CTDOL’s Rapid Response Unit is working with Stanley Black and Decker to assist workers impacted by the closure of their manufacturing facility. Rapid Response provides job and career counseling; assists with job search and re-training; and provides additional resources to help workers recover from layoff.

CTDOL Wrapped
2025 included new Registered Apprenticeships, lots of workshops for employers & job seekers, fighting fraud, reporting on the economy & helping people with their unemployment benefits. 

Federal policy changes most likely to impact CT’s economy: Healthcare, tariffs & workforce. 

1. Cuts to Medicaid & healthcare funding will impact CT’s healthcare industry—the state’s largest economic driver. 
2. Connecticut supply chain businesses are impacted by tariff increases and uncertainty around tariff changes. 
3. CT’s labor force is shrinking, likely due to federal immigration policy changes. 

The Economic Digest Turns 30!
It’s an old school deep dive into everything. Did you know that 2/3 of car vs. pedestrian crashes involve male drivers? Read the latest edition of The Economic Digest and pull out that gem if you’re bored at dinner, see what happens… 

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Connecticut Department of Labor
200 Folly Brook Boulevard
Wethersfield, CT 06109

Email: 
CTDOL.Communications@ct.gov

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