As job-search mandates return, rules still unclear for CT gig workers
Alexander Soule
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Uber signage steers new arrivals at Los Angeles International Airport to Uber. In reinstating “search for work” requirements for unemployment compensation entering June 2021, the Connecticut Department of Labor provided scant guidance initially on how self-employed “gig economy” workers can demonstrate efforts that they are working to increase their base pay to continue qualifying for unemployment.Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press
With sidelined workers in Connecticut getting fresh marching orders from the state get looking for work come June or don’t come looking for an unemployment check no clear path is in place for one group: people who hire themselves out as independent contractors.
How Jennifer Dulos became symbol of hope for domestic violence survivors
Lisa Backus
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NEW CANAAN It was just about four years ago when Jennifer Dulos told a family court judge how her estranged husband warned he’d “disappear” with their children if she filed for divorce, threatened her financially and, in one instance, chased her around their home in a fit of rage, according to court documents.
The mother of five’s request for a restraining order, however, was denied because a judge said she was unable to prove she was the victim of physical abuse.
It marked the beginning of a contentious divorce and custody dispute that spanned two years and included more than 400 court filings up until her disappearance in May 2019.
May 23—Amid recent government guidance that gives hope an end to the pandemic may be in sight, residents and business owners are trying to figure out what the "new normal" looks like. On Wednesday, Gov. Ned Lamont lifted the state's mask mandate for people who are fully vaccinated. The decision followed a declaration from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that people who are .
May 23—After years of wheel spinning, and not of the roulette variety, the state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation allowing and setting up the rules for sports betting and online casino-style gambling. This is really happening. It will help the Connecticut Lottery and the state's two tribal casinos, Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Resort, compete with other states and in the .