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Connecticut's new medical pot plan will protect patients from getting fired, unless they're getting stoned at work
Connecticut’s new law will protect you from getting axed from your job simply for being a medical marijuana patient, but you’d better not show up to work stoned. “It’s really just common sense,” says Erik Williams, head of...
Tags: Laws, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace, Employment, Health
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For Labor And Business Bills, A Mixed Picture
The Hartford CourantBills that give new rights or added money to workers are always hard-fought at the state Capitol, and this year's crop led to a mixed result for labor supporters, as a hike in the minimum wage failed but independent child care and home health aides won...Tags: Politics, Meriden, Companies and Corporations, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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A Misinformed Senate Fears A Minimal Minimum Wage Hike
The Hartford CourantA rise in the minimum wage might hurt Sara Tewolde, a New Haven mother from Ethiopia who spent years in refugee camps after her husband was killed in 1999, the year her younger son was born. That's because Tewolde, 42, hasn't been able to find a job...Tags: Employment, Pension and Welfare, Corporate Officers, Target, Business
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Republicans, Democrats Clash Over Election Day Voter Registration
Republicans and Democrats clashed late Saturday afternoon over Election Day voter registration – a controversial issue at the state Capitol for more than a decade. Democrats hailed the bill as a great way to increase voter turnout, while...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Meriden, Companies and Corporations, Parties and Movements
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School Choice: Grappling With The Parameters Of Education Reform
CREDIBILTY GAP By JASON COURTMANCHE The reason Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is not getting teachers' support for his education reform plan is because the he suffers from a credibility gap. And just as the achievement gap is tied to the income gap, so the...
Tags: Regional Authority, Adult Education, West Hartford, Science and Technology, Corporate Officers
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Wyman Says: SustiNet is dead... Dead I tell you... DEAD!
Think Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol; “Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner…You will...Tags: Cigna Corporation, Politics, Companies and Corporations, M. Jodi Rell, Regional Authority
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'Job creators' don't want to create jobs
Gov. Dannel Malloy announced the agenda for his Oct. 6 "Economic Summit" yesterday. It follows his months-long Jobs Tour in which he talked to businesses, labor groups and other stakeholders across the state.
From what I can tell, neither the tour...Tags: Connecticut Economic Development, Career and Workplace, Wages and Pensions, Employers, Dannel P. Malloy
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Big Freebie For Small Businesses
The Hartford CourantSmall businesses in Connecticut can get free websites from Connecticut Get Your Business Online, a partnership between Google and local partners including Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the Permanent Comission on the Status of Women,...Tags: Small Businesses, File Sharing, Business
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Connecticut Department of Labor accuses 18 contractors of payroll fraud
Eighteen contractors got a pretty expensive slap on the wrist last week from the Connecticut Department of Labor for failing to provide employees with unemployment and workers compensation insurance.
But it may still have been cheaper for them to skirt...Tags: Corporate Crime, Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations, Career and Workplace, Employment
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Paid Sick Leave Bill's Passage Makes For A Connecticut First
The Hartford CourantConnecticut will make history as the first state in the nation to mandate paid sick leave for service workers, but many Republicans and Democrats remain bitterly divided over its eventual impact on companies and the economy. After one of the longest...Tags: Republican Party, Dining and Drinking, Meriden, J Brendan Sharkey, Regional Authority
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Malloy's First Session Completed; Lawmakers Split Over Its Success
The Hartford CourantWhen Gov. Dannel P. Malloy took the oath of office in January as the first Democratic governor in 20 years, he vowed that things would be different. And they were. For the first time in recent years, the state legislature finished the budget and tax...Tags: Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), North Branford, Windsor Locks, Parties and Movements, West Hartford
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