General Assembly

  

Proposed Bill No. 5874

 

January Session, 2015

  

LCO No. 1796

 

*01796*

Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

 

Introduced by:

  

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

REP. MINER, 66th Dist.

REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

  

AN ACT PREVENTING THE LABOR DEPARTMENT FROM UNILATERALLY INSTITUTING UNEMPLOYMENT TAX INCREASES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Labor Department from implementing broad-based unemployment tax rate increases without the approval of the General Assembly.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide legislative oversight when the Labor Department seeks to implement unemployment tax rate increases.