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View ArticleResources, Events for Connecticut Safety Professionals
Connecticut Safety Society Symposium March 11, 2016 Region 1 OSHA Training Institute Education Center February Courses OSHA 3015 Excavation, Trenching, and Soil Mechanics Feb. 1–4, 2016 | Uncasville |...
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Eating Together with Colleagues Boosts Productivity
Plenty of companies invest big money to provide their employees with upscale workplace eateries or at least catered meals. But are those companies getting a good return on their investment? According...
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View ArticleLatest CBIA HR Survey & Poll Results
In our latest poll, we asked readers to indicate what, if anything, their company does to help employees with retirement planning. Here’s what they said: My company recommends a particular investment...
View ArticleIRS Proposes New Non-Discrimination Requirements for Retirement Plans
On January 29, 2016, the IRS issued proposed rules that would modify the nondiscrimination requirements for retirement plans that provide additional benefits to a grandfathered group of employees...
View ArticleTough, Necessary Changes in Governor’s Budget Proposal
Governor Malloy’s budget proposals outline the tough, necessary changes Connecticut needs to resolve its fiscal issues and build a strong, competitive economy, the state’s largest business organization...
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Governor: 'We Have to Fix How We Budget'
Governor Dannel Malloy gave lawmakers a stark analysis of Connecticut’s challenges today, proposing budget revisions he said reflected the state’s “new economic reality.” With a series of future budget...
View ArticleNew Webpage on Federal Standards for Restrooms
OSHA has a new webpage explaining employers’ obligations to provide all workers with sanitary and immediately-available toilet facilities. OSHA’s sanitation standards are intended to ensure that...
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Revised Budget Plan a Major Stride in the Right Direction
After the disastrous budget passed last June, and two special sessions that took small steps to reverse some of the damage, Governor Malloy’s latest proposal takes a solid stride down a path to greater...
View ArticleCBIA Outlines 2016 Legislative Agenda, Calls for Focus on State’s Economy and...
Connecticut’s largest business organization today called for state lawmakers to use the 2016 legislative session as a turning point and make the state’s economic competitiveness its top priority. In...
View ArticleCommittees Considering Workers’ Comp Proposals
Many legislative proposals in various committees this year deal with specific workers’ compensation issues and one bill (HB 5075) requires the state to study the overall effectiveness of the workers’...
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CT21, CERC: State Should ‘Go Long-Term’ on Fiscal Reforms
As a reluctant economy continues to squeeze Connecticut between declining state revenues and a greater need for public services, the state needs to address all three issues. Connecticut’s economy has...
View ArticleWhy Employees Often Don't Speak Up
It’s surprisingly common for employees to remain silent about important issues that they encounter at work. When this happens, it can have very serious performance implications. In a recent study, NYU...
View ArticleWhich Industries Have the Most Female Smokers?
As many as one in six working women of child-bearing age in the U.S. are cigarette smokers and numbers vary widely across industries and occupations according to a National Institute for Occupational...
View ArticleHJ 1 RESOLUTION PROPOSING A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO PROTECT THE...
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View ArticleHJ 35 RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE TO...
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View ArticleSB 285 AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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View ArticleMEDIA ADVISORY: Hartford’s Rawson Elementary to Host FIRST LEGO Invitational
Students from across the state will meet on Saturday, February 27 for a morning of robot-building at Rawson Elementary School in Hartford. FIRST LEGO League Invitational Saturday, February 27, 2016, 8...
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