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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5944
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1720
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. ANDERSON, 62nd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES DURING A DECLARATION OF
EMERGENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That sections 19a-131a and 28-9 of the general statutes be amended to 1
(1) remove from the Governor the authority to issue an executive order 2
pursuant to a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 3
emergency designating certain businesses as essential or nonessential, 4
(2) require that any limitations contained in an executive order adopted 5
pursuant to a declaration of a public health or civil preparedness 6
emergency imposed on businesses and nonprofit organizations 7
concerning business operations and their employees, be the same as 8
those imposed on state agencies and their employees, and (3) require 9
that the state provide full compensation if such limitations are unequal. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To require the state to treat all employers and their employees equally
during a declaration of emergency and that the state be financially liable
when treatment is unequal.