Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. §§ 46a79 to 7980; 3151i

Rules for employers: State policy encourages hiring qualified applicants with criminal records. If an employment application form contains any question concerning criminal history, it must include the following notice in clear and conspicuous language: "The applicant is not required to disclose the existence of any arrest, criminal charge or conviction, the records of which have been erased." Employer may not disclose information about a job applicant’s criminal history to anyone except members of the personnel department. (If there is no personnel department, then only to person[s] in charge of hiring or conducting the interview.)

Rights of employees and applicants: May not be asked to disclose information about a criminal record that has been erased; may answer any question as though arrest or conviction never took place. May not be discriminated against in hiring or continued employment on the basis of an erased criminal record.