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Member Appreciation Best
Ball
Tournament Club of Iowa
Workers' Compensation Seminar - Drug
Testing Seminar/Webinar
6600 Westown Parkway #100
Bi-Annual IA Advanced Manufacturing
Conference
FFA Enrichment Center
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Our Members Being
Honored...
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you have a "Hats Off" submission please email
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To foster a favorable business, economic,
governmental and social climate within the State
of Iowa so that our citizens have the opportunity
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 Legislative News
Election 2010 Feature Article:
Iowa Prosperity Project Voter Education
Tool
As you've read in previous
e-newsletters, the Iowa Prosperity
Project has
several online tools available for voter
education.
This week's feature is the "Find Your
Candidates" option. Continue reading>>>
ABI
Members Invited to Participate in Online Town
Hall with Gov.
Branstad
The state SHRM council has been
active at a grass roots level providing feedback
in the form of phone calls, emails, letters, and
visits to the Iowa Capitol in an effort to
ensure the voices of our employers are heard in
all Human Resources related issues. Continue reading>>>
Less Than 12 Weeks to
Ensure Business Voice is
Heard
The
general election is less than 12 weeks
away.
Can you believe it?! Many of
you reading this newsletter have already done
your part to ensure Iowa's business voice is
heard loud and clear on November 2, 2010 and in
the next legislative session. Continue reading>>>
IIPAC Endorsed Candidates on
Facebook
Do you have a Facebook
account?
The ABI page has several photos of
"Friend of Iowa Business" endorsements with
IIPAC Investors. Continue
reading>>>
Save
the Date! Esteemed Political Analyst Bernadette
Budde to Visit
Iowa
Bernadette Budde, Senior Vice
President of BIPAC, will be in Iowa on Wednesday,
September 1 to share her insights for the
2010 General Election. Continue
reading>>> |
From
the Desk of...Brad Apland,
Prepare for a flood of
1099 paperwork
The
new healthcare bill is a staggering 2,409 pages.
It's like Dickens's "Great Expectations" on
steroids. And buried deep in that mess of paper
is a mandate that's going to make sure you're
enjoying your fair share of paperwork. In 2012,
all companies will have to issue 1099 tax forms
to any individual or corporation from which they
buy more than $600 in goods and services in a
tax year. Continue
reading>>>
Did you
miss the Monday Memo from ABI President Mike
Ralston? For this week's memo click
here. |
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Health
Care Reform Resource Center... Chris
Collins
Health-Care
Reform: Tax credits and Penalties for
Businesses
The
health-care reform legislation that was recently
enacted includes new taxes, but there are also
some tax breaks available to help small
businesses pay for health insurance. Two of the
changes getting a lot of attention: a tax credit
available to small businesses that offer
health-care coverage to employees, and a tax to
penalize employers who do not offer coverage. Continue
reading>>> |
Top 10 Reasons Why
People Don't Evaluate Their Workplace Wellness
Programs...by David
Hunnicutt, PhD
1. My
wellness program is not properly
designed
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Marshalltown
Young Professionals to host 7th Annual YPIowa
Conference
The
Marshalltown Young Professionals invite young
leaders from across the state to participate in
the
7th Annual YPIowa
conference
to be held in Marshalltown on Friday, September
24, at Iowa Valley Community College. Continue
reading>>> |
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