Nearly 100 businesspeople took part in the first meeting of NJBIA’s new Human Resource Council this week to get answers from legal and health experts about New Jersey’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans and whether employers can require workers to be vaccinated. The Jan. 13 online event featured labor attorney Douglas Diaz, of Archer Law, and […]
Health Policy
HMH Helping Schools, Businesses Get Back on Track with COVID Resources
Hackensack Meridian Health Network’s new initiative “Keeping America Safe” is offering schools, businesses, and other organizations with COVID-19 the guidance they need to reopen and stay on track during the pandemic. During a recent NJBIA webinar, HMH Client Relations Director Joanne Clarke said the program was inspired by feedback from business owners during a virtual […]
Experts Explore COVID-19’s Lasting Impacts on Delivery of Healthcare in NJ
COVID-19 has changed the delivery of healthcare and some of these developments, such as telehealth and telemedicine, are likely to be lasting, according to hospital, insurance and pharmaceutical executives who participated in a panel discussion at NJBIA’s recent Public Policy Forum. “In some ways, COVID has dragged our fragmented antiquated healthcare system kicking and screaming into the 21st century,” said John Hoffman, the head […]
NJBIA Support for A-4853 – Reduces or delays increases in employer unemployment taxes related to benefits paid during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic state of emergency.
Good morning! My name is Christopher Emigholz, and I am the Vice President of Government Affairs for the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) covering tax, budget and economic development issues. On behalf of our member companies that provide 1 million jobs in our State and make NJBIA the largest statewide business association in […]
NJBIA Supports S-624 Sarlo (D36) / A-1135 Coughlin (D19); Karabinchak (D18); Vainieri Huttle (D37)
On behalf of our member companies that provide 1 million jobs in our state and make NJBIA the largest statewide business association in the nation, NJBIA supports S-624 / A-1135, which reinstates the prior property tax exemption for nonprofit hospitals with on-site, for-profit medical providers; requires some of these hospitals to pay community service contributions; […]