PA Chamber: Misguided UC Report Misrepresents Key Facts Source: PA Chamber of Business & Industry The Keystone Research Center recently released an Unemployment Compensation report that misrepresents key facts about taxes paid by employers on employee wages, and PA Chamber Vice President of Government Affairs Alex Halper issued the following comments to set the record straight: “Unemployment…

Department of Labor Receives Chamber Feedback Last Friday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce successfully submitted the comments from almost 200 associations, chambers of commerce (including the Columbia Montour Chamber) and businesses to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing the recent proposed regulation which would redefine how to classify employees and independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards…

Promote New Year Events in January ChamberPack! December can be a sneaky month – you’re excited to celebrate the holidays and wrap up 2022, and before you know it, the New Year is upon you! We don’t want you to miss the opportunity to kick off an outstanding 2023, so we’re reminding all members that…

2022 Holiday Open House The Chamber’s 2022 Holiday Open House was another smashing success, thanks to the contributions of our incredible sponsors and the work of excellent volunteers.  Special thanks to the Chamber’s Premier Sponsor, Montour Solar One, and Santa’s Workshop Sponsor, My Benefit Advisor and World Kinect. As 300 guests poured into the Pine…

Welcome New Member – Wrk Inside Out, LLC The Columbia Montour Chamber is pleased to welcome Wrk Inside Out, LLC, as its newest member.  While the health and wellness industry promises quick fixes and focuses on extreme elimination, restriction, and forced ideology that makes the ultimate indicator of health a scale, Wrk Inside Out stands…

Member News – December 7, 2022 Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society Receives $650,000.00 State Grant Congrats to the CCHGS, who with these funds will purchase the former PNC Bank building on the corner of Main and Market Streets in Bloomsburg.  This is a strategic location choice for the Historical Society, being right next door…

Representative Culver Opens Danville Office Danville – State Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver (R-Northumberland/Snyder) invites residents of the 108th Legislative District to stop by her new Danville district office, which opened Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Montour County Administration Building, 435 E. Front St., Danville. Effective December 1, Representative Culver represents all of Montour County due…

DOL Independent Contractor Rule Comments Due Friday Source: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a new regulation to determine whether someone should be classified as an “independent contractor” or an “employee” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA). This new regulation would replace the regulation issued by the…

Representative Millard Offers Farewell Message Below, you’ll find Representative David Millard’s Farewell Message to his constituents, called “It’s Time for Goodbye” “As I retire from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after eighteen years, I leave as a better person. The confidence that you, my constituents, have placed in me has enabled me to have an…

Department of Veterans Affairs to Launch Life Insurance Program According the the VA, the new program will make life insurance available to more veterans than ever before. WASHINGTON — On Jan. 1, 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs will open enrollment for Veterans Affairs Life Insurance — the first new VA life insurance program for…