Starting Oct. 1, 2026, a Connecticut propane dealer can no longer require a new bobtail driver or service technician to sign a note promising to repay training costs after quitting early. This holds no matter how few people the dealer employs. Public Act 26-12 Sec. 4 calls these 'employment promissory notes.' Requiring one as a condition of employment is against public policy, and the note is void. CBIA reports the old ban reached only employers with 26 or more employees, so the smallest family dealers are covered for the first time. The change arrives as dealers hire drivers for winter, and it rewrites the job ad too.
Originally published on Propane Insider.