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Insurance groups, teachers’ representatives split over bill to bar retirement‑period wage replacement
Summary
The Judiciary Committee heard competing testimony on HB 6,969, which would exclude from temporary total incapacity wage‑replacement benefits workers who voluntarily retired and thus had no wages to replace, a change insurers support and unions and worker‑advocates oppose.
The Judiciary Committee heard sharply divided testimony on House Bill 6,969, which would clarify that a worker who voluntarily elects retirement and has no wages to replace is not eligible for temporary total incapacity (wage‑replacement) benefits under Conn. Gen. Stat. §31‑307a.
Brooke Foley of the Insurance Association of Connecticut said the bill restores the workers’‑compensation system’s core…
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