WARNING Small Businesses Now Liable for Employment Discrimination Due to Court Ruling The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is issuing a warning today to small businesses with 14 or fewer employees to be extremely careful in all employment decisions. Employment decisions of these small businesses have traditionally been protected from discrimination lawsuits regarding […]
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2006 LEGISLATIVE SUCCESS Priority Issues Enacted or Show Progress The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce started in January with 6 top legislative priority issues. On June 14th, the S.C. General Assembly finished for this year. Below is a brief description of the outcome on each of these issues. 1. Affordable Health Care/Insurance SUCCESS: The
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Hearing On WC Rate Increase–Final Day Four long days of hearings in an Administrative Law Court ended yesterday bringing to an end to the combative process that will determine how large a workers’ comp rate increase will go into effect this year. The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce and the S.C. Consumer Advocate put
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Votes Needed to Override Veto Small Business Job Tax Credits in Jeopardy Governor Sanford has vetoed Senate Bill 1175. This bill is vital to small businesses for two reasons: 1. It enables small businesses to create at least 2 new jobs anytime during their fiscal year and still qualify for job tax credits. The existing
Workers’ Comp Costs Drop in 2005 Governor Still Supports 32.9% Rate Hike The 2005 Loss Ratio for workers’ compensation dropped dramatically from the previous years according to data provided by the S.C. Department of Insurance. The Loss Ratio financial data shows the percentage of premiums that are paid by insurance carriers for workers’ compensation claims.
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Wednesday was the third day of the hearing on the National Council of Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) proposed 32.9% increase in workers’ comp loss cost rates in South Carolina. The parties supporting the increase are NCCI, Companion Property & Casualty, the S.C. Department of Insurance and the S.C. Chamber of Commerce. Opposing the increase is the
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The hearing on the National Council of Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) proposed 32.9% increase in workers’ comp loss cost in South Carolina continued yesterday. The second day of the hearing began at 9 a.m. in the court of Chief Administrative Law Judge Marvin F. Kittrell and ended shortly before 6 p.m. The parties supporting the increase
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The long anticipated administrative law court hearing on the National Council of Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) proposed 32.9% increase in workers’ comp loss cost rates began today. In July of last year, NCCI filed its rate hike request with the S.C. Department of Insurance (DOI). The process is now before Judge Marvin F. Kittrell. Below are
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The Small Business Chamber is very pleased that Lt. Governor Andre Bauer will continue to serve on our Board of Directors.  Bauer first joined the Board as a Senator before being elected to Lt. Governor last November.  Also continuing to serve are Senator Glenn Reese (D-Spartanburg), Senator Jake Knotts (R-Lexington) and Representatives John Scott (D-Richland).  Representative Kenny Bingham
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Six years ago, a new organization was launched to fill an important need: effective representation of the general interests of small businesses in the state governmental process. Since then The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has established itself as the clear, independent voice of small businesses across the state. But this independence comes at
