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Time’s Up

Posted inJustice

Tougher sexual harassment laws took effect Tuesday, but not soon enough for everyone

Avatar photo by Kathleen Megan October 3, 2019 @ 5:31 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:17 am

In an effort to draw attention to Connecticut’s new sexual harassment and sexual assault laws, two women stepped forward Thursday to describe the harassment they say they experienced while working at a Connecticut restaurant.

Posted inHealth

Lamont signs bill upping tobacco purchase age to 21

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso June 19, 2019 @ 1:26 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

Starting in October, Connecticut residents must be 21 to purchase tobacco or vaping products.

Posted inJustice

With some trepidation, House passes ‘Times Up’

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas June 1, 2019 @ 9:31 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:12 am

Lawmakers endorsed a bill that requires sexual harassment training and eliminates or expands the statute of limitations for sexual assaults.

Posted inHealth

Bill overhauling Connecticut’s sexual harassment, assault laws advances

Avatar photo by Jenna Carlesso April 10, 2019 @ 7:31 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:08 am

A similar effort to overhaul Connecticut’s sexual assault and harassment laws failed to clear the General Assembly last year.

Posted inPolitics

Democrats revive ‘Time’s Up Act’ to combat harassment, assault

Avatar photo by Clarice Silber and CTMirror Contributor February 8, 2019 @ 5:21 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:04 am

Senate Democrats announced the tail end of their legislative agenda on Friday, highlighting their focus on strengthening gender equity and passing a revived bill aimed at overhauling Connecticut’s sexual assault and sexual harassment laws.

Posted inJustice

CT Senate addresses harassment with ‘Time’s Up Act’

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 4, 2018 @ 5:45 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:29 pm

The Senate voted 31-5 early Friday to approve and send to the House a bill that overhauls Connecticut’s sexual harassment and assault laws and gives lawmakers an election-year claim of solidarity with the Time’s Up and Me Too movements.

Posted inJustice, Politics

In CT Senate, a partisan edge to fighting workplace harassment

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas February 20, 2018 @ 4:38 pmMarch 4, 2022 @ 11:29 pm

Connecticut Senate Democrats aligned themselves Tuesday with the burgeoning Me Too and Time’s Up movements by proposing a sweeping election-year bill that they say would be “the largest overhaul in modern Connecticut history of sexual harassment laws.” Republicans objected to their exclusion.

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