The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced a final rule to help employers and workers better understand when a worker qualifies as an employee and when they would be considered an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This rule rescinds the Independent Contractor Status Under the Fair Labor Standards Act rule (2021 IC Rule), which ...
ISSA has released its 2023 Year in Review: Celebrating a Century of THE Association for the Cleaning Industry—a look back at how the association, including all of its various divisions and departments, focused on changing the way the world views cleaning. As the title suggests, this past year was particularly special for the association, as ...
EarthSafe Chemical Alternatives has announced its PurOne Everyday Cleaner and Disinfectant is now available for residential, commercial, and consumer use. EarthSafe previously had supplied the bleach-free, EPA-registered product to the healthcare segment alone, but now the company is expanding its availability into the additional markets. “PurOne has proven its efficacy in healthcare settings, and it’s time ...
Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on a free ISSA webinar on how to leverage International Cleaning Week 2024, helping ISSA submit a Cleaning Week proclamation for your state as part of ICW 2024, China ...
The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) has appointed Matthew Tucker, Ph.D., director of research. Tucker currently serves as is professor of workplace and facilities management and professorial lead for doctorate programs at Liverpool Business School in Liverpool, England. An expert in workplace strategy, Tucker has authored more than 70 publications that include peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, ...
W.W. Grainger Inc. has sold its E&R Industrial Sales Inc. division Los Angeles-based private equity firm to Paradigm Equity Partners. Grainger acquired E&R in 2013 and has been operating the company as a subsidiary division for the past 10 years. Per the terms of the deal, Grainger customers will continue to have access to E&R’s product ...
Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on registration opening for the 2024 Clean Advocacy Summit, a complimentary PRIA webinar on December 15, a new ISSA partnership with Penn State’s College of Medicine and The City ...
On Wednesday, February 28, 2024, kick off the new year by joining ISSA Hygieia Network for its upcoming networking and leadership conference — Workplace Allies: The Power of Having Someone in Your Corner. This information-packed event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET at Georgia-Pacific’s headquarters in Atlanta. “We’re excited to start ...
Steve Ashkin, president of The Ashkin Group LLC and an advocate for sustainability within the cleaning industry, recently shared his anticipation for the expansion of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs by more jansan companies worldwide in 2024. “Organizations in our industry realize the importance of ESG issues,” said Ashkin. “These are not just optional ...
Fifteen ISSA-member companies have achieved a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) 2023–2024 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). First published in 2002, HRC’s annual list rates companies on their internal policies regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, consumers, and investors. This year more than 1,300 companies actively participated in HRC’s survey, with 545 ...
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