In this Capitol Report:
Colorado Chamber Takes Support Position on Family Leave Savings Account and Veteran Hiring Preference Bills
The Colorado Chamber’s Labor and Employment Council met this week to discuss and vote on upcoming legislation in the General Assembly. The Council voted to take a support position on two bills: House Bill 1193 and House Bill 1222.
HB 1193 presents an alternative to a family leave mandate or state-run program by offering tax incentives to encourage businesses to contribute to family and medical leave for their employees. It also offers tax incentives to workers for putting money aside into a leave savings account.
The Colorado Chamber believes an approach that incentivizes employers to offer family and medical leave for their employees would be an effective and successful approach.
HB 1222 allows a private employer to give preference to veterans and spouses of disabled veterans or veterans killed in the line of duty when hiring a new employee as long as the veteran or the spouse is as qualified as other applicants for employment. The Colorado Chamber supports the ability of businesses to adopt a veteran preference policy in hiring.
The next Labor and Employment Council will be held on March 18th, 2020.
The Colorado Chamber Truly Appreciates Our Policy Council Supporters!
During the legislative session, our 6 policy councils meet each month to discuss the hundreds of bills that are introduced every legislative Session. The Councils include: Health Care Council; Tax Council; Energy & Environment Council; Labor & Employment Council; Governmental Affairs Council; Federal Council.
Colorado Chamber members serve on each of these Councils and provide significant expertise on policy issues and guidance to our lobby team on legislation.
We are very grateful to the supporters and sponsors of our Councils which include:
- Aurora Chamber of Commerce
- Colorado Association of Mechanical & Plumbing Contractors
- Colorado Rural Electric Association
- Deloitte
- Kaiser Permanente
- Sherman & Howard
- United Power
- Waste Management
If you wish to sponsor a council, please contact Laura Moss at [email protected].
Policy Council Meeting Schedule
Sponsoring a Policy Council meeting puts you front and center with key legislators, government officials, and Colorado Chamber members.
The following Councils are available to all our members:
- Energy and Environment Council
- HealthCare Council
- Labor and Employment Council
- Governmental Affairs Council
- Tax Council
Each Council will meet at noon at the Colorado Chamber of Commerce office throughout the session. Lunch is served at each meeting. Sponsorship of council meetings by our members is crucial to maintaining the practice of providing lunch during these important council meetings. We need sponsors for every meeting, so we would like to encourage members to sign up now to sponsor a lunch! Sponsors receive recognition in both email reminders for the meeting and our online Events Calendar, as well as during the meeting. The Colorado Chamber of Commerce does all of the ordering and setup of the lunch and the sponsorship is always a flat rate of $650. Please contact Laura Moss for more details or to sign up as a sponsor. We appreciate your ongoing support!
Please see the below for specific dates for each council. Councils always meet from Noon to 1:15 p.m. in our conference room at 1600 Broadway, Suite 1000.
2020 Council Meeting Dates
Energy & Environment Council:
January 29, 2020
February 25, 2020
March 24, 2020
April 29, 2020
Governmental Affairs Council:
January 28, 2020
February 11, 2020
March 31, 2020
April 27, 2020
HealthCare Council:
January 16, 2020
February 13, 2020
March 12, 2020
April 16, 2020
Labor & Employment Council:
January 22, 2020
February 19, 2020
March 18, 2020
April 22, 2020
Tax Council:
January 17, 2020
February 7, 2020
March 6, 2020
April 17, 2020