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Outdated State Regulations Being Wiped Off The Books
HARTFORD — State labor commissioner Sharon Palmer could hardly believe it when her staff generated a list of state regulations that should be eliminated.
They had been acting under a directive from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to search for obsolete regulations that could be wiped off the state books.
One of the regulations they found – still on the books today – says that no woman can work alone between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
"Is that funny or what?'' Palmer said Thursday as she burst out laughing. "We're not sure how old it is. It could be 50 or 60 years old. We're not sure. Very, very old. … I think it could go back to the turn of the century.''
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-state-regulations-0321-20140320,0,3774605.story
They had been acting under a directive from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy to search for obsolete regulations that could be wiped off the state books.
One of the regulations they found – still on the books today – says that no woman can work alone between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m.
"Is that funny or what?'' Palmer said Thursday as she burst out laughing. "We're not sure how old it is. It could be 50 or 60 years old. We're not sure. Very, very old. … I think it could go back to the turn of the century.''
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-state-regulations-0321-20140320,0,3774605.story