Connecticut
CT Paid Leave Program Surpasses 100,000 Connecticut Workers Receiving Benefits — Connecticut by the Numbers
The Connecticut Paid Leave Authority has now provided income-replacement benefits to more than 100,000 Connecticut workers, having paid $638,030,870.74 in benefits since its launch in January 2022. Claims have come from every town and city across the state, according to the Authority.
The CT Paid Leave Authority is a quasi-public agency established in 2019, when Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill creating what is described as the most comprehensive and generous paid family and medical leave law in the nation at the time. The mission is to serve “a growing need by providing financial relief to Connecticut families, allowing individuals to care for a loved one, or themselves, without having to worry about lost income.”
Over 50% of claims have been for a person’s own serious health condition, 35% have been for pregnancy/childbirth and bonding, and 12% have been to care for a family member experiencing a serious health condition, data compiled by the Authority reflects. The remaining 3% of claims have been for other qualifying reasons: family violence leave, military caregiver leave, and qualifying exigency leave, according to officials.
Three Rocky Hill firefighters were honored Monday night for their part in a rescue on the Connecticut River in March.
Emergency crews responded to Ferry Park in Rocky Hill on March 23 in response to a report of a vehicle in the river.
When they arrived, they found a woman in a Jeep about 35 feet out from the riverbank.
Crews broke a window and pulled the woman to safety after about 10 minutes, according to fire officials.
The woman sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Monday evening, Captain William Kelly, Captain Roberto Leone, and Lt. Travis Gerace-Hicks were awarded the fire department’s valor award for their rescue efforts.
ROCKY HILL — A man from South Carolina is facing charges after cutting down light poles along the highway in Rocky Hill, Connecticut State Police said.
Lamont Carlson Tucker, 62, of Myrtle Beach, is charged with first-degree criminal mischief and fourth-degree larceny, police said.
Police said troopers responded to reports of “an individual cutting light poles” around 5 a.m. Saturday.
Tucker was released on a $3,000 bond and is scheduled to appear at state Superior Court in New Britain June 12, police said.
The North Haven Police Department is continuing to investigate after a male was shot while riding a moped on Sunday night.
According to police, a 20-year-old male was shot in the area of Whitney Avenue near the Hamden town line.
The victim sustained non-life-threatening serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
No other information has been released.
Police are continuing to investigate, and say that there will be a heavy police presence in the area of Whitney Avenue and Skiff Street.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the North Haven Police Department.
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