Bill Summary: HB 5384

• Changes workforce planning timeframe from thirty years to ten years for Labor Commissioner and Technical Education and Career System superintendent annual reporting to joint standing committees by November 15th.

• Repeals outdated job training coordinator provisions and retains Labor Commissioner authority to contract with public or private agencies for educational and job training services.

• Updates Connecticut Employment and Training Commission to reference federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 USC 3101) instead of obsolete Job Training Partnership Act throughout employment and training statutes.

• Revises unemployment insurance benefit year base period rules to allow four consecutive quarters immediately preceding most recently worked period (instead of first four of five most recent quarters) for workers receiving workers' compensation or on approved leave.

• Repeals seven obsolete statutory sections and removes requirement for electronic senior worker hiring campaign reporting, effective upon passage.