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SUMMARY:Alarming Legislative Bills in 2025 Need Your Attention - Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Are you prepared for...statewide minimum wage increase\, burdensome mandates on small businesses\, etc.\n\nAlarming Legislative Bills n 2025 Need Your Attention!\n\nPresented by: Rose Gundersen - Washington Retail Association and\n\nBryan Kelley - Valley Automotive Electric\, NWACA Legislative Chair \n\n\n\nDate: December 18th\, 2024 \n\nTime: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm \n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86088468006\n\n\n\nWith the elections behind us\, now is a critical time to ensure that our industry's voice is represented and heard by Washington State's lawmakers.\n\n\n\nSome of the new Legislative Bill Proposals for Washington businesses?\n\n\n\nPaid Family & Medical Leave\n\n\n	Eliminate current job protection and health coverage exemption for small businesses\n	Make benefits available to any employees with merely 90 calendar days at work\n\n\n\n\nMinimum Wage - Will increase but we don't know the scope\n\n\n\nUnemployment Insurance Coverage\n\n\n	For striking workers\n	For undocumented workers\n\n\nAnd More...\n\n\n\nDo you think legislative policies are set in stone and you can't make a difference?  Think again! \n\nNWACA and Washington Retail are partnering to change that.  We are working together to make sure your voice is heard before legislation becomes law.  \n\n \n\nJoin Bryan Kelley and Rose Gundersen on December 18th 12:00 pm to learn about upcoming legislative proposals and what you can do to influence them. Don't miss your opportunity to get informed and take action!\n\n\n\nThis is our opportunity to work together to create positive change. Don't miss your chance to make a difference in Washington's policies   your perspective is invaluable.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><b style="caret-color: rgb(33\, 33\, 33)\; color: rgb(33\, 33\, 33)\; font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; color: rgb(204\, 0\, 0)\; line-height: 1.2\;">Are you prepared for...</span></b><b style="caret-color: rgb(33\, 33\, 33)\; color: rgb(33\, 33\, 33)\; font-family: Calibri\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14.6667px\;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; font-family: Aptos\, sans-serif\; line-height: 1.2\;">statewide minimum wage increase\, burdensome mandates on small businesses\, etc.</span></b><br />\n<b style="font-family: aptos\, sans-serif\; font-size: 16px\;"><span style="color: rgb(204\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size: 18px\;">Alarming Legislative Bills n 2025 Need Your Attention!</span></span></b><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;">Presented by: Rose Gundersen - Washington Retail Association and</span><br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Bryan Kelley - Valley Automotive Electric\, NWACA Legislative Chair </span><br />\n<br />\nDate: December 18th\, 2024&nbsp\;<br />\nTime: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="font-family: aptos\, sans-serif\;">Join Zoom Meeting</span><br />\n<span style="font-family: aptos\, sans-serif\;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86088468006&amp\;source=gmail&amp\;ust=1729181279857000&amp\;usg=AOvVaw0wH13FG6phuUhGM5bK5Nor" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86088468006" style="color: rgb(17\, 85\, 204)\;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/<wbr />86088468006</a></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>With the elections behind us\, <span style="color:#cc0000\;">now is a critical time</span> to ensure that our industry&rsquo\;s voice is represented and heard by Washington State&rsquo\;s lawmakers.</strong></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><font face="aptos\, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:#cc0000\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;">Some of the new Legislative Bill Proposals for Washington businesses?</span></span><br />\n<br />\nPaid Family &amp\; Medical Leave</b></font></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">Eliminate current job protection and health coverage exemption for small businesses</span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;"><font face="aptos\, sans-serif">Make benefits available to any employees with merely 90 calendar days at work</font></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>Minimum Wage - Will increase but we don&#39\;t know the scope</strong><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Unemployment Insurance Coverage</strong></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">For striking workers</span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:16px\;">For undocumented workers</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>And More...</strong><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:aptos\,sans-serif\;">Do you think legislative policies are set in stone and you can&rsquo\;t make a difference?&nbsp\; Think again!&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="font-family:aptos\,sans-serif\;">NWACA and Washington Retail are partnering to change that.&nbsp\; We are working together to make sure your voice is heard before legislation becomes law. &nbsp\;</span><br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<span style="font-family:aptos\,sans-serif\;">Join Bryan Kelley and Rose Gundersen on December 18th 12:00 pm to learn about upcoming legislative proposals and what you can do to influence them. Don&rsquo\;t miss your opportunity to get informed and take action!</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><strong>This is our opportunity to work together to create positive change. Don&rsquo\;t miss your chance to make a difference in Washington&rsquo\;s policies &ndash\; your perspective is invaluable.<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="99" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9183/Image/Logos/NWACA-WARetailLogo.png" style="width: 500px\; height: 99px\;" width="500" /></strong></span></p>\n
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