Event Industry News
OCTOBER 2, 2020
The letter is supported by 334 event industry companies from the membership of all three associations and proposes an Event Industry Hibernation Scheme. The scheme proposed would support the survival of businesses and their employees through closure of the industry, allowing it to restart once constraints are relaxed.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Members of Congress join associations, including ASAE, in pushback against proposed overtime rule. The Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule last summer that would require businesses to pay overtime wages to employees making $50,440 or less per year, which would be a 113 percent increase over the current threshold.
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Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
ASAE’s comments suggest that, without revisions, the proposed rules will be “an expensive, time-consuming nightmare for employers,” likely to result in a reduction of benefits for employees. Dean Heller (R-NV) and Martin Heinrich (D-NM). A House bill to repeal the “Cadillac” tax was introduced in the spring by Rep.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Al Franken (D-MN), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Dean Heller (R-NV), was introduced in July, but no action has been taken since then. The bill ( S.2685 2685 ), cosponsored by Sens. In a letter [PDF] to the Senate earlier this month, a group of technology trade associations urged the lawmakers to act quickly to pass the bill.
Associations Now
JUNE 27, 2013
Several finance industry groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Bankers Association, favor the proposal. The Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act —introduced on June 25 by Sens.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 21, 2013
Camp, who is readying a comprehensive tax reform bill this session, had suggested for weeks that tax reform instructions could be linked to the debt limit deal , but that provision was not included in the deal brokered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Associations Now
APRIL 23, 2013
Amazon''s Change of Heart The online retailer Amazon famously built its business model on the back of the loophole that the Marketplace Fairness Act is trying to close, but the company is actually supporting the bill, going so far as to thank senators for proposing it. Why the change? The committee is led by Sen.
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