Over the past several years, Connecticut’s legislature has enacted some significant employment laws that have re-shaped the workplace and posed new challenges for Connecticut employers. The 2023 legislative session that began in January looks to be no exception. As anticipated, some measures that were not successful last year have resurfaced in the upcoming legislative session. This Lightbulb highlights two proposed bills to keep an eye on.

• Connecticut Proposes Legislation Requiring Pay Transparency in Job Postings. Pay transparency legislation that requires employers to disclose certain compensation or wage range information is an emerging trend among states and localities. The Connecticut General Assembly is currently considering a new bill which, if enacted, would further contribute to this trend and would amend Connecticut’s existing pay equity law—which already requires the disclosure of certain wage range information to applicants and employees.

On January 19, 2023, Connecticut legislators proposed H.B. 6273, which would mandate disclosure of wage ranges earlier in the process and to a broader audience by requiring wage ranges be included in both internal and external job postings. Connecticut seems to be following the lead of states and localities like New York City, New York State, Colorado, California, and Washington, all of which have recently enacted laws requiring the disclosure of pay ranges in job postings. If passed and signed into law, H.B. 6273 would...

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