Upcoming meeting with the Department of Industrial Relations to help you prepare.
Greg Powell of fi-Plan Partners and three other regional winners were honored on Oct. 27 at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.
It's been one year since we began working with the Alabama-only self-insurance fund to help members control their workers' compensation costs.
The latest Small Business Problems & Priorities survey says four of the top 10 challenges facing small businesses are tax related. Order your 2010 Tax Calendar for Small Businesses to help avoid tax problems in the coming year.
State Director Rosemary Elebash writes in The Birmingham News that a federal energy bill would hurt Alabama families and small businesses.
U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright met recently with NFIB members to talk about healthcare reform, cap and trade and other issues.
NFIB head says president can choose to stand with small businesses who need healthcare reform.
Meetings give NFIB/Alabama members a chance to learn more and speak out about issues that are important to their small businesses.
Learn about new rules that affect your small business.
Coalition of businesses, trade groups and individuals promotes resonable energy policies.
Appleton Learning of Madison and Geo-Source Inc. of Florence are among the 10 U.S. finalists for the Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence Award.
The NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has announced the Alabama recipients of the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Awards.
Gov. Bob Riley has allowed the Legislature’s unemployment compensation resolution take effect without his signature. The resolution says Alabama wants all unemployment compensation money available from the federal stimulus package, including nearly $100 million that would require a change in state law to make about 20,000 more unemployed people eligible for benefits. Gov. Riley said the resolution misstated his position on the issue.
Rosemary Elebash, Alabama state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, praised Gov. Bob Riley Tuesday for rejecting a piece of the federal economic stimulus plan.
The House Education Finance and Appropriation Committee has passed a measure that would ask voters to remove the 4 percent tax on groceries. It would replace the lost revenue by eliminating or reducing the deduction for federal income taxes on people in the upper-income brackets. Most middle-class taxpayers would still be permitted to claim all or part of the deduction, but it's estimated this still would be a $426 million annual increase on Alabama taxpayers.
One of NFIB's priorities is making basic health insurance more affordable for small business owners, their employees and their families.
Gov. Bob Riley delivered his annual State of the State address on Tuesday, Feb. 3, the opening day of the legislative session. Alabama is facing "tough times," he said, "but we will weather this storm and become stronger for it." Gov. Riley's top legislative priorities are an economic recovery plan, a code of public ethics and education.
Special NFIB member report on workers' compensation and activism in Alabama, February/March 2009 edition.
A new rule pertaining to unemployment compensation went into effect Jan. 1. Under this rule, employers with five or more employees must file a worker's claim for partial unemployment compensation benefits electronically. In the past, these forms could also be submitted either by mail.
The Department of Industrial Relations sent a year-end reminder this week to Alabama employers, telling them they must notify the department whenever they make a hire under the Alabama New Hire Act. This includes re-hires and recalled employees.
Special NFIB member report on health insurance and activism in Alabama, December/January 2009 edition.
Voters will cast their votes in federal, state and local elections Tuesday. You know that urgent reforms are needed to revive our economy and to unite and hold our public servants accountable. Small business owners across the country and in Alabama want relief from skyrocketing healthcare costs, efforts to make it easier for unions to organize a workplace, burdensome regulations, higher taxes and frivolous lawsuits.
Several NFIB members have called the Montgomery office asking about Amendment One, which will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot. NFIB/Alabama didn't ballot the proposed amendment to the state constitution, so we aren't taking an official position on the issue.
Oct. 24 is the deadline to register to vote in Alabama.
Alabama's largest small business advocacy organization, the National Federation of Independent Business, is proud to announce its working relationship with AlaCOMP, an Alabama-only workers' compensation self-insurance fund.
The latest from NFIB President and CEO Todd Stottlemyer, and an update on Alabama's 2nd congressional district race.
NFIB announced its endorsement of Judge Greg Shaw for a seat on the Alabama Supreme Court and Judge Bill Thompson for reelection to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. NFIB/Alabama State Director Rosemary Elebash said, "NFIB/Alabama members and other business owners have struggled with lawsuit abuse and liability costs and NFIB members believe Judge Shaw and Judge Thompson will be fair and mindful of the impact their rulings may have on Alabama's Main Street job creators."
