Monthly Archives: February 2021

California Proposes Limitations on Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warning

By |2024-01-05T22:21:06-06:00February 9, 2021|

ISSA members that sell products in California will be significantly impacted by a recent proposal issued by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that would implement substantial changes to Proposition 65’s “short-form” warning option. If adopted, the changes will have a substantial adverse impact on the many businesses that ...

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The Value of Long-Term Equipment Rental

By , |2024-01-05T22:21:37-06:00February 9, 2021|

Equipment rental doesn’t have to be a contingency plan. It can be an important part of managing and growing your business. For self-providers and building service contractors (BSCs), having the right equipment for the job is critical to gaining the best results for floor care and cleaning. It is also a matter of maintaining consistent ...

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Creating a New Normal

By |2024-01-05T22:21:05-06:00February 8, 2021|

To say this has been an unusual and challenging year would be putting it mildly. First, I would like to offer my condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I can’t begin to know what you are going through during this terrible time. As with any significant event ...

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Member Spotlight: Hyatt Hotels

By |2024-03-21T02:40:45-05:00February 7, 2021|

All of us dream of getting away—away from home—the home we may have been stuck at for almost a year now. We may be dreaming of a vacation on a warm beach, an exotic location, or possibly even a mountainous skiing holiday. Maybe we would even just be happy with a non-Zoom business seminar or ...

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Floor Care and the Art of Good Communication

By |2024-01-05T22:21:04-06:00February 5, 2021|

After reading the title of this article, you might wonder, “What does communication have to do with floor care?” Let me tell you about a particularly enlightening experience of my own. Our emergency department at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire, hadn’t been renovated in more than 20 years. It’s far too busy of a ...

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2020 (half star rating of 5)

By |2024-01-05T22:21:06-06:00February 1, 2021|

It’s official. 2020 is a lost year, and we may have faced our darkest days. But we learned some things. We learned to never take anything for granted. The small things that we might have taken for granted pre-pandemic, are what we long for now. We learned that life could be upended in an instant, ...

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