees who may be affected, informing them of the types of monitoring that may occur and the specific locations on the employer's premises where it may occur.

What a reviewer asks to see: Written monitoring notice listing each type of monitoring (email, computer activity, telephone, video, access control) and the premises locations covered; Monitoring inventory by site and location reconciled to the notice; Record of the date each affected employee received the notice, before monitoring began
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Notice lists types of monitoring but not the locations, as the pre-October 2026 text allowed; New cameras or tools added without updating the notice; Notice not given to employees at a newly opened site
Source: Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees), read 30 Sep 2026
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d(b)(1)Post the notice conspicuously, including where monitoring occurs This is the text of Public Act 26-73, in force from 1 October 2026.

The employer must post, in a conspicuous place readily available for employees to view, including the specific locations on the premises where monitoring may occur, a notice of the types of electronic monitoring it may engage in and those specific locations. The posting constitutes the prior written notice.

What a reviewer asks to see: Photographs or site checklist showing the notice posted in a common area and at each monitored location; Current poster text naming the monitoring types and locations
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Single poster in a break room, none at the monitored locations; Poster still in the old P.A. 98-142 form without locations
Source: Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees), read 30 Sep 2026
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d(b)(1)Give new hires a plain-language statement before they start This is the text of Public Act 26-73, in force from 1 October 2026.

An employer that engages in any electronic monitoring must give each employee hired on or after 1 October 2026, before the employee starts work, a plain-language written statement advising which activities are prohibited and may be monitored without prior written notice under (b)(2).

What a reviewer asks to see: Plain-language statement of prohibited activities that may be monitored without notice, as issued to new hires; Onboarding records for hires from 1 October 2026 showing the statement was given before the start date
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Statement given on the first day or later rather than before work starts; Legalistic wording that does not tell employees which activities are prohibited
Source: Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees), read 30 Sep 2026
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d(b)(3)Location disclosure exemption: airports and security and safety grounds This is the text of Public Act 26-73, in force from 1 October 2026.

The duty to disclose the specific locations of monitoring does not apply where the premises are an airport, or where the employer has reasonable grounds to conduct the monitoring for security and employee safety purposes. The duty to give notice of the types of monitoring still applies.

What a reviewer asks to see: Documented basis for withholding locations (airport premises, or the security and safety grounds relied on) per monitored location; Notice showing monitoring types are still disclosed where locations are withheld
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Exemption used to withhold locations for productivity monitoring; Types of monitoring also left out of the notice under the exemption
Source: Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees), read 30 Sep 2026
Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d(b)(2)Monitor without prior notice only on reasonable grounds of misconduct This is the text of Public Act 26-73, in force from 1 October 2026.

An employer may monitor without prior written notice only when it has reasonable grounds to believe employees are engaged in conduct that violates the law, violates the legal rights of the employer or its employees, or creates a hostile workplace environment, and electronic monitoring may produce evidence of that misconduct.

What a reviewer asks to see: Investigation file recording the grounds for belief, the suspected conduct and why monitoring may produce evidence, dated before covert monitoring began; Approval record naming who authorized the covert monitoring and its scope and end date
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Covert monitoring started on a general suspicion with no recorded grounds; Covert monitoring widened beyond the employees and conduct under investigation
Source: Connecticut General Statutes section 31-48d (electronic monitoring of employees), read 30 Sep 2026

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