Here's a look at challenges facing small businesses in South Carolina:
- Oppose efforts to undermine the state's right-to-work laws: NFIB/South Carolina responded quickly when the National Labor Relations Board took steps to force Boeing to locate its second 787 Dreamliner assembly line in Washington State instead of a new, nonunion factory in South Carolina. In a public statement, State Director J.J. Darby called the government's actions "overreaching" and said, "People shouldn’t have to join a union to get a job, and companies should be allowed to make their own decisions about where and how to run their businesses."
- Improve access to affordable healthcare: Healthcare remains one of the greatest challenges facing small businesses. Nationwide, fewer than half of all small businesses offer health insurance to their employees. NFIB/South Carolina supports measures to create a state income-tax credit for small businesses that provide health insurance for their employees and allow small businesses to buy basic health insurance policies that don’t include all of the costly mandates required by the state. We're also committed to preventing the federal healthcare overhaul from hurting South Carolina's small businesses. NFIB/South Carolina is representing the state’s small businesses on the Governor’s Health Exchange Planning Committee to make certain that any changes made to comply with the federal law will only lowers costs and increase access to insurance.
- Pass objective standards for workers’ compensation awards: NFIB/South Carolina supports efforts to reform the workers’ compensation system, reign in runaway attorney fees and require objective standards when determining a claimant’s award.
- Limit government spending: State government should live within its means and save for rainy days – just as small businesses do. This requires meaningful caps that would prohibit runaway spending and dedicating reserves to specific functions of government such as infrastructure, education or refunds to taxpayers.