Special NFIB member report on education and activism in Alabama, October/November 2008 edition.
The General Election is Nov. 4 -- 47 days away. NFIB/Alabama is hard at work to ensure victories of pro-small business candidates at the national and state levels. This is the perfect time to get involved in the political side of your NFIB membership.
Gov. Bob Riley honored Sieu Tang Wood, founder and owner of Tang's Tailor in the Montgomery area, with a proclamation as the 2008 NFIB Small Business Champion winner. She immigrated to the United States 35 years ago with $275 and built a nationwide tailoring business with contracts at several military bases. Gov. Riley told NFIB/Alabama State Director Rosemary Elebash at the ceremony that Wood was the "perfect choice to represent small business owners along with her outstanding involvement in community and charitable activities."
The political action committee of the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation's leading small business association, today announced its endorsement of candidates in Alabama for reelection to the U.S. Congress. NFIB supports candidates who have pro-small business voting records and are strong advocates for small business owners.
Special NFIB member report on education, taxes and activism in Alabama, August/September 2008 edition.
The election runoff is tomorrow, July 15. The only statewide runoffs are on the Republican ticket. Gov. Bob Riley is expected to call the Legislature in for a special session later this summer if Volkswagen decides to build an assembly plant in north Alabama.
Soaring fuel and energy costs rank second only to the cost of healthcare among the problems facing small business owners, according to one of several surveys by the National Federation of Independent Business, Alabama's leading small business association.
NFIB/Alabama members traveled to the 2008 National Small Business Summit in Washington, D.C,. earlier this month. Don Morgan with Morgan Properties in Cullman; Brett Dungan and his wife, Linda, and daughter Becky, with Master Marine, Inc. of Bayou La Batre; Dr. William and Tj Moore of Advanced Women's Health Care, Clanton; and Charlie and Beverly Douthit of Gunite Consultants of Birmingham joined small business owners from across the country at this year's event, held at the Grand Hyatt Washington.
NFIB/Alabama State Director Rosemary Elebash co-hosted a luncheon honoring U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (Anniston) earlier this month. Rep. Rogers represents Alabama's 3rd Congressional District. Rogers, a former NFIB member who served in the Alabama Legislature, has a 100 percent voting record with NFIB in the 108th Congress.
NFIB, along with other Alabama trade organizations, have joined together in contacting Alabama legislators opposing the workers' compensation bills. Every member of the Legislature received a letter delivered by FedEx over the weekend. These bills represent the most blatant attack on free enterprise in Alabama history. These job-killing proposals substantially rewrite Alabama's current workers' compensation laws and, if passed, would wipe out economic progress in our state. If passed, these bills will send a clear signal across the nation and the world that Alabama is closed for business.
Lawmakers have introduced a package of bills that would have devastating effects on Alabama's workers' compensation program, which is financially sound and widely viewed as fair and balanced. Please contact your legislator today and urge him or her to oppose these bills. Senators can be reached at 334-242-7800; representatives at 334-242-7600.
NFIB opposes Senate Bill 1 by Sen. Hank Sanders (Selma). SB 1 would expand the statute of limitation's "discovery rule" to include damage to property as well as to persons. It also would expand the discovery statute of limitations to include toxic substances, which the bill defines broadly. In addition, SB 1 would allow multiple causes of action over extended periods of time for a single course of conduct.
Gov. Bob Riley is supporting legislation that would eliminate state income taxes on federal tax rebates that Alabamians will begin receiving in May. Most taxpayers can expect to receive tax rebates of $600 to $1,200, but unless state legislation is passed, Alabamians will have to pay a state income tax on those rebates. Gov. Riley also is pushing legislators to begin work on the Alabama Middle Class Tax Relief Act (HB 145) and the Small Business Health Care Affordability Act (HB 144) that will allow a 200 percent income tax deduction on health insurance premiums.
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