Corean Reynold was recently appointed the Director of Nightlife Economy for the City of Boston, where she brings a wealth of experience and a passion for fostering an equitable and thriving nightlife ecosystem.
10/04/2023
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Roundhead Brewing Company
Don’t miss our upcoming Government Affairs Forum with Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg. Register now!
10/11/2023
9:45am - 11:00am
Bank of America
Learn about new ways of utilizing the professional apprenticeship model to create diverse, sustainable, and scalable talent pipelines.
10/12/2023
10:00am - 11:30am
Edenred
Designed for mid-level managers and supervisors, this new certificate program addresses workplace well-being through unique, innovative, and actionable methods.
Join our Transformational DEI Certificate! Our comprehensive learning & development offerings are designed to connect and grow strong leaders who lead both inside and out of the office.
Our Women’s Leadership Program enables you to take your leadership to the next level by arming you with the most in-demand leadership toolkit.
Our Boston’s Future Leaders (BFL) program provides emerging leaders with a socially conscious and civically engaged leadership toolkit, as well as the opportunity to apply their knowledge through experiential assignments.
Our Economic Inclusion Committee provides strategic support around research, policies, and programs that are focused on building equal opportunity.
We are developing an ecosystem of corporations and partners with the influence and buying power to transform economic inclusion for minority business enterprises (MBEs).
The Fierce Urgency of Now Festival brings Boston’s diverse young professionals together with business leaders, organizations and their peers to build connection, advance careers and ignite positive change.
09/12/2023 -
09/16/2023
Greater Boston
City Awake empowers young professionals in a variety of ways that encourages these rising leaders to stay invested in the region’s future success.
BIMA (the Boston Interactive Media Association) serves a vibrant community of like-minded professionals from agencies, brands, publishers, and ad-tech companies with business interests in the New England market.
For nearly 30 years, the Chamber’s Women’s Network has connected female professionals of all background and career levels. Today, our Women’s Network is the largest in New England, strengthening the professional networks of women each year.
The Massachusetts Apprentice Network convenes employers, training providers, and talent sources interested in developing and implementing apprenticeship programs in occupations across industries and statewide in fields such as tech, advanced manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and more.
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June 6, 2023
Testimony of Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce President & CEO James E. Rooney
RE: H.2779, An Act providing tax credits to certain employers that provide affordable, on-site child-care for employee
The Chamber supports H.2779, An Act providing tax credits to certain employers that provide affordable, on-site child-care for employees, introduced by Representative DuBois. This tax credit, which would closely align the state with the federal Employer-Provided Child Care Credit, will further encourage the use of on-site childcare and improve access to affordable care.
This proposal would create an employer tax credit equal to 25 percent of qualified childcare expenditures, with a maximum credit of $150,000 per year, for employers that provide on-site childcare services. This tax credit has macroeconomic benefits: affordable, on-site childcare can allow parents to be in the workforce and grow the region’s supply of available workers.
Trends show access to child care facilities has not improved in Massachusetts in recent years. Since 2019, the number of licensed child care centers has remained relatively flat, dropping from 2,093 centers in 2019 to 2,084 in 2022. The number of licensed family child care homes has decreased from 5,255 centers in 2019 to 4,872 centers in 2022.[1] Overall, parents have less child care options than they did pre-pandemic. Difficulty finding adequate, high quality child care prevents worker participation in the labor market, particularly for women, at a time when employers are struggling to hire skilled workers across many industries.
Implementing an on-site child care tax credit is part of the solution for increasing child care options for working parents. Massachusetts has among the highest cost in the United States for child care with a cost of over $24,000 in 2022 for an infant in center-based care.[2] This is up from $20,880 in 2019.[3] An on-site child care tax credit can incentivize employers to offer child care solutions for their workforce in order to recruit and retain talent while expanding access and affordability for all residents.
On-site employer child care services is one tool that offers employees convenient solution to their child care needs that matches with their work location. H.2779 would help employers add this benefit to their portfolio and we strongly urge the Committee to advance this piece of legislation.
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