SB 904 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION AND INCREASING THE COMPENSATION FOR STATE BOARD OF MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION MEMBERS.

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401904 JanuaryPublic Session,Act 2021 Substitute Senate Bill No.

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KUSHNER of the 24th Dist., Chairperson of the Committee on the part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION.

The administrator is authorized to appoint, fix the compensation of and prescribe the duties of such executive director, provided such appointment shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and the rate of such compensation shall be subject to the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of the Office sSB904of /Policy Fileand No.Management.

401The 1Employment sSB904Security FileDivision shall be responsible for matters relating to unemployment compensation and the Connecticut State Employment Service, and shall establish and Substitute Senate Bill No.

401904 maintain free public employment bureaus in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of Policythis chapter andfor thepurpose ofperforming suchdutiesasare withinthepurview of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System and Management.for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such System and for Other Purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended.

The Employment Security Division shall be responsible for matters relating to unemployment compensation and the Connecticut State Employment Service, and shall establish and maintain free public employment bureaus in such number and in such places as may be necessary for the proper administration of this chapter andfor thepurpose ofperforming suchdutiesasare withinthepurview of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a National Employment System and for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such System and for Other Purposes", approved June 6, 1933, as amended.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 50, the Employment SecurityDivisionisauthorizedtopurchasesupplyitemsandequipment obtainable directly from the General Services Administration of the United States government or any other federal agency, out of funds established under the provisions of subsection (a) or (d) of section 31- 259 or out of funds established by or granted pursuant to federal authority to the Employment Security Division, if the administrator deems such purchases to be in the best interests of the state and said Employment Security Division.

ThisSec. act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section2. 1 from passage 31-237 Statement of Legislative Commissioners:

TheSection title31-98 wasof changedthe forgeneral accuracy.statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021):

LAB(a) JointThe Favorablepanel, Subst.or its single member if sitting in accordance with section 31-93, may, in its discretion and with the consent of the parties, issue an oral decision immediately upon conclusion of the proceedings.

-LCOIf sSB904the /decision Fileis No.to be in writing, it shall be signed, within fifteen days, by a majority of the members of the panel or by the single member so sitting, and the decision shall state such details as will clearly show the nature of the decision and the points disposed of by the panel.

401Where 2the sSB904decision Fileis in writing, one copy thereof shall be filed by the panel in Public Act No.

40121-98 The2 followingof Fiscal3 ImpactSubstitute StatementSenate and Bill AnalysisNo. are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

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OFAIn Fiscalall Notecases Statewhere Impact:a decision is rendered orally from the bench, the secretary shall cause such oral decision to be transcribed, approved by the panel or single member as applicable and filed with the records of the board proceedings.

None(b)Upontheconclusionoftheproceedings,eachmemberofthepanel Municipalshall Impact:receive three hundred twenty-five dollars and a panel member whopreparesawrittendecisionshallreceiveanadditional fivehundred dollars, or the single member, if sitting in accordance with section 31-93, shall receive three hundred twenty-five dollars, provided if the proceedings extend beyond one day, each member shall receive [one hundred fifty] three hundred twenty-five dollars for each additional day beyond the first day, and provided further no proceeding may be extended beyond two days without the prior approval of the Labor Commissioner for each such additional day.

None(c) ExplanationUpon The bill, which makes the executiveconclusion director of thean Departmentexecutive ofpanel Labor’ssession, Employmenteach Security Division a member of thesuch statepanel employeeshall classifiedreceive service,[one doeshundred notfifty] resulttwo inhundred anydollars. fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.

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None 1The current salary for this position ranges from $101,769 to $184,902;

it is uncertain how a transition to classified service would affect this range.

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401 OLR Bill Analysis sSB 904 AN ACT CONCERNING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LABOR DEPARTMENT'S EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIVISION.

SUMMARY This bill makes the executive director of the Department of Labor’s Employment Security Division a member of the state employee classified service (i.e., subject to various civil service procedures and requirements) and requires the executive director to devote full-time to the offices’ duties.

By law, the Employment Security Division is responsible for various matters related to the state’s unemployment compensation system.

By law, unchanged by the bill, the labor commissioner may (1) appoint theexecutive director,subject to thegovernor’sapproval;(2)set the position’s pay, subject to approval from the governor and the Office of Policy and Management secretary;

and (3) prescribe the position’s duties.

(To the extent theses powers may conflict with the civil service law’s procedures and requirements for employees in the classified service, it is unclear which law would prevail.) EFFECTIVE DATE:

Upon passage COMMITTEE ACTION Labor and Public Employees Committee Joint Favorable Yea 12 Nay 1 (03/23/2021) sSB904 / File No.

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