The Connecticut Small Business Development Center will hold a free informational webinar next week designed to help small business owners navigate the state’s recently implemented paid leave law.
Center staff, together with experts from The Human Resources Consulting Group, will give their presentation on April 12, starting at 11 a.m., covering the law’s potential impact on operations and advice that small businesses can use to keep in compliance.
Those interested can register for the event on the Connecticut Small Business Development Center’s website.
The new paid leave system, which went into effect on Jan. 1, is funded through a deduction on employee paychecks, not businesses themselves.
The state’s former leave structure required any employer with 75 or more workers to provide up to 16 weeks of medical- or family-related time off, and it could be unpaid. The new law, passed by state lawmakers in 2019, did away with the 75-employee threshold, adjusted the leave period to 12 weeks and now applies to companies with one or more workers. And if an employee’s reason for taking extended time off qualifies under state regulations, the leave will be paid through the authority.
Qualifying conditions and situations include the birth or adoption of a child, serious illness, pregnancy, organ or blood marrow donation, caring for a family member with a serious illness, family violence, active military service and caring for a family member injured during active military service.
