Connecticut clearly needs lawmakers who can restore business confidence in our state so that employers invest, grow and create jobs here.

"It establishes a baseline for understanding when, how and why employers invest in the skills of their workers," the survey said.

Similarly, the responses reflected a healthy rate of investment in equipment, an indication that employers were investing aggressively to remain competitive.

However, if the employer invests a lot on her, the chance that she will stay is higher.

They think they know more than those who employ them--even when their employers have invested time and money in their training.

Cummins' former employer, Irwin, invested a great deal of money in Cummins' company.

Alternatively, you can have your employer invest the $10,000 of pretax money in the employer account, which grows to $11,000 next year.

"One advantage of portability is that if your former employer invested its pension fund badly, you might be able to find a better place to invest that money."

And after one of the most hard-hitting Budgets I have ever witnessed, employers should take the long view and invest in their teams now.

The legislation also extends and expands provisions to encourage employers to invest and hire.