Your Social Media and Your Boss

No employer may ask or require an employee or applicant to give the user name, password or other way into a personal online account, to log into one in the employer's presence, or to invite the employer into a group on it.

• No employer may discipline, discharge or retaliate against an employee who refuses, or who files a complaint about a violation, or refuse to hire an applicant for refusing.
• A personal online account is one used only for personal purposes, email, social media and shopping sites included, and not for the employer's business.
• An employer may require access to accounts it provides, accounts used for its business, and devices it paid for in whole or part.

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40xStatuteEmployer inquiries re employee's or applicant's personal online accounts. Exceptions. EnforcementOpens cga.ct.gov ↗