- (a) Each employer shall obtain and retain employment applications in a secure manner and shall employ reasonable measures to destroy or make unreadable such employment applications upon disposal. Such measures shall, at a minimum, include the shredding or other means of permanent destruction of such employment applications in a secure setting. For purposes of this section, “employer” has the meaning provided in section 31-128a.
- (b) Any person or entity that violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, provided such civil penalty shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars for any single event.
- (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any agency or political subdivision of the state.
- (d) Any civil penalties received pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the privacy protection guaranty and enforcement account established pursuant to section 42-472a.
(P.A. 09-239, S. 10; P.A. 14-122, S. 176.)
History: P.A. 14-122 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).