As Connecticut businesses rail against a bill that would require employers with 50 or more workers to provide six paid sick days, the General Assembly has a clearer idea of what that bill would cost the state.
House Bill 6187 would cost the Regional Community Technical Colleges and the Connecticut State University System $500,000 annually during the next two fiscal years that begin July 1, according to the Office of Fiscal Analysis. It would cost an additional $116,900 per year to the state Labor Department over the same period.
The OFA said it is not known how other state and municipal employees would be impacted by the bill, but it noted full-time and some part-time employees already receive paid sick leave. The fiscal impact to the agencies and municipalities would be the cost of the paid sick leave benefit, the OFA said.
The bill passed out of committee last week and now awaits a House hearing.
