The Barack Obama administration's suspension for one year, until 2015, the penalties imposed by the Affordable Care Act on employers with more than 50 workers who don't offer health insurance to full-timers is causing both relief and confusion for employers.
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Government
Making all the right moves
While the Economic Opportunity Act is poised to be a game-changer for job growth and capital investment, the developers whose projects attract companies to New Jersey say it's just the beginning. Here are four other pressing priorities:
Read More »SBA economic injury loans available through July 31
Companies whose businesses were hurt by Hurricane Sandy have until the end of the month to apply for economic injury loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Read More »1.6M square-foot site in Passaic trades hands
A vast industrial complex in Passaic is changing hands, with new investors planning to convert some its 51 buildings into retail areas as a first step toward redevelopment.
Read More »Christie signs bill to nix unemployment tax surcharge
The start of the new fiscal year won't bring a new unemployment tax surcharge for employers.
Read More »The case against incentives for hiring unemployed
As the budget deadline loomed large last week, lawmakers raced to put the finishing touches on the Economic Opportunity Act that's rewriting the state's corporate incentives programs.
Read More »EDA Sandy business aid has been a tough sell
It's been two months since the federal government approved a Hurricane Sandy recovery plan, including $460 million in aid to businesses.
Read More »Hospital fee may not be what the doctor ordered
A bill that would boost the amount of Medicaid funding coming to New Jersey sounds almost too good to be true — and, for nonprofit hospitals in the state's wealthy suburbs, it may as well be.
Read More »Newark’s Teachers Village gets its first tenant
Newark's long-awaited Teachers Village project is welcoming its first tenant today, as one of three charter schools that will occupy the complex takes up its space on Halsey Street.
Read More »Incentives overhaul package is yet again pushed to Trenton’s back burner
If this were a sporting event, the moral of the story of the Economic Opportunity Act would be “that's why they play the game.”
Read More »Senate expected to vote on bill to lift rent control restrictions on senior housing
A bill that would lift a 26-year-old restriction on rent controls for senior housing is raising alarm within the apartment industry, but one of its top sponsors said it will simply bring age-restricted developments in line with other multifamily properties.
Read More »Senate approves bill overhauling N.J. corporate incentives program
After months of delays, the Economic Development Act of 2013 is set to receive final legislative approval today.
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