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JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST LEARNING WEBINAR OF THE YEAR - Employer Guidelines: Learn good practices on how to protect your employees and customers
ACC Learning - Employer's Guideline in Managing Your Workforce Due to Rising COVID Numbers

Wednesday, January 26 @ 12-1pm CST - VIRTUAL

Learn about employer's responsibility and good practice in protecting your workforce and maintaining healthy productivity in your organization. Hear from our guest speaker Earvin Chionglo, Nguyen & Chen LLP, speak about legislation surrounding best practices and how to better assist your workforce.

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Earvin is a Partner at Nguyen & Chen. He was born in the Philippines and later immigrated to the United States in 1996. After graduating as Valedictorian of his high school class in Houston, TX, he went on to study biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and law at the University of Houston Law Center. Earvin now utilizes his vast knowledge to assist clients primarily in matters of immigration, corporate, and employment law.  Earvin’s corporate practice ranges from the creation of new business entities all the way to facilitating acquisitions of companies and entities. His employment practice involves counseling employers on employment agreements, company handbooks, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, compensation issues, and so forth. His immigration practice focuses on obtaining employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas for corporate clients and professionals including H-1b, L-1, PERM, E-2, E-3, EB-1C, EB-1A, NIW, TN, and so forth. Earvin also assists corporate clients with extensive I-9 audits as well as individuals with obtaining family-based visas.

Last chance to sign up to attend our ACC 2022 Lunar New Year Networking Night (in-person). Bring your friends and co-workers to celebrate with us as we welcome the Year of the Tiger this Lunar New Year. This is a great way to start the new year!

When: January 27, Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. CST
Where: GiAu Bar N Bites (9889 Bellaire Blvd., Houston TX 77036)
Fees: Members $15
Non-members $25
At the Door $25
BUSINESS RESOURCES AND PARTNER EVENTS
Greater Houston Business Procurement Forum

The Greater Houston Business Procurement Forum will be held at the fabulous ION.Date: Janaury 25, 2022Time: 8:00am - 10:45amVenue: ION, 4201 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. A full breakfast will be served from 7:30 a.m.

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FBISD Small Business Enterprise Program

Fort Bend ISD's Small Business Enterprise Program (SBEP) will host its next virtual vendor workshop on Wednesday, January 26, from 2 to 4 p.m.This event is open to small businesses and vendors interested in doing business with the District, and...

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3RD ANNUAL HOUSTON BUSINESS MATCHMAKER
FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 2022 8:45 AM-3:30 PM

This virtual event will provide small business owners from all industries the opportunity to connect with prime contractors, large businesses, and local, state, and federal agencies.
 
During pre-scheduled, one-on-one, 15-minute virtual sessions, small business suppliers/sellers will have the opportunity to demonstrate how they can meet the needs of participating buyers by providing detailed information of their services and capabilities. Matches will be based on buyer requirements and supplier/seller capabilities to ensure quality meetings.
THOSE NEEDING REQUEST FOR REEVALUATION FOR
Targeted EIDL Advance and Supplemental Targeted Advance

As of January 1, 2022, declined Targeted Advance applicants may submit one request for reevaluation. The deadline for reevaluation requests is February 15, 2022.

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COVIDtests.gov is up and running early to help prepare for the full launch tomorrow. There are tests for every residential address in the U.S.

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Changes Regarding Terminal Access at IAH
In Summary
  • Arrive early for you departures due to new terminal construction
  • There are NO pickups or drop offs at Terminal E
  • While flights continue to arrive and depart from Terminal E, all passenger pickups and drop offs can only occur at Terminals A, B, C, or D. You must take the skyway or subway to other terminals.
  • If you are picking someone up, use the cell phone lot and wait for a call

With the closing of the Terminal E arrivals curbside.

After Jan. 11, international arriving passengers and those picking them up should be
aware of the following:
  • Pickup by private vehicles or Rideshare companies will be at the new South Terminal Rd. Arrivals Curbside.
  • Parking, Rental Car and Hotel Shuttles will not have access to Terminal E. Passengers will need to go to Terminal D, C, B or A to access shuttle services.
  • You can get to Terminal D by going down the escalator and crossing the walkway to Terminal D. Elevators will be out of service.
  • For individuals with overburdened and accessibility-challenged passengers, special shuttle services will be available at the new South Terminal Rd. Arrivals Curbside. This shuttle will loop around all five terminals at Bush Airport.

The new curbside pick-up area for international arrivals is necessary as the demolition of the
Terminal
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Kristopher Ahn, Yong J. An, Dr. Parvin Bagherpour, The Honorable Theresa Chang, The Honorable Alice Chen, Donna Cole, Lucy DeVilla, Trung Doan, Harry Gee, Jr., Glen Gondo, Shahid Javed, Shirley Kwan, Catherine A. Le, Stephen Le, Jr., C.C. Lee, Kenneth Li, Chris Nam, Gordon Quan, Randy Sim, Y. Ping Sun, E. Allan Tiller, Irsan Tisnabudi, Linda Toyota, Don Wang, Don Woo, Jason Yoo, and Austin Zhao