Common use of Retaliation Prohibition Clause in Contracts

Retaliation Prohibition. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd, a large state contractor shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each offense, up to a maximum of twenty per cent of the value of the contract, if an officer, employee or appointing authority of a large state contractor takes or threatens to take any personnel action against any employee of the large state contractor in retaliation for such employee's disclosure of information to any employee of the contracting State or quasi-public agency or the Auditors of Public Accounts or the Attorney General under the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd(a). Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in the case of a continuing violation each calendar day's continuance of the violation shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. Each large state contractor shall post a notice of the provisions of this section relating to large state contractors in a conspicuous place which is readily available for viewing by the employees of the contractor. As used in Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd, a “large state contract" means a contract between an entity and a state or quasi-public agency having a value of five million dollars or more and (2) "large state contractor" means an entity that has entered into a large state contract with a state or quasi-public agency.

Retaliation Prohibition. Pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd, a large state contractor shall be liable for a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each offense, up to a maximum of twenty per cent of the value of the contract, if an officer, employee or appointing authority of a large state contractor takes or threatens to take any personnel action against any employee of the large state contractor in retaliation for such employee's disclosure of information to any employee of the contracting State or quasi-public agency or the Auditors of Public Accounts or the Attorney General under the provisions of Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd(a). Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and in the case of a continuing violation each calendar day's continuance of the violation shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. Each large state contractor shall post a notice of the provisions of this section relating to large state contractors in a conspicuous place which is readily available for viewing by the employees of the contractor. As used in Connecticut General Statutes § 4-61dd, a “"large state contract" means a contract between an entity and a state or quasi-public agency having a value of five million dollars or more more, and (2) "large state contractor" means an entity that has entered into a large state contract with a state or quasi-public agency.