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The Connecticut Business & Industry Association says its members want state lawmakers this session to avoid any costly new burdens on employers that would inhibit growth in a state that’s been lagging behind for more over a decade.
CBIA, the state’s largest business lobby, shed more light Thursday on its policy priorities for the 2020 legislative session, with an agenda focused on reversing or alleviating recent changes to state law that it had previously fought against, as well as on long-standing issues it’s pursued in years past.
“We’re starting to see better signs of economic growth but we’re still lagging in job creation,” CBIA CEO Joseph Brennan said in a statement. “The main focus of this legislative session must be on making it easier for employers to grow in Connecticut as opposed to what we’ve seen over the last several years, with new costs and mandates hampering much-needed growth.”
A recent mandate sticking in CBIA’s craw is last year’s passage of a paid family medical leave program, which would be funded by a 0.5 percent tax on employee paychecks starting next calendar year. While employers would not fund the program, they have complained that it will be difficult to replace an employee who is on leave for months at a time, and will also add administrative burdens.
As Brennan indicated to HBJ last month, CBIA intends to pressure lawmakers to tweak the law to lessen the burden on smaller companies.
The business group will push for an exemption to the paid leave program for employers with fewer than 30 workers.
“More than three-quarters of our member companies say the mandate will negatively impact their operations, with production and workforce reductions and employee benefit changes among the options they’re exploring,” said Eric Gjede, CBIA’s vice president of government affairs.
The CBIA’s full agenda can be viewed on its website, but here are some key pieces:
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