The state will begin deducting the new tax to support family and medical leave benefits from non-union employees this month.
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Lamont will not delay payroll deductions for paid family leave
The governor rejected a GOP suggestion that he delay collecting the 0.5% payroll deduction for Paid Family and Medical Leave.
Progressives celebrate signing of paid family leave
Labor progressives celebrated Tuesday with Gov. Ned Lamont over the ceremonial signing of a paid family and medical leave act.
House passes family leave with support of Lamont
After striking a deal with Gov. Ned Lamont, the House voted 79-69 for final passage of a bill creating a paid family and medical leave program.
If awkwardly, Lamont and labor unite over $15
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.
Ignoring clash with Lamont, Senate passes family leave
Senate Democrats voted to pass a paid family and medical leave bill, leaving the governor’s veto threat for another day.
Lamont veto threat exposes rift with labor
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.
Lamont favors paid leave that is privately managed
Republican lawmakers say this still might not be enough to win their support for the bill, however.
Lamont promotes paid leave, minimum wage to skeptical business leaders
The governor defended the legislation, along with his push for electronic tolls and the need for more investment in transportation.
Advocates press for a wider definition of family in paid leave bill
State Rep. Anne Hughes took unpaid leave when she donated a kidney to her godson in 2015. Tuesday, Hughes and others called not only for paid family medical leave, but for an expanded definition of “family.”
Paid family and medical leave a point of contention at Capitol
Lawmakers heard hours of testimony from supporters and opponents of paid family and medical leave Thursday.
Lamont backs liberals on minimum wage, not taxes
Gov. Ned Lamont is frustrating liberals on taxes, but he underscored Wednesday he is with them on the minimum wage and paid family and medical leave.
Democrats unite on medical leave, $15 minimum wage
House and Senate Democrats topped their legislative agenda Monday with pledges to adopt paid family medical leave and a $15-per-hour state minimum wage.
Wave of new women Dems hope to impact legislative agenda
Female candidates helped boost Democratic clout in the General Assembly during the midterm election and now they’d like to see the issues they campaigned on — issues like paid family and medical leave — at the top of the agenda in the next legislative session.