Here's a look at some of NFIB/Alabama's victories during the 2012 legislation session:
- Excluded businesses with fewer than 50 employees from a rule requiring employers who offer health benefits to include coverage for treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
- Moved the current waiting week for drawing unemployment benefits from the 13th week to the 1st, saving employers $45 million over the next four years.
- Passed legislation from potential liability lawsuits if someone injures themselves while trespassing.
- Created a program where employers can file sales, use, leasing and rental taxes through a single website rather than filing paperwork in different jurisdictions.
- Stopped state and local governments from adopting and developing environmental and developmental policies that, without due process, would infringe or restrict the private property rights of the owner of the property.
- Fought successfully for legislation disqualification individuals from receiving unemployment benefits for 52 weeks upon conviction of fraudulently receiving benefits, reducing fraud and payment of benefits for unemployment taxes for Alabama business owners.
- Reformed the state's tough immigration law by removing language that requires any business doing business with a governmental entity to prepare and deliver an affidavit declaring all employees are legal, providing regulatory relief for small-business owners.