VICTORIES
Unemployment Insurance
NFIB’s efforts were successful in including the use of Federal money to replenish Connecticut’s depleted Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund.
Eliminated the Business Entity Tax
NFIB led a successful fight to end the Business Entity Tax.
Tax Reform
Any business’ personal property that is 10 years old and had an original value of less than $250 is exempt from the property tax.
Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI)
NFIB successfully fought to stop TCI legislation that would have increased the fuel tax by up to 38 cents per gallon.
CHALLENGES
Predictive Scheduling
NFIB will continue to challenge attempts to bring back Predictive Scheduling legislation. This bill will require employers to post employee’s work schedules up to two weeks in advance and face penalties for inaccuracies.
Healthcare
NFIB will continue to fight health insurance costs by strongly opposing a single-payer state run healthcare system and a costly Health Insurance Tax (HIT).
Mandated Paid Sick Leave
NFIB will fight attempts to expand mandated employer paid sick leave to all businesses regardless of size.
Mandated Paid Family Leave
NFIB continues to monitor the implementation of the recently passed paid Family Leave Mandate (FMLA) that requires even the smallest of businesses to comply. This onerous action would allow employees to be out of work with pay 12 weeks per year.
