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Issue 7.19

May 7, 2021

WEBINAR RECAP:

Marijuana Policy and Your Business

As the Delaware General Assembly debates the merits of the issue, we assembled a conversation on the employer experience in states where legalization has been policy for several years. Panelists included Kevin Sabet, former Obama, Bush and Clinton policy advisor and dubbed by NBC News as the “prodigy of drug politics,” Gary Chandler from the Association of Washington Business where this has been policy for years, and Seattle employment lawyer, Tim O'Connell.

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WEED AND WORK:

BEWARE OF EMPLOYMENT-RELATED PROVISIONS IN

DELAWARE MARIJUANA LEGISLATION

As of March 18, 2021, the issue of legalizing non-medical marijuana use is back in play in Delaware. The bill includes provisions specifically addressing “places of employment;” and it features provisions amounting to social engineering regarding unions and sex and color-based hiring. Read more >

CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION

BY TIMOTHY M. HOLLY

In the above article, I raised what might be a controversial topic. Specifically, I asked, what if you discovered that the bill seeks to compel a private business to demonstrate a plan that, rather than requiring truly equal employment opportunity for all and forbidding discrimination against any who are of a protected class under the law, focuses on the hiring specifically of men and people who are not “of color”? Read more >

This Week in Dover

This week, Senator Sarah McBride introduced SB 1, the Healthy Delaware Families Act, which creates a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program.

The Delaware State Chamber released the following statement:

The realities of life and work are ever present, and employers are always trying to balance their workforce and competitive needs against the backdrop of economic factors and life events. The subject Senator Sarah McBride has taken on is very complicated and gets exponentially more challenging as smaller businesses are brought into the discussion. Read more >

"We appreciate the deliberative approach

Senator McBride has taken with us. Our position may further evolve as our members offer additional insights and analysis into how this proposal would impact their employees and businesses." - Michael J. Quaranta, President, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

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NEW REPORT RANKS DELAWARE #3 FOR MOST FAVORABLE CORPORATE TAX CLIMATE IN THE U.S.

The Delaware Prosperity Partnership and the Delaware Business Roundtable served on the advisory committee for a national study conducted by the Tax Foundation and KPMG to rank corporate tax favorability across the United States.

Key findings from the nationwide survey reveal that Delaware ranks:

#2 for overall corporate tax favorability for new firms
#3 for overall corporate tax favorability for mature firms
#1 nationwide for tax favorability in the manufacturing sector