| 17 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section and 1 |
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| 18 | | - | section 2 of this act, "federal employee" includes individuals employed 2 |
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| 19 | | - | directly by the federal government and individuals whose wages and 3 |
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| 20 | | - | salaries are provided through federal grants or other federal funds. 4 |
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| 21 | | - | (b) Not later than September 1, 2025, the Commissioner of 5 |
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| 22 | | - | Administrative Services shall develop and implement policies and 6 |
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| 23 | | - | procedures in order to give preference in hiring to federal employees 7 |
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| 24 | | - | who were laid off or retired from federal service on or after January 1, 8 |
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| 25 | | - | 2025. If any such individuals are offered a position in state service, the 9 |
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| 26 | | - | commissioner shall consider such individual's years in federal service 10 |
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| 27 | | - | when deciding such individual's classification and pay grade. 11 |
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| 28 | | - | Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than September 1, 2025, the 12 |
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| 29 | | - | Labor Commissioner shall, within available appropriations, organize 13 |
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| 30 | | - | and hold a job fair for federal employees who were laid off or retired 14 |
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| 31 | | - | from federal service on or after January 1, 2025, in order to help facilitate 15 |
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| 32 | | - | reemployment of such employees in private employment. 16 |
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| 33 | | - | Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) Not later than September 1, 2025, The 17 Substitute Bill No. 6906 |
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| 36 | | - | LCO 2 of 2 |
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| 38 | | - | University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University System 18 |
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| 39 | | - | shall, within available appropriations, develop a job portal with 19 |
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| 40 | | - | positions for applicants who, on or before January 1, 2025, were 20 |
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| 41 | | - | previously employed by a higher education institution in the United 21 |
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| 42 | | - | States to perform federally funded research. 22 |
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| 23 | + | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Labor Commissioner shall 1 |
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| 24 | + | conduct a study of the Labor Department. Not later than January 1, 2026, 2 |
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| 25 | + | the commissioner shall report the results of the study, in accordance 3 |
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| 26 | + | with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 4 |
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| 27 | + | standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 5 |
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| 28 | + | matters relating to labor. Such report may include the commissioner's 6 |
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| 29 | + | recommendations for legislation regarding the Labor Department. 7 |
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