by Zachary Janowski | Jun 18, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
The Department of Correction agreed last year to restore nearly three years of expired time off for 40 parole officers, an average of 3.5 weeks each. In 2011, auditors discovered an accounting glitch that allowed a small group of state employees to build up thousands...
by Zachary Janowski | Feb 24, 2014 | Features, General, Health Care, Legal/Courts, Unions
The Connecticut nursing home company where striking workers became a political issue two years ago has subpoenaed several of the state’s top elected leaders, including Gov. Dannel Malloy and Attorney General George Jepsen. HealthBridge, owner of eight Connecticut...
by Zachary Janowski | Jan 17, 2014 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
The Department of Labor fired an employee for improperly handling a friend’s unemployment claim so the friend would receive extra pay, only to bring the former employee back to work months later. DOL put Edward Lombard on paid administrative leave on Jan. 29, 2013....
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 12, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Taxes & Spending, Unions
A review of 173 cities across the country shows where five of Connecticut’s largest cities stand according to one measure of pension cost. New Haven ranks 27th and spent 10.2 percent of revenue annually on pensions, according to a study by the Center for Retirement...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 17, 2013 | Features, General, State Budget, Taxes & Spending, Unions
With the end of longevity payments for non-union state employees, total payments will fall to $13.6 million this month. Longevity payments for about 27,300 union employees will appear in their Oct. 18 paychecks. (View the list here.) Two prosecutors, Matthew Crockett...
by Zachary Janowski | Sep 12, 2013 | Features, General, Unions
The Connecticut Department of Labor is charged with regulating unions, but it doesn’t even know what unions, if any, fall under an annual reporting requirement. In particular, a spokeswoman said department doesn’t know if the law applies to the union coalition that...
