NFIB/West Virginia's recent victories include:
Won an exemption in new health-insurance mandate for small businesses. Lawmakers passed a bill requiring employers who offer health insurance benefits to include coverage for autism spectrum disorders. NFIB fought successfully to exempt businesses with 25 or fewer employers and cap coverage at $30,000 a year
Ensured that the voice of small business was heard in the debate on West Virginia's unemployment trust fund. West Virginia’s unemployment compensation affects every small business in the state because it provides temporary wage replacement to those unemployed workers who meet specific eligibility requirements. There has been a steep decline in the fund’s reserves due to the states high unemployment rate, but thanks to encouraging efforts from NFIB/West Virginia is one of the few states that has avoided borrowing from the federal government to pay unemployment benefits. NFIB worked with the governor’s office and the legislature on ideas that will lower the unemployment rate and encourage lawmakers to adopt policies that encourage job creation and small business investment.
Continued to succesfully oppose tax increases. Thanks to NFIB’s strong lobbying efforts, there hasn’t been a tax increase for West Virginia’s business community in nearly a decade. NFIB/West Virginia joined other business groups that helped reduce the food tax by 1 cent.