Issues

Because state legislators and regulators make decisions every day that directly impact your cost of doing business in New Hampshire, BIA monitors and responds to broad-based issues that affect all aspects of your business, including:

• Fiscal policy and state spending – changes to business taxes and the New Hampshire tax structure, as well as state spending, that impact your bottom line
• Health care – legislative and regulatory decisions that affect cost and availability of healthcare services and insurance to you and your employees
• Energy and regulated utilities – policy and regulations that challenge your ability to cope with rising energy costs, decreasing supply and a competitive market
• Environmental affairs – frequently changing state and federal environmental regulations and enforcement
• Human resource issues – your obligations under labor law, health and safety regulation, employee-reporting requirements, and workers’ compensation
• Information security and privacy – regulations that govern how you obtain and store customers’ electronic information and disclosure of business practices related to information security and privacy protection
• Education – education funding and how the state’s educational system impacts your ability to hire and retain qualified workers
• Economic development initiatives – efforts to promote New Hampshire’s strong business climate and help your business stay profitable and competitive in the regional, national and global economies