Employer groups once again successfully blocked many of the harmful mandates proposed by the Labor and Public Employees Committee this session.

CBIA’s advocacy on behalf of its membership was supported by moderate Republicans and Democrats and new committee leadership willing to engage with all stakeholders to find reasonable solutions.

That bipartisanship and collaboration did not sit particularly well with progressive lawmakers, with business community efforts to reach compromises on issues invariably rejected.

“Connecticut is among the costliest places in the country to run a business and this session again featured numerous bills that would make that situation worse,” CBIA’s Eric Gjede said.

“We’re grateful that lawmakers from both parties were willing to reject these mandates, which do nothing to address the labor shortage crisis or help small businesses compete.”

Blocked Mandates

As with every year, advocacy efforts in the Labor Committee are measured not on what bills passed, but rather what legislation failed:

• HB 6859: Required employers in the retail, food service, hospitality or long-term healthcare industries with 500 or more employees or more than 30 locations to provide 14 days advanced notice to certain employees of work schedules and attempt to provide employees with requested days of the week and number of hours. While a priority for many in the legislature, the bill is so problematic that even some progressive lawmakers couldn’t bring themselves to...

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