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Contractors back change to journeyman-apprentice ratio; committee to seek process fixes
Summary
Trade groups and contractors told lawmakers that Connecticut's journeyman-to-apprentice hiring ratio application process needs reform. Senators and industry witnesses welcomed Senate Bill 1465 as a procedural fix to make ratio relief faster, more transparent and to better serve technical‑school students.
Contractors, union and nonunion representatives and a foundation that oversees construction‑trade standards told the General Law Committee that Connecticut's licensing process for ratio relief — petitions for lower journeyman‑to‑apprentice ratios — is slow, opaque and deters employers from hiring apprentices.
Witnesses welcomed a committee bill (Senate Bill 1465 as filed in committee) intended to move the ratio‑relief application process out of a single department and into a more transparent, prescriptive review flow. They said better rules and an online application process would help small employers, expand apprentice hiring and make labor…
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