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This past legislative session the General Assembly enacted laws that will go into effect on October 1, 2019 that will significantly change who is required to receive sexual harassment training. Connecticut businesses with 50 or more employees have been required to provide supervisors with 2 hours of sexual harassment prevention training.
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The tax on plastic bags begins on August 1, 2019. The following is the exact bill language of the relevant sections of Section 355 of the statute. Note in particular the grocery item exemptions under “Scope” below. This also defines plastic bags subject to the statute as those of thickness less than 4 mils.
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A bill that passed both the State Senate and the House of Representatives to increase the criminal penalties for stealing used cooking oil was vetoed by Governor Ned Lamont last week. The bill would have changed a statute regarding the theft of waste vegetable oil used in restaurants and is often sold as a feedstock to produce biodiesel. Lamont claimed that he vetoed the bill because the penalty imposed up to one year in prison was too high
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Online registration for the NEFI HEAT Show, September 15-18, 2019, is now live for attendees. Registration for sponsors and exhibitors has already been live for a couple of months, and now attendees can register. Registration features discounts for companies sending multiple staff to the management or education tracks, and free trade show registration if you pre-register.
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Class are forming now for ENTECH's new S and B day class which begin on August 26th and evening classes starting on August 6th. To register go to here or for more information contact Kate at 860-893-0605 or kate@entechtraining.org. ENTECH's S2 program includes training in the following topics and prepares the student to sit for the state license examine at the completion of their apprenticeship:
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John J. Mitchell Sr., 84, of South Windsor, of South Windsor, beloved husband of Della (Taylor) Mitchell died peacefully on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Hartford Hospital, after a brief illness. John was born in Manchester, CT on July 13, 1934 son of the late Joseph and Catherine (Haberern) Mitchell. John grew up in Manchester and was a graduate of East Hartford High School with the Class of 1952.
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PMAA General Counsel advises that all branded marketers and branded c-store operators object to the pending $6.24 billion settlement in the consolidated payment card interchange fee class action case (In Re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL-1720) by July 23, 2019. The settlement class is comprised of all merchants that accepted Visa and Mastercard payment cards from January 1, 2004 to January 25, 2019.
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From PMAA
Urge Your Senators to Support Bill to Crack Down on Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Minors
In March, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance that would effectively ban flavored e-cigarette sales in convenience stores. Under the draft guidance, stores would continue to be able to sell tobacco, mint and menthol flavored e-cigarette products but would not be able sell other flavored products unless minors are prohibited from entering the stores or those products are sold in a separate section of the store that minors are prohibited from accessing.
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From Federated
Question:
We have an employee who was hurt on the job at their other part time job. The employee is asking about FMLA and I'm not sure if that is something that applies here. Please let me know if they run concurrently.
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CT Post
Unable to secure enough support to pass a plan for widespread tolling on the state’s major highways, top Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont are now discussing ideas they previously rejected: tolling trucks only and placing tolls on select bridges in need of repair. “There has been discussion back and forth where the governor has indicated his support for a consensus compromise for transportation infrastructure that would include a more limited amount of tolling,” Senate President Martin Looney, a Democrat from New Haven, said recently.
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The CT Mirror
Connecticut motorists haven’t faced a gasoline tax increase in six years and only two in the past 12. But as they travel on one of the busiest weekends of the year, they still could face rising prices at the pump — provided they cross the border. Twelve states ordered gasoline tax hikes that took effect this week, according to the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP).
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Hartford Business Journal
Churches and other nonprofits argue that a mandatory natural gas charge they’re paying is taxing their budgets. Now, at the direction of state lawmakers, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is investigating the situation. PURA will prepare a report for lawmakers over the coming seven months, with recommendations about what natural gas costs tax-exempt nonprofits should be required to shoulder.
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CT Post
Connecticut’s cities and suburbs are facing a much warmer — and more dangerous — future as temperatures across the U.S. rise due to climate change and dirty emissions. Some areas could endure five months a year when the “feels like” temperature exceeds 105 degrees, according to a new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. “Our analysis shows a hotter future that’s hard to imagine today,” said Kristina Dahl, a senior climate scientist and co-author of the report.
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Republican American
The number of electric vehicles registered in Connecticut crossed the 10,000 line in the first six months of 2019. The Department of Motor Vehicles recorded 2,136 new registrations between Jan. 1 and July 1. The additions increased the total registrations to 10,797.
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Yankee Institute for Public Policy
Move CT Forward, a coalition of construction and labor associations who have thrown their weight behind Gov. Ned Lamont’s plan to install tolls on Connecticut’s highways, spent nearly $1 million on lobbying during the legislative session. According to second quarter filings with the Connecticut Office of State Ethics, Move CT Forward poured $991,999.85 into convincing lawmakers – and the public – to support tolls.
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