The following issues are covered in this first newsletter of 2005: SCE&G Rate Hike Request Cut By About 50% Supreme Court Ruling On Small Business Employment Discrimination Revisited Pilot Project On Affordable Health Care Moving Forward Columbia Establishes A Small Business Regulatory Review Committee 2005 Legislative Agenda SCE&G Rate Hike Request Cut By About 50% […]
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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 “protected
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REPORT ON SCE&G RATE HIKE HEARING AT PSC Small Business Chamber President Intervenes For one solid week, November 1-5, the South Carolina Public Service Commission heard testimony to determine what, if any, increase in electric rates SCE&G would be allowed starting in 2005. The company put up 12 witnesses, the intervenors (those parties in opposition
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SCE&G SEEKS ANOTHER ELECTRIC RATE HIKE Small Business Chamber President to Intervene SCE&G is asking the Public Service Commission for an overall 5.66% increase on electric rates, which would include a 3.3% hike on small businesses. In 2002, SCE&G was granted an 8% increase on small business rates after The SC Small Business Chamber of
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The following letter was presented to the Rural Ad Hoc Committee in the SC House of Representatives: ————————- September 20, 2004 The Honorable Harry Ott, Co-Chair The Honorable Jay Lucas, Co-Chair Rural Caucus Ad Hoc Committee SC House of Representatives P.O. Box 11867 Columbia, SC 29211 Re: Rural Caucus Ad Hoc Committee Dear Chairmen Ott
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7/12/2004 Small Business Bulletin Small Business Under Attack from Regulated Industries Small Business Chamber Fighting Back Look out small businesses! Telephone, electricity and workers comp insurance costs will all be going up soon. This Bulletin tells you what these regulated industries are up to and how The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce is working
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Small Group Health Insurance Up to 70% of employers in South Carolina with 50 or fewer workers do not offer group health insurance. That’s over about 66,000 small businesses in this state that cannot afford to offer health insurance to their employees. 35% of employers in South Carolina with 51-100 workers do not offer group
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The SC General Assembly closed down on June 3rd and now it is time to assess how The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce agenda fared. For 5 months, the Small Business Chamber worked hard both inside and outside the State House to advance the cause of small business. Overall, the results are positive. And
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SCE&G SEEKS ANOTHER ELECTRIC RATE HIKE Small Business Chamber President to Intervene SCE&G is asking the Public Service Commission for an overall 5.66% increase on electric rates, which would include a 3.3% hike on small businesses. In 2002, SCE&G was granted an 8% increase on small business rates after The SC Small Business Chamber of
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The Small Business Chamber is supporting a $40 million budget for the Technical College Lottery Tuition Assistance program. In the fall of 2003, this highly successful, lottery funded program paid approximately 75% of the tuition for 21,097 South Carolinians attending our technical colleges to prepare them with the skills our small businesses need. That is
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