NEWS - MAY 1998

Council endorses bill to ensure that employers can appeal WC rates (May 28, 1998)
Council helps DEC develop electronic information filing system (May 28, 1998)
Council urges elimination of dividends tax on utility holding companies (May 28, 1998)
Many school districts are restraining taxes — but others keep raising them, study shows (May 15, 1998)
Thanks to all who gave to the PPI at the Annual Dinner
(May 14, 1998)
Citing new PPI report, Council battles to control health care costs (May 14, 1998)
Employers may have to accommodate some behavioral problems (May 14, 1998)
Compensation survey (May 14, 1998)
New York manufacturers ship over $50 billion a year in exports; export jobs are 380,000 and growing (May 12, 1998)
Survey says employers in New York State face a 'skills gap' in hiring workers (May 11, 1998)
Business Council hails Volker-Morelle Tort Reform bill, urges prompt passage (May 6, 1998)
Managed care "reforms" could create thousands more uninsured in New York, report says (May 5, 1998)