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Connecticut lawmakers moved closer to expanding the state’s family and medical leave program to include local or regional school district employees.

Connecticut Senate Democrats say their priorities this year include warehouse worker safety regulations and protections for striking workers.

Paid sick leave for all Connecticut employees is one step closer to becoming a law. The legislation would force companies of all sizes to offer employees at least 40 hours of sick time a year.

Connecticut’s largest business association opposes a bill to expand the state’s paid sick leave law to cover all workers. The bill is part of the Democrats’ legislative agenda this year.

Connecticut Democrats are putting expanded paid sick leave on their agenda for the upcoming state legislative session that begins next week.

Local advocacy groups, including the New Haven-based Unidad Latina en Acción, rallied in support of the federal policy that was released last week that protects undocumented workers who are whistleblowers.

The Connecticut General Assembly's Labor Committee held a public hearing on Tuesday to address Governor Daniel Malloy’s proposed minimum wage hike. There…