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Contractors and developers across Connecticut agree their industry is going through a time like none other in memory: Demand for new housing is intense at all ends of the market, while labor costs are soaring and construction materials are often scarce and sometimes staggeringly expensive.
Following the Biden administration’s withdrawal last month of a COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate, many larger Connecticut employers are relieved they won’t have to comply, especially amid a tight labor market that has seen a record number of workers quit their jobs in recent months, employment lawyers said.
“Employers have been struggling with this,” said Glenn Dowd, a partner in Hartford law firm Day Pitney’s labor and employment practice. “It’s very unpopular with a segment of the workforce, and the workforce is really important right now.”