Storytime Ages 0-5
09/23/2016

Glow in the Dark Golf Ball Drop
09/24/2016

Cell Phone Basics Class
09/24/2016

Children's Movie
09/24/2016

Queens on the Run
09/24/2016

5th Annual Car Show
09/24/2016

Prime Rib Dinner
09/25/2016

Bereavement Support Group
09/26/2016

Book Bingo
09/26/2016

City Council Meeting
09/27/2016

Personal Finance Management Classes
09/27/2016

Excel II Class
09/27/2016

Toddler Storytime
09/27/2016

SW Gas Rountable
09/27/2016

Dance Night at 1880 Grille
09/27/2016

French Film Group
09/28/2016

Preschool Storytime
09/28/2016

Teen Scene
09/28/2016

Crochet & More Club
09/29/2016

Science Club
09/29/2016

Storytime Ages 0-5
09/30/2016

Celebration of Horses & Cowboys
10/01/2016

Chamber Event Photo Gallery

Regular board meetings are generally held at 3 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month in the upstairs board room of Bank of Nevada. Members are welcome to attend.

Have you always wanted to participate with the Chamber, but not sure what your right fit is? Here is an opportunity to be part of something big and exciting. The Membership Committee is now bringing back an updated “Ambassador Program”. We are looking for 15 to 20 members who can give a few hours per week of their time. Ambassador Training class will take place on October 20^th at 3:45pm at the College of Southern Nevada. Please contact our office (702)346-2902 to let us know you are interested in becoming an Ambassador for the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce.

Chamber Hosted Forum

Members,

Please join us for a Chamber hosted forum where the City of Mesquite will review as well as answer questions concerning the proposed changes and amendments to the business licensing code. The forum will be held at the City Council Chambers on October 6th, beginning at 5pm.

A copy of proposed Bill 503 is available at the City Clerk’s office, 10 E. Mesquite Blvd., or may be obtained online at  www.mesquitenv.gov/bill503.
 
The Chamber is reviewing these changes but it is important that members attend to determine if any of the changes will specially cause a severe negative impart to your specific business. The Chamber will be collecting member comments on their concerns and to represent and convey them during the Council deliberation on the changes.

Let us know if you will attend by clicking here to RSVP, sending an email to info@mesquitenvchamber.com or by calling 702-346-2902.
 

City Press Release

The City of Mesquite Development Services Department recently conducted an audit of the business licensing code.  As a result of the review, code amendments are being proposed that will eliminate archaic requirements, clarify several poorly worded sections, simplify business license application information and establish equitable requirements amongst similar businesses.  The potential changes would impact cosmetologists, lawyers, insurance agents, dentists, doctors, miscellaneous service businesses and public utilities.

If your business has exempt (aka salary) employees, this is very important to you and your budget planning.

Key Provisions of the Final Rule

The Final Rule focuses primarily on updating the salary and compensation levels needed for Executive, Administrative and Professional workers to be exempt. Specifically, the Final Rule:

1. Sets the standard salary level at the 40th percentile of earnings of full-time salaried workers in the lowest-wage Census Region, currently the South ($913 per week; $47,476 annually for a full-year worker);
2. Sets the total annual compensation requirement for highly compensated employees (HCE) subject to a minimal duties test to the annual equivalent of the 90th percentile of full-time salaried workers nationally ($134,004); and
3. Establishes a mechanism for automatically updating the salary and compensation levels every three years to maintain the levels at the above percentiles and to ensure that they continue to provide useful and effective tests for exemption.

Additionally, the Final Rule amends the salary basis test to allow employers to use nondiscretionary bonuses and incentive payments (including commissions) to satisfy up to 10 percent of the new standard salary level.

The effective date of the final rule is December 1, 2016. 

The initial increases to the standard salary level (from $455 to $913 per week) and HCE total annual compensation requirement (from $100,000 to $134,004 per year) will be effective on that date. Future automatic updates to those thresholds will occur every three years, beginning on January 1, 2020.

Links to helpful information:

Wage and Hour Division Final Rule on Overtime

Guidance for Non-Profit Organizations on Paying Overtime