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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5609
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 5490
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
(LAB)
AN ACT CONCERNING RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND WORKERS'
COMPENSATION BENEFITS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2025) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes or special act, a municipality or special 2
taxing district that provides a pension and retirement system for its 3
officers and employees and their beneficiaries shall consider temporary 4
total disability and temporary partial disability benefits received by an 5
employee pursuant to chapter 568 of the general statutes as wages for 6
purposes of the calculation of pension or retirement benefits to be paid 7
to such employee in retirement. 8
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To prohibit employers from reducing retirement benefits due to an
employee receiving workers' compensation benefits.
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[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. SHAKE, 120th Dist.
H.B. 5609