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Governor Proposes Closing CHRO’s Waterbury Office

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Legislative Developments

UPDATED: The cuts to the CHRO keep coming. Governor Malloy this morning released his plan to reduce the size of government — should a deal with the state labor unions not be struck. The plan calls for the elimination of the CHRO’s Waterbury Office (page 35) and the elimination of other staff positions.  All told,… Continue Reading

Governor Malloy’s Budget and Department of Labor

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

Governor Malloy released his anticipated budget and the changes to the Department of Labor are modest.  You can view the whole report (and the DOL portion beginning at 193) here.  Rather than dissect the whole thing, here are a few things that caught my eye: The DOL’s Unemployment Insurance Division is big. Very big. And getting… Continue Reading

History Lesson for Candidates: Recalling Prior State Layoffs and the Seven-Year-Old Lawsuit

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Litigation

At last night’s gubernatorial debate, the issue of potential layoffs of state union workers was a hot topic of conversation.  (See CT News Junkie for a more detailed report.) Each candidate indicated that layoffs weren’t ruled out if elected.   That’s all very well and good, but none of them have mentioned how a prior… Continue Reading

Gov. Rell Signs Bill Regarding CHRO but Vetoes Bill On Judicial Branch Funding

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

Quick update to my post of last Friday regarding the budget implementer bills passed by the legislature. Yesterday, the Governor signed the largest of the budget implementation bills that covers the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. As a result, the changes I wrote about last week will be put into place.  However, the Governor… Continue Reading

Legislature Approves Training for CHRO Members; Reduces Number of Human Rights Referees & Establishes Hearing Task Force

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC

In implementing the budget agreement today, the Connecticut General Assembly approved of significant changes for the CHRO - changes that will ultimately lead to the creation of a new Office of Administrative Hearings. The bill now goes to the Governor; her signature is expected. Here are the highlights, courtesy of the Office of Legislative Research: Training… Continue Reading

New Laws Effective October 1…And New Legislation Still on the Way

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments

Today is October 1st which means that it’s  "New Law" Day — not in the formal sense, but because it is the effective date of many new laws passed by the Connecticut General Assembly earlier this year. You can view a list of all the bills that are effective today here. The most important, for… Continue Reading

Governor Rell’s Proposed Budget Makes Cuts to Labor & Employment Agencies

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments

She warned the public on Monday that the cuts would be deep.  Today, we’re finding out how deep. Governor M. Jodi Rell today released her proposed budget for the two year period from 2009-2011.   (You can find the summary here and her budget address here.) Although there will be plenty to analyze over the next few weeks… Continue Reading