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More Than 108,000 Businesses Registered for Connecticut Paid and Medical Leave Program, Submitted $102M in First Quarter Contributions Written by Office of the Governor.
Governor Ned Lamont has announced that the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority has registered 108,911 businesses and collected more than $102 million in first quarter contributions for Connecticut’s newly established paid family and medical leave program, surpassing initial projections.
Businesses began registering for the program on January 1, 2021. Paid leave benefits will become accessible to qualified workers across the state beginning January 1, 2022.
“No one should have to choose between caring for their family when they need it most, and paying their bills,”
Connecticut’s Paid Leave Authority has registered 108,911 businesses and collected more than $102 million in first-quarter contributions, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday, exceeding official expectations on both counts.
The program which will administer the expanded paid leave benefits for qualifying workers signed into law by the governor in June 2019 had signed up about 87,000 companies midway through April and was aiming to boost that number to around 104,000 through stepped up outreach efforts. Actuarial projections initially put first-quarter contributions at $67 million.
“We are very pleased with the first-quarter results,” Connecticut Paid Leave Authority CEO Andrea Barton Reeves said. “The paid leave program has been fully developed during the pandemic, when many of Connecticut’s businesses were struggling just to survive. Business cooperation with this new process has been extraordinary and workers across Connecticut who will be eligible for paid leave next y
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Beginning on January 1, 2022, paid leave benefits under the Connecticut Paid Leave program (CPL) will be available for certain qualifying events under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Connecticut Family and Medical Leave Act (CT FMLA), and the Connecticut Family Violence Leave Act. In the meantime, employers are responsible for complying with certain key dates in advance of January 2022. On January 1, 2021, employers began withholding employee contributions (0.5% payroll tax) from each employee’s paycheck for ultimate remittance to the Connecticut Paid Leave Authority trust fund, which will fund the payment of CPL benefits.