ISSA has announced the 2021 ISSA Achievement Awards honorees. The annual awards program recognizes cleaning industry professionals who are committed to changing the way the world views cleaning. The Honorees were celebrated during a ceremony on Nov. 18 at ISSA Show North America 2021 in Las Vegas.
ABC released a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s final rule increasing the minimum wage on federal contracts from $10.95 to $15 per hour beginning in early 2022, superseding a scheduled increase to $11.25 that will occur on Jan. 1.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule that implements Executive Order 14026 to increase the hourly minimum wage to $15 for employees on federal contracts beginning Jan. 30, 2022.
A new online portal for submitting applications to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Voluntary Protection Programs is now available. OSHA adopted VPP on July 2, 1982, to recognize cooperative action among government, industry, and labor as a means of addressing worker safety and health issues and expanding worker protection.
United Rentals, Inc. has received awards as a leading employer of military veterans from five organizations, in recognition of the company’s achievements in hiring veterans and supporting their careers.
The Cleaning Industry Research Institute (CIRI) is accepting support on Giving Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2022, to fund development and distribution of sience-based resources.
Associated Builders and Contractors’ board of directors elected Stephanie Schmidt, president of Poole Anderson Construction, State College, Pennsylvania, as the 2022 ABC national chair of the board of directors during a meeting at the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Aventura, Florida.
Started in 2016 by Xactimate Certified Trainer Ben Justesen, ERS has trained thousands of contractors to utilize their own financials in pricing and looking at projects pragmatically to make their estimates. Epic Estimates is a remote estimating service that creates Xactimate estimates for contractors, consultants and adjusters.
EcoClean Restoration has announced its Toys for Tots initiative for the greater San Antonio area. “Over one-quarter of the households with children in the San Antonio area are currently living in poverty,” said Carlos Adame, owner and floor care manager for EcoClean Restoration.
The U.S. Small Business Administration strongly encourages submission of supplemental advance applications by December 10. All applications are due by December 31.
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