VIRTUAL: Town Hall with Senator Josh Hawley
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VIRTUAL: Town Hall with Senator Josh Hawley
Date:
April 17, 2020
Time:
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
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Meeting number (access code): 965 589 179
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Missouri US Senator Josh Hawley has a bold new proposal to provide business interruption compensation for every US business affected the coronavirus crisis whether they have one employee or 100,000. And, the Senator will be the KC Chamber’s guest presenter at a special virtual townhall meeting this Friday at 2:30 p.m. You won’t want to miss this dialogue with the region’s newest US Senator who is thinking outside of the box and putting his problem-solving abilities to work to provide much-needed relief to the nation’s workforce and employers.
Here’s what Hugh Hewitt of the Washington Post had to say about Hawley’s plan:
“Hawley’s proposal would, in effect, provide business-interruption compensation for every U.S. company affected by the crisis — whether they have one employee or 100,000 — so the businesses can keep those workers on the payroll, “for the duration of the health emergency, until businesses are able to reopen.” He wants the government to pay 80 percent of workers’ wages, up to the national median wage (about $33,000 in 2018, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Members of the vast army of gig workers and freelancers — that could mean Uber drivers or ballet dancers — would be entitled to 80 percent replacement of lost income. The credit would also apply to workers “laid off in March who are rehired in April or May by their former employers,”according to Hawley’s office, with additional credits awarded to firms for each returning worker, to incentivize rehiring.”
Meeting number (access code): 965 589 179
A password will be sent to registrants prior to the webinar.
Missouri US Senator Josh Hawley has a bold new proposal to provide business interruption compensation for every US business affected the coronavirus crisis whether they have one employee or 100,000. And, the Senator will be the KC Chamber’s guest presenter at a special virtual townhall meeting this Friday at 2:30 p.m. You won’t want to miss this dialogue with the region’s newest US Senator who is thinking outside of the box and putting his problem-solving abilities to work to provide much-needed relief to the nation’s workforce and employers.
Here’s what Hugh Hewitt of the Washington Post had to say about Hawley’s plan:
“Hawley’s proposal would, in effect, provide business-interruption compensation for every U.S. company affected by the crisis — whether they have one employee or 100,000 — so the businesses can keep those workers on the payroll, “for the duration of the health emergency, until businesses are able to reopen.” He wants the government to pay 80 percent of workers’ wages, up to the national median wage (about $33,000 in 2018, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Members of the vast army of gig workers and freelancers — that could mean Uber drivers or ballet dancers — would be entitled to 80 percent replacement of lost income. The credit would also apply to workers “laid off in March who are rehired in April or May by their former employers,”according to Hawley’s office, with additional credits awarded to firms for each returning worker, to incentivize rehiring.”
