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CT created a $34M COVID relief fund for essential workers. It remains largely unspent.

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf July 7, 2022 @ 5:00 amSeptember 29, 2022 @ 1:02 pm

The state has awarded just 1.1% of the $34 million budget for the Essential Workers COVID-19 Assistance Program since it launched.

Posted inMoney

Lamont, labor headed for a showdown over ‘hero pay’

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf January 13, 2022 @ 1:57 pmJanuary 26, 2023 @ 10:29 pm

Labor leaders say staffing shortages will become a pandemic unto themselves if essential workers aren’t properly compensated.

Posted inNews

Connecticut’s COVID labor law gets quick test in court

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas October 6, 2021 @ 4:08 pmJanuary 24, 2022 @ 11:52 pm

Workers laid off from a highway service plaza McDonald’s filed suit in an early test of a labor rights law.

Posted inInvestigations

CT lawmakers call on state to forgive unemployment overpayments for thousands

Avatar photo by Andrew Brown September 22, 2021 @ 5:57 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 1:03 am

The lawmakers say the burden of correcting the overpayments shouldn’t be on people who filed their applications in good faith.

Posted inPolitics

A labor agenda picks up speed in Connecticut

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 21, 2021 @ 2:31 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:57 am

The labor agenda’s advance is delighting social-justice warriors energized by the tumult of the times — but is rattling conservatives.

Posted inNews

In an evolving economy, lawmakers take roles once played by unions

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas February 22, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:49 am

Economic trends and union struggles are pushing lawmakers to resolve through legislation questions once answered by collective bargaining.

Posted inPolitics

Pandemic eases, and complicates, legislating

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas January 25, 2021 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:44 am

The legislature’s Labor and Public Employees Committee co-chairs skipped the masks, but they were very socially distant.

Posted inHealth

As jobless rate soars, state sets rules for reopening businesses

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Gregory B. Hladky and Mark Pazniokas May 8, 2020 @ 3:52 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:31 am

The rules for reopening Connecticut are coming out. But state officials warned not to expect a rapid recovery.

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Some Senate Democrats still publicly hedge on tolls

Avatar photoAvatar photoAvatar photo by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, Jenna Carlesso and Keith M. Phaneuf January 31, 2020 @ 2:42 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:23 am

We asked the seven Senate Democrats whose votes on truck tolls have been in question. Here’s what they said.

Posted inHealth

Legislators looking to expand PTSD benefits to more emergency responders

Avatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf November 26, 2019 @ 5:00 amMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:20 am

The move to expand PTSD benefits comes just one year after lawmakers reached a landmark compromise to cover police and firefighters.

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Council begins study of discrimination against people with criminal records

Avatar photo by Kelan Lyons August 22, 2019 @ 4:25 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:16 am

Connecticut residents with criminal records face 559 barriers that can limit their ability to lead successful lives after they’ve been released from prison.

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Senate revives, then adopts deal on PTSD benefits for first responders

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Keith M. Phaneuf and Jenna Carlesso May 30, 2019 @ 3:47 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:11 am

A day after one bipartisan deal to expand post traumatic stress disorder benefits to first responders bogged down, Democratic and Republican senators approved a revised bill.

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If awkwardly, Lamont and labor unite over $15

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 28, 2019 @ 7:08 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:10 am

Gov. Ned Lamont went to a Hartford nursing home Tuesday to sign a copy of legislation raising the minimum wage. The event was choreographed but the governor went off-script.

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Ignoring clash with Lamont, Senate passes family leave

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 22, 2019 @ 9:00 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:09 am

Senate Democrats voted to pass a paid family and medical leave bill, leaving the governor’s veto threat for another day.

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Lamont veto threat exposes rift with labor

Avatar photo by Mark Pazniokas May 22, 2019 @ 3:23 pmMarch 5, 2022 @ 12:08 am

The threat to veto a family leave bill lays bare an inherent tension in Gov. Ned Lamont’s politics: He is a labor ally from the world of business, where government is suspect.

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