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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 512
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1595
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
SEN. DUFF, 25th Dist.
SEN. LEONE, 27th Dist.
SEN. NEEDLEMAN, 33rd Dist.
SEN. FONFARA, 1st Dist.
SEN. BRADLEY, 23rd Dist.
SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
SEN. KUSHNER, 24th Dist.
AN ACT ASSISTING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow and require the Labor 1
Department to assist federal employees who are either furloughed or 2
forced to work without pay with compensation through the 3
Unemployment Insurance Fund. Reimbursement would be made to 4
the fund when the employees are made whole when the shutdown of 5
their section of the federal government is ended and they are paid for 6
past-due wages. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To allow and require the Labor Department to assist federal employees
who are either furloughed or forced to work without pay during the
federal government shutdown.