Approved sweeping paid FMLA legislation potential burden for small business owners

A proposed expansion of Connecticut’s Paid Family and Medical Leave may be a win for workers, but members of the small business sector are worried where that will leave them if someone calls out because a family member is sick. “It’s going to cause a lot of administrative problems for small businesses,” said Eric Gjede, Vice President of Government Affairs for the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, which also expressed its concerns earlier this month when a pair of bills got the go-ahead by the Labor and Public Employees Committee, inching the state closer to establishing a Family Medical Leave Trust Fund.

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