Gov. Ned Lamont strongly supports the bill, he said at a news conference earlier this week.

By Hudson Kamphausen, CTNewsJunkie.com 

The Labor and Public Employees Committee voted along party lines Thursday advanced a bill that would expand paid sick leave in the state. Republicans in the legislature remain in opposition.

Senate Bill 7 would change the current paid sick leave system, which currently only applies to employees of businesses with 50 or more employees. Workers for businesses of as few as one employee would accrue paid sick hours at a rate of one hour per every 30 hours worked, as workers for larger businesses do under the current system.

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