{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-51bb","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-51bb","heading":"Right of employee to pursue cause of action.","body":"No employee shall be denied the right to pursue, in a court of competent jurisdiction, a cause of action arising under the state or federal Constitution or under a state statute solely because the employee is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Nothing in this section shall be construed to give an employee the right to pursue a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for breach of any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or other claims dependent upon the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement.","path":["TITLE 31. LABOR","CHAPTER 557*. EMPLOYMENT REGULATION","PART II. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_557.htm#sec_31-51bb","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:09Z","sha256":"9f00777edbc143de3eb0fb86a2852568e7177378ab57b27f149d95902e84c852","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-51aa","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-31-51cc-to-31-51gg"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}