Time is short; contact your legislators

4/29/2019

IT’S CRUNCH TIME! Just four weeks remain in the state legislative session and a number of bills that could negatively affect your business are still on track.

State lawmakers will soon act on bills related to:

Paid Family & Medical Leave (SB 001 & 881, HB 5003), which would provide up to 12 weeks paid leave at 100% of salary capped at $1,000 per week for all private-sector workers in Connecticut, who will have 0.5% of their wages deducted from their paychecks to support the program. The bill also broadly defines a “family member.” Employers will shoulder the additional administrative burdens involved with juggling new workforce demands to accommodate employees on leave, while continuing to provide non-wage benefits for employees absent for up to three months annually.
Increasing the Minimum Wage to $15/hour (SB 002, HB 5004 & 7191). Two of these bills would increase the current $10.10/hour wage to $15 over a three-year period, while the other will increase it over four years.
“On-Call” Shift Scheduling (SB 764; HB 6924), which would prohibit employers from cancelling an employee’s shift without 72-hours‘ notice and require paying half the salary or wages lost to any employee whose shift is cancelled within that time-frame.

With so few weeks left in the session, lawmakers need to hear directly from you! Whether you choose to send an email or call state lawmakers, tell them Connecticut’s small businesses — especially your business —cannot afford these job-killing bills. Tell them specifically how each of the bills above would hurt your business. If one or more of the bills above does not directly affect you, talk about the bill or bills that will. But don't wait!

Act now and make your voice heard!

Below is the contact list (with emails & phone numbers) for members of the local legislative delegation. Be sure to reach out to all of them!

Rep. Larry Butler, D-72nd District (which includes the eastern & northern sections of Waterbury): [email protected]; 860-245-8585
Rep. Stephanie Cummings, R-74th District (which includes the East Mountain area): [email protected]; 860-240-8700
Rep. Anthony D'Amelio, R-71st District (which includes the Town Plot area and a portion of Middlebury): [email protected]; 860-240-8700
Rep. Ron Napoli Jr., D-73rd District (which includes the Bunker Hill area and western portion of Waterbury): [email protected]; 860-240-8585
Rep. Geraldo Reyes Jr., D-75th District (which includes the Central Business District):
[email protected]; 860-240-8585
Sen. Joan Hartley, D-15th District (Waterbury, Naugatuck, Prospect): [email protected]; 860-240-0006
Sen. Rob Sampson, R-16th District (Cheshire, Prospect, Southington, Waterbury, Wolcott); [email protected]; 860-240-8800
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Rep. David Labriola, R-131st District (Naugatuck, Oxford, Southbury): [email protected]; 860-240-8700
Sen. George Logan, R-17th District (Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Derby, Hamden, Naugatuck, Woodbridge): [email protected]; 860-240-8800
Rep. Nicole Klarides-Ditria, R-105th District (Beacon Falls, Derby, Seymour):
[email protected]; 860-240-8700
Rep. Rosa Rebimbas, R-70th District (Naugatuck): [email protected]; 860-240-8700

Sen. Eric Berthel, R-32nd District (Watertown, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Middlebury, Oxford, Roxbury, Seymour, Southbury, Washington, Woodbury): [email protected]; 860-240-8800
Rep. Joe Polletta, R-68th District (Watertown, Woodbury): [email protected]; 860-240-8700

Sen. Mary Abrams, D-13th District (Cheshire, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown):
[email protected]; 860-240-8800
Rep. Craig Fishbein, R-90th District (Cheshire, Wallingford): [email protected]; 860-240-8700
Rep. Liz Linehan, D-103rd District (Cheshire, Southington, Wallingford): [email protected];
860-240-8585
Rep. Gale Mastrofrancesco, R-80th District (Southington, Wolcott):
[email protected]; 860-240-8700
Rep. Lezlye Zupkus, R-89th District (Bethany, Cheshire, Prospect): [email protected];
860-240-8700

Sen. Henri Martin, R-31st District (Bristol, Harwinton, Plainville, Plymouth, Thomaston):
[email protected]; 860-240-8800

Rep. Arthur O'Neill, R-69th District (Bridgewater, Roxbury, Southbury, Washington):
[email protected]; 860-240-8700

Rep. John Piscopo, R-76th District (Burlington, Harwinton, Litchfield and Thomaston):
[email protected]; 860-240-8700

Rep. David Wilson, R-66th District (Bethlehem, Litchfield, Morris, Warren, Woodbury):
[email protected]; 860-240-8700

8 Comments

Mark Lancor

4/29/2019 08:34:36 pm

You guys are killing us with ridiculous overreach on employers. Their is no way CT can ever compete with this heavy burden, and it proves itself out always that revenues shrink in the State coffers every time you over regulate business in our state. You never learn that the market dictates the outcome and, if you pass any of these bills, just watch - you will hurt the lower income, as technology reduces job needs, businesses will just outsource so the burden is shifted on employee pay leave and the exodus to other states will amplify. I have been in business 32 years and once I retire in the next few years, I am out of hear. Your policies and actions leave the state hopeless - unless you get your act together, and start being responsible to all taxpayers, not just the union leaders.

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2/14/2020 11:33:19 am

It is way beyond time that all compensation for any elected official stops as soon as they are voted out, retire or any other reason they are out of office, and that includes pay, health benefits and retirement benefits. Also while they are in office NO health Insurance benefits and NO retirement benefits and a pay cut for US Senators of 75% and all other 50%. That will cut unnecessary spending. No more 10 year contracts for state employees, and an elimination of any deferred compensation for all non hourly state employees of every department. All others move to their own 401k.

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