Robert Clark, Wednesday, Jan. 27, noon-1:30 p.m., Zoom.
Small Business Sales Techniques, Marketing Fundamentals,
Contact for questions/info: Anne Driscoll, anne.driscoll@scorevolunteer.org.
The Chamber of Commerce of Eastern CT will host a virtual conversation with
The Human Resources Consortium, LLC, on Shifting into Change Management Overdrive to Win on Monday, Jan. 25, 11 a.m.-noon.
Fran Morton, Change Management Practice Leader, and
Regan MacBain Traub, Founder & Managing Principal, will present a webinar on the art of Change Management and provide strategies to support an organization s ability to effectively adapt or transform. Chamber members free; nonmembers $25. To register or learn more, visit www.ChamberECT.com/events or call 860-701-9113.
Employee payroll deductions that will fund Connecticut’s impending paid-leave program have officially begun, and could raise as much as $400 million over the next 12 months.
But paid-leave overseer Andrea Barton Reeves has plenty to worry about in 2021 besides simply collecting the money.
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But Republican leaders in the General Assembly continue to question whether the initiative makes financial sense, especially given the large number of coronavirus-related job losses in the state.
“If you look at the maximum contributions and maximum benefit under the law as written, I’m going to put $600 into a bank account and get to take $11,000 out. What household in Connecticut does that work for?” asked Sen. Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, the incoming Senate Republican leader. He also noted that there are “historic levels” of unemployment in Connecticut now.
“On paper, the program never added up before and high unemployment and stagnant income growth will only further hurt solvency,” said Rep. Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford and incoming House Republican leader, in a statement. Both leaders said they strongly support some kind of paid family medical leave and asked for an independent actuarial analysis to determine whether the current program can deliver the promi