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A Fairfield County school district was fined for failing to provide proper personal protective equipment to its custodial staff.
The Norwalk School District was fined $700 by the Connecticut Department of Labor for allegedly allowing custodians at Brien McMahon High School to use non-chemical resistant gloves to sanitize the building.
OSHA issued the citation on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and the district had until this week to pay the fine and address the issue, though it was handled earlier.
The district was also cited for using improper hand protection, though there was no fine to go with the second citation, which was reportedly the result of a clerical error.
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I’m sitting in my living room writing progress notes for work I am a New York City housing case manager while navigating Connecticut’s Department of Labor website in a different tab. I’m filing for unemployment for a 57-year-old car mechanic for Chevrolet, who was just furloughed after two years. The process takes about three hours, the beginning of a weekly routine to receive checks that won’t even cover the man’s bills.
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And with that, my own 20-case workload now includes one more unofficial client: my father.
I’m not alone. The skills some of us have navigating bureaucracy are suddenly necessary for the survival of millions of people who never needed them before the pandemic downturn. So many children of parents like mine have become the translators and saviors of their aging mothers and fathers with no skills for this.
Greta Jochem / Daily Hamphire Gazette / gazettenet.com
Originally published on December 18, 2020 2:26 pm
The latest unemployment rates decreased in four of the six New England states.
Numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that Massachusetts had the largest drop in the region between October and November with the state s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate falling from 7.4% to 6.7%.
Maine and New Hampshire both experienced decreases of 0.4%, with Maine now at 5% and new Hampshire at 3.8%.
The jobless rate in Vermont ticked down a tenth of a percentage point to 3.1%. Vermont is one of two states with the lowest rate in the nation – the other being Nebraska.
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Lord And Taylor has extended the closing dates for two CT stores. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
CONNECTICUT It now appears two of the four Connecticut Lord & Taylor stores will last into February before fading into retail history.
That was the case for the landmark Stamford store and the Trumbull location, according to documents filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor.
LeTote, the parent company of Lord & Taylor, filed a new set of declarations this week.
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The closing and layoff notices have been extended to Feb. 15 at:
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Trumbull on Main Street
The Westfarms Mall on the Farmington-West Hartford line
Department of Labor says state lost 1,600 jobs in November
Department of Labor says state lost 1,600 jobs in November
Connecticut Business & Industry Association By Mary Ellen Godin, Record-Journal staff
The state lost 1,600 payroll jobs in November, the first monthly job loss since Aprilâs drop due to the COVID-19 lockdown, according to the state Department of Labor.Â
The job losses reflect the affect of the second wave of the pandemic on the stateâs economy. Several sectors, including hospitality and leisure, were hard hit, analysts said. Â
âFederal government employment fell by 1,000 jobs as temporary Census work endedâ stated Patrick Flaherty, acting director of the Office of Research at the Connecticut Department of Labor. âIn addition, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has led to a decrease in leisure and hospitality where accommodations and food service lost a portion of last monthâs gains. Offsetting these declin