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Domestic‑worker groups urge $500,000 annual funding to sustain outreach and enforcement training
Summary
Advocates testified in favor of SB 14‑28 to reauthorize and expand a Connecticut Department of Labor domestic‑workers education and training grant program, reporting thousands reached and citing persistent wage theft and workplace injuries among domestic workers.
Domestic workers and community organizations urged passage of SB 14‑28, which would appropriate $500,000 in FY26 and $500,000 in FY27 to continue and expand a Connecticut Department of Labor domestic workers education and training grant program. Speakers described outreach, "Know Your Rights" workshops, casework for wage theft and worker abuse complaints, and referral pathways to legal services.
Neli Jara of Connecticut Worker Center and Tatiana Bejar of the…
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