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The Connecticut General Assembly ended its regular session last night. As far as new laws affecting employers, the session certainly ends with a whimper.
For many employers, the big news is that the paid sick leave bill once again failed. This time it wasn’t even put up for a vote in either
With some notable exceptions, only the bills that make it out of the Labor & Public Employee Committee have a chance for passage in the 2010 General Assembly session. (Of course, some measures get put in as amendments to other bills, but that’s still more of the exception than the rule).
So it’s worth taking
The Connecticut General Assembly is back in session and that means that proposals affecting employers are being considered in their earliest stages.
For example, at yesterday’s meeting of the Labor & Public Employees Committee several concepts were under consideration, including providing employees the option of not having to first file their employment discrimination claim with
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. .jpg)
The most important
While most of the headlines this morning surround the Connecticut General Assembly’s override of the Governor’s veto of the SustiNet bill, the legislature also voted to override the veto of the standard wage law passed earlier this year.
As a practical matter, this new law will allow several hundred janitors to keep their
Connecticut’s prospects of becoming the first state with a broad paid sick leave provision got a little closer on Tuesday as a legislative committee voted 8-3 (along party lines) to approve the measure. While such a step was not unexpected (it passed 
committee last year), it is another indication that proponents of the measure are not
The Connecticut General Assembly is in full swing with a wide assortment of labor & employment law bills and concepts being introduced this month — many simply a rehash of bills that were introduced last year and never went anywhere. You can find a full list of the bills before the Labor & Public Employees
This is shaping up to be an interesting year for the Connecticut General Assembly. The budget forecasts are projecting massive deficits. As a result, I would not be surprised to see the budget debates dominating the agenda of the Connecticut legislature.
Nevertheless, other bills will still be proposed, debated, and certainly passed during the several
The Connecticut Senate voted late today to override the veto of the minimum wage bill that was 
sent to Gov. Rell last month. The vote was 25-9 in the Senate. The vote completes the override process of the minimum wage bill that I discussed here earlier today.
Thus, effective January 1, 2009, the minimum
One down, one to go.
The Connecticut House voted this afternoon to override Gov. Rell’s veto of the minimum wage bill.
The bill now moves to the Senate this afternoon for immediate consideration.
For a text of the bill under the consideration, you can view the bill here.