The Charleston Metro Chamber Encourages Business Leaders To Oppose H.3126

Charleston SC

15 December, 2021

4:29 AM

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Press release from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce: December 9, 2021 One of our most important asks of our volunteer leaders is to be the voice of our business community on pressing legislative issues. Our team is asking for your immediate help, by 12:00 Noon, today in communicating with South Carolina Speaker of the House Jay Lucas your opposition as a business leader to H. 3126 and his consideration to pull this bill from House debate in this afternoon's session. Yes, this is a real fire drill as this 3126 now has legs and if it is adopted will do significant harm to the underpinnings of South Carolina's at will employment environment and the nationally ranked business climate we all enjoy. H. 3126 is a state mandate pushing back on the federal vaccination. It is so hard a push in the opposite direction that it will preclude South Carolina businesses, including yours, from exercising the right to do what they feel is appropriate for their individual companies and employees in navigating the fluid Covid-19 pandemic setting in which we find ourselves. The bill proposes an overreach by state government in dictating what you can and cannot do with your company's human resource policies and employee management. The federal vaccination mandate, currently, is under federal stay and will proceed to the U.S. Supreme Court where its validity and legal application will be measured. Our state legislature needs to exercise patience as the federal court process unfolds. This press release was produced by the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author's own.