During a virtual meeting with the state Appropriations Committee on August 14, Department of Labor Deputy Commissioner Daryle Dudzinski told committee members the DOL estimates there have been 50,000 overpayments of unemployment and potentially 80,000 more that the department is investigating. “To date, we have approximately 50,000 potential overpayments that ...
The Appropriations Committee today approved $8 million in raises for both licensed and unlicensed child care providers under a union contract with the Connecticut Employees Independent Local 2001 SEIU. Unlicensed providers include family members of low-income individuals who care for nieces, nephews and grandchildren out of their homes. Connecticut is ...
The Appropriations Committee released its state funding recommendations Tuesday, which showed a $544 million dollar growth in fringe benefit costs for Connecticut state employees between 2019 and 2021. The Appropriations Committee budget recommendations largely fell in line with Gov. Ned Lamont’s budget and reflects the growing cost of Connecticut’s State ...
Early reports of budget recommendations from Connecticut’s Appropriations Committee showed the Committee rejected Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to force municipalities to cover a portion of the state’s teacher pension costs. But that major point of divergence from the governor’s budget turned out to be a mistake. At a press conference ...
Lawmakers on March 27 voted to approve a collective bargaining agreement for Connecticut’s assistant attorneys general which included an 11 percent pay increase and bonuses, and the Appropriations Committee on April 1 approved a similar contract with the state’s tax attorneys. But if the rate of pay increases appears shocking, ...
Connecticut’s Appropriations Committee on Monday approved an arbitration award for Connecticut’s unionized assistant attorneys general which will cost the state $3.3 million in salary raises, benefits and bonuses. The contract award was won through arbitration after negotiations with the state broke down, but the award still requires a vote by ...