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The BIA’s top ‘reopening’ concerns

By  Jim Roche
NH Business Review

Jim Roche is president of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire

As state policymakers work through a gradual “reopening” of our economy, it’s important they successfully address several policy matters that will directly impact the ability of enterprises large and small, in all corners of the state, to return to economic health.

These include a legal safe harbor for employers who have acted in good faith during the pandemic, terminating the trigger that will otherwise raise business taxes on all employers, replenish the unemployment insurance trust fund without raising taxes on positively rated employers and helping all enterprises access testing equipment, particularly thermometers.

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