state employees

The impact of the predicted tsunami of Connecticut state employees retiring from government service appears smaller than first feared, given an uptick in hiring and current state workers withdrawing their retirement paperwork in advance of Friday’s deadline, according to Gov. Ned Lamont and his administration. “It’s more like a summer storm than a tsunami,” the Democrat said Wednesday, noting...

It’s been dubbed the “Silver Tsunami,” the tidal wave of state employees eligible to retire in the next few years, and it could cripple state services if all of them decided it was the right time to call it quits. After years of negotiations, 35 state employee bargaining unions came to an agreement with the Lamont administration on wages and…

If you are looking for a new job, you may be able to find one with the state. Thousands of positions are opening this year with an anticipated surge of retirements. With this turnover, state leaders are looking to make the workforce more diverse. “The public sector serves people directly, and the workforce should look like the population that it…

The state will soon begin closer tracking of its auto fleet, but some employees are questioning how the information gathered will be used. The Department of Administrative Services has decided to have GPS (global positioning satellite) devices embedded in almost all its 3,600 vehicles, for safety and to save money. While the new technology has appeared to be a helpful…