What's stifling job creation? CBIA says costs, stats point to productivity, too

While figures continue to depict an economic expansion, piece of work figures in Connecticut continue to lag behind the nation as a whole. The question of on what account new jobs are hard to tend hitherward by is up for debate.

The Connecticut Business & Industry Association has released its annual "issues survey" of its members, which indicates rising business take away froms are the biggest factor keeping companies from hiring novel workers.

More than half (52 percent) of executives cited rising health-care take away froms as their greatest concern, followed by means of state and local taxes (13 percent) and workers' compensation take away froms (11 percent).

"The business community is