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Chris Davis has been hired as vice president of public policy at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA), effective Oct. 30.

Connecticut’s minimum wage will rise to $15.69 in January under the first annual adjustment required by a 2019 law tying the wage to the employment cost index.

Thousands of salaried workers in Connecticut could become eligible for overtime pay under a proposed new rule the U.S. Labor Department filed Wednesday. Under the rule, employees earning up to $55,068 a year would be eligible to earn the overtime rate - time-and-a-half pay - for hours worked beyo

DOL rule would OK overtime for many salaried state workers - Thousands of salaried workers in Connecticut could become eligible for overtime pay under a proposed new rule the U.S. Labor Department filed Wednesday. Under the rule, employees earning up to $55,068 a year would be eligible to earn the overtime rate...

Thousands of salaried workers in Connecticut could become eligible for overtime pay under a proposed new rule the U.S. Labor Department filed Wednesday. Under the rule, employees earning up to $55,06...

A proposal would expand overtime eligibility, which labor advocates have long supported but CT businesses say could hurt their bottom line.

CT businesses are asking state officials to ensure the feds don't increase their taxes by bolstering the unemployment fund before November.

As Connecticut legislators and the Federal Trade Commission both consider limiting non-compete clauses, workers are sharing their stories about these agreements, which can establish restrictions on where and when they can take a new job within their same field. One 32-year-old hair stylist who has worked in Greenwich for 12 years was required to sign a non-compete agreement and has been unable to start a business because of the covenant, despite dealing with the salon’s “poor management and ...

With congressional gridlock and the expectation of lawsuits potentially impeding federal action, lawyers and advocates following the push around non-competes believe any reforms or restrictions to these contracts would likely emanate from the state.

A CT bill would ban non-compete agreements for most workers under a certain income limit. It comes as the feds consider limiting them as well.