Employers in New York State this month will make their first payment on unemployment
insurance (UI) taxes at the lower rate created by The Business Council's pre-payment
initiative of late 1997.
All New York State employers pay UI taxes quarterly. The first quarter's payment
is due on April 30 of each year, explained Richard Schwarz, The Business Council's
tax counsel
Some 350 representatives of small business
heard Governor Pataki and key legislators affirm their commitment to tax
cuts and other policies that would improve the state's business climate.
Governor Pataki, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, and Assemblyman Robin
Schimminger addressed participants in Small Business Day March 30 in Albany
The Public Policy Institute has issued
a hard-hitting new report on the lawsuit industry-and the report instantly
put the New York State Trial Lawyers Association on the defensive.
The Institute, the research arm of The Business Council, said that New York
is trapped in a "lawsuit lottery" system that erodes justice, encourages
lawsuits against defendants with deep pockets regardless of fault, and works
largely to benefit an army of trial lawyers
ALBANY, N.Y. New York has become trapped in a "lawsuit lottery" system that erodes justice, encourages lawsuits against defendants with deep pockets regardless of fault, and works largely to benefit an army of trial lawyers, according to a new study by The Public Policy Institute of New York State
New York's "superfund" faces no immediate shortage of funds, and lawmakers
should reject calls for broad new business taxes disguised as "polluter-pays" taxes,
The Council's environmental expert testified March 16.
"If the state 'superfund' is facing an immediate financial crisis, we should
be so lucky that all our crises are as benign," Ken
Pokalsky told the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
By Robert Heiferman
Employees with psychological impairments pose unique problems for the unwary
employer.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued a "guidance" to
help companies deal with behavioral problems under the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA).
The guidance discusses employer responsibilities during the application stage
and employment
ALBANY -- The Business Council of New York State today announced support for two
Assembly bills that would create performance standards for teachers, teaching assistants, school
administrators, and supervisors -- and enforce those standards through a new licensing system.
"Creating and enforcing performance standards can enhance quality in any enterprise, including
the educational enterprise," said Margarita Mayo, The Business Council's educational specialist
ALBANY -- New York should revamp its unemployment insurance (UI) taxes and qualifying
standards to make the system fairer to both employers and workers, Daniel B. Walsh, President
of The Business Council, told the state Senate today.
In testimony this morning before the Senate Labor Committee, Walsh outlined the business
community's labor-related priorities in UI reform, workers' compensation reform (WC), and
workforce development
ALBANY Public elementary schools in New York State with high minority populations lag far behind other schools in teaching kids to read, a new study by The Public Policy Institute of New York State shows.
The study Separate and Unequal: The Reading Gap in New York's Elementary Schools is the first comprehensive statistical analysis of how well New York's high-minority schools teach reading, "the most basic of the three R's