Today, the Connecticut General Assembly goes back for a
special session today to try to override Gov. Rell’s veto of a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $8.00/hour, effective January 1, 2009.
The Hartford Courant has a prediction on what will happen: "It depends on who shows up." With vacation season in
Is the fight over the Paid Sick Leave bill still on? That’s the tantalizing question raised by the CT News Junkie on Tuesday, due in part to various rallies being held. The answer seems a little clearer, but I’ll get to that in a moment….
Let me back up.. As you may recall, the
With the legislative session coming to a close next week, developments are heating up at a fast and furious pace. I’ll do some quick updating and then provide a more through review when time permits.
First, the State Senate debated the Paid Sick Leave bill (S.B. 217) yesterday for about an hour, when the debate
With one month to go in the shortened legislative session, there hasn’t been a lot of action on various labor & employment bills. Many of the bills I highlighted in the last two months haven’t seen a lot of action or are still awaiting further votes. This post will briefly summarize where some of the
On Tuesday, I noted that the Paid Sick Leave Bill had been re-introduced this year and that it was "the one to watch" this year.
On Wednesday, February 27th, State Senator Edith Prague — and others — held a news conference to push for its passage. Christine Stuart, at CT News Junkie, has the
As I posted yesterday, the Connecticut General Assembly is back in session. The Labor & Public Employees Committee is busy holding hearings this week on various bills now pending before the General Assembly.
One batch of bills is up for consideration this afternoon. A second batch 
is up for a hearing this Thursday
With the Connecticut General Assembly back in session this month for its short session, the Labor & Public Employees Committee has scheduled two hearings this week — February 26th at 2 p.m. and February 28th at 2:30 p.m. — to consider a variety of bills now being proposed. The agendas for each can be found