U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to Lead Roundtable on “Short Term Hiring Measures”; H I A Executives Terri Alessi-Miceli and Anne Shybunko to Discuss Impact on Long Island’s Business Community; Monday, February 8, 2010 at Center for Homeland Security, Bethpage

WHAT: A roundtable discussion on the impact of short term hiring measures, including a relief on payroll tax for certain employees hired in 2010, and the impact on Long Island businesses.

WHO: U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer – host; H I A President Terri Alessi-Miceli; H I A Board Member & President GSE Dynamics, Inc. Anne Shybunko – panelists

WHEN: Monday, February 08, 2010; 11:45 AM

WHERE: Center for Homeland Security, Bethpage, NY

INFO: H I A President Terri Alessi-Miceli and H I A Board Member & President GSE Dynamics, Inc. Anne Shybunko will join a roundtable hosted by U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to discuss the impact on Long Island businesses of short term hiring measures, including a relief on payroll tax for certain employees hired in 2010. U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) recently unveiled The Hire Now Tax Cut Act of 2010 that would grant any private-sector employer that hires a worker who had been unemployed for at least 60 days to not have to pay the employer’s 6.2 percent share of the Social Security payroll tax on that employee for the remainder of 2010.

QUOTE: “The most important measure to help spur the economy is job creation. Senator Schumer’s proposed legislation can offer great relief to employers and workers who have been unemployed for a long time. The H I A and local businesses, working together with local, state and federal representatives, can provide the resources to help during this economic crisis.” – Terri Alessi-Miceli, President, HIA

Contact: Terri Alessi–Miceli, President HIA 631-543-5355

MEDIA: Anne Strauss, Communication Strategy Group, 631-766-6810; astrauss@gocsg.com

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