03/09/2023
March 9, 2023 Labor and Public Employees Committee HB 6861
Public Hearing Testimony of
Danté Bartolomeo
Commissioner
Department of Labor
Labor and Public Employees Committee
March 9, 2023
Good morning, Representative Sanchez, Senator Kushner, Representative Ackert, Senator Sampson, Representative Wilson, Senator Cabrera, and members of the Labor and Public Employees Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to provide you with written testimony regarding H.B. 6861 An Act Adopting The Recommendations Of The Task Force To Study The State Workforce And Retiring Employees. My name is Danté Bartolomeo and I am the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Labor.
While the Connecticut Department of Labor (CTDOL) recognizes the important work put forward by the Task Force to Study the State Workforce And Retiring Employees, we would like to alert the Labor Committee that the Agency would be unable to meet the requirement found in Section 9 of HB 6861. Specifically, Section 9 requires CTDOL to provide a list of existing career pathway programs, including high school-to-career pathway programs, vocational-technical school pathways, internships and post-graduate fellowships. In addition, CTDOL must include in such list state agencies participating and the number of people involved in these programs. Currently, state agencies do not report this data to CTDOL. To meet this new mandate, CTDOL would need additional staff to survey all CT state agencies, analyze and report the data.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide this written testimony. CTDOL would be happy to discuss HB 6861 as you deliberate this matter further.
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