Foxwoods Resort Casino reported 3,000 visitors by mid-afternoon Monday and Mohegan Sun said a “reasonable number” of guests visited on an opening day that ended a financially ruinous 11-week shutdown brought on by the coronavirus. Gov. Ned Lamont, who opposed the openings and instead said the casinos should resume business later this summer to give more time to fight the coronavirus, said he authorized state highway alerts intended to drive away older visitors more susceptible to infections...

Gov. Ned Lamont is broadening eligibility for unemployment insurance to workers vulnerable to the coronavirus, drawing fire from Connecticut’s largest business group. The governor on Monday issued an executive order allowing the commissioner of labor to find work unsuitable for employees returning to work after a layoff if the site poses an “unreasonable risk” to their health due to the coronavirus. At a news briefing May 8, Lamont said those who are vulnerable to COVID-19 — over 65 and with...

A Torrington aerospace manufacturer has announced the layoff this summer of 129 workers while other manufacturers are being hit with penalties by customers for late deliveries and are struggling with delayed orders. Franklin Products Inc., a manufacturer of airline seat components, said in a May 15 letter to the state Department of Labor it had limited success getting financial help. The assistance was not enough to save the jobs, which will be cut between July 10 and July 31, the company...

Even before businesses in Connecticut began reopening May 20, employers were posting job ads in some industries, signaling that historic job losses forced by the coronavirus may be easing, the state Department of Labor said in a recent analysis. Employers in Connecticut were hiring in the first week of May even as thousands of businesses shut and unemployment skyrocketed, according to the June Connecticut Economic Digest. Despite the drop in the number of jobs in March and April, nearly every...