2022 PRIORITIES
FOR DELAWARE This list of policy priorities impact businesses, both large and small, in every industry across the state of Delaware.
WORKFORCE
• Promote policies that sharpen the state government’s focus on upskilling and retraining the workforce - Encourage public spending policies that accelerate training and skills upgrades to meet employer needs - Oppose policies that artificially move wages or impose benefit requirements - Find opportunities that create durable soft skills in employees and incentivize employers to accelerate the advancement of new hires
• Create employment opportunities with an emphasis on building trades, technology, health care, and logistics • Support employer-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives • Support employer-led child care initiatives • Work to find alternative health care insurance plans that include essential health benefits
FISCAL POLICY • Encourage timely and strategic spending of federal resources on infrastructure and one-time investments • Support financial investment in the state’s rainy day fund and budget smoothing effort • Back tax policies that incentivize workforce training
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • Continue to support Ready in 6 policy reforms • Support expanded site readiness • Ensure the completion of Coastal Zone regulations and improvement of sites
ENVIRONMENT • Monitor developments related to state Climate Action Plan • Support the cleanup of Brownfields DELAWARE STATE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1201 N. Orange St. | Ste. 200 | P.O. Box 671 | Wilmington, DE 19899-0671 | Phone: (302) 655-7221 | www.DSCC.com
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