Bills Would Make PTSD Compensable, Forbid Hiring Managers From Asking About Comp

Connecticut would allow workers who had witnessed a death to file workers' compensation claims for post-traumatic stress disorder, and other resulting emotional and mental impairments, if a long-circulating bill passes this session. Proposed in the wake of the Newtown Elementary School shootings, the bill has "not yet made it over the finish line" but is "getting closer," having passed in the Senate last session, the sponsoring senator's press aide said. Sen. Martin Looney, D-New Haven, introduced the bill this session. It currently sits in the Connecticut Gen...