family medical leave

An estimated 100,000 Connecticut employers will begin taking deductions from their employees’ paychecks on Friday for the state’s new paid family and medical leave program that’s scheduled to begin a year from now. It’s one of a handful of new laws that will take effect in the new year. Many proponents of paid family medical leave benefits see the...

Signed into law by Gov. Ned Lamont in 2019 the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program will begin collecting money from workers on Jan. 1, 2021. Workers won’t be able to access the benefits until 2022.  “I think it’s kind of unfair, especially for someone like me who doesn’t actually have a family. Especially since you can’t access the...

The state will begin taking a little more out of your paychecks come January to fund the new Paid Family Medical Leave program in Connecticut.