Connecticut guarantees $1,000 bonus to returning workers
Robert Besser
09 Jun 2021, 22:04 GMT+10
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont introduced a program in which Connecticut residents who return to work, and remain employed for eight weeks, will receive a payment of $1,000
As with all states, Connecticut faces a serious problem of businesses being unable to hire the people required to operate their businesses
In the week ending May 22, there were nearly 8,000 new job openings in Connecticut, an increase of 17 percent, according to the Connecticut Labor Department
HARTFORD, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has introduced a program in which Connecticut residents who return to work, and remain employed for eight weeks, will receive a payment of $1,000.
Connecticut is now set to offer online poker, casino, and sports betting services after a new bill was signed into law, with federal approval now needed.
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has signed into law a bill that would ban pregnancy centers from using false and deceptive language about the services they provide.
Lamont said these crisis pregnancy center typically steer women away from abortion and contraception. We’re going to stand up and make sure that healthcare is a basic right for everybody. Reproductive health care. This deceptive advertising, these games, these deceitful people are playing, it’s a political agenda and it’s wrong,” Lamont said.
Lamont said he hopes the law will help prevent misinformation from these centers.
The legislation also gives Connecticut Attorney General William Tong the authority to seek a court order to stop the deceptive practices.
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