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CT Covid-19 Knowledge Base

• Liquor Permits

  3/3/2021

  Renewals of liquor permits has been extended

  Businesses

• Educators Paid Leave

  3/2/2021

  Paid leave requirements for staff of local and regional boards of education

  EducationFamilies and children

• Veterans Tax Relief

  3/2/2021

  Biennial filing requirements for veterans tax relief have been suspended

  Assistance and ReliefGovernment

• Use of Commuter Parking Facilities

  3/1/2021

  Use of commuter parking facilities for COVID-19 testing and vaccination

• COVID Alert Map for CT

  2/22/2021

  Weekly COVID alert map released by the Connecticut Department of Public Health

  HealthSafetyGovernment

• Will schools be allowed to reopen for the 2020 - 2021 school year?

  7/2/2020

  Schools will be allowed to reopen for the new school year with in-person classroom learning if the State's COVID-19 containment efforts remain successful

  EducationFamilies and childrenOfficial Guidelines

• I can’t pay my home mortgage because of financial problems related to the Coronavirus emergency. What do I do?

  7/2/2020

  Governor Lamont reached an agreement with over 50 banks and credit unions on March 31, 2020 to provide mortgage payment help to the state’s residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Assistance and ReliefRenters and Homeowners

• Can I leave my house to go shopping or go to work during the state’s coronavirus response?

  6/9/2020

  Yes. You may travel freely and as needed for the purposes of caring for yourself and your family (going to the grocery store, the pharmacy, or to seek medical care) or for going to work at a business that is deemed essential during this public health crisis

  ActivitiesOfficial GuidelinesSafety

• My employee has been exposed to a family member who just returned from a Level 3 country. The employee shows no signs or symptoms of COVID-19, but I still want to send them home. Does the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) protect their job?

  6/9/2020

  At this time, if the employee’s family member does not have a serious health condition under the FMLA, then their job will not be protected.

  BusinessesFamilies and childrenSafetyOfficial GuidelinesEmployee

• I have no paid time off through my employer. If I become sick from COVID-19 and I need to leave work (or I get terminated), can I collect unemployment benefits?

  6/9/2020

  The CT Department of Labor has all the latest updates on the CARES Act and unemployment insurance

  UnemploymentEmployee