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Connecticut Paid Leave reports rising claims and growing weekly payments

2623638 · February 12, 2025
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Authority staff reported January 2025 as the second-highest month for claims since the program launched, with year-over-year growth in filings and weekly payments averaging about $8.45 million over 26 weeks.

The Connecticut Paid Leave Board of Directors heard a claims administration update Feb. 13 showing program growth and higher weekly payouts.

John Scott, providing the claims administration update, said the three-month claims trend included 24,801 claims received, with a monthly moving average of 8,267. "January 2025 year over year claim volume was 6.81% higher than January of 2024, and January 2025 represents the second highest number of monthly claims filed at 9,029 claims filed," Scott said.

The report compared year-over-year totals and counted a separate "bonding" segment inside pregnancy-related filings, which CT…

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