It seems to be happening all at once - an explosion of new and bigger on-demand platforms by Amazon and Google disrupting innovators like Homejoy and Uber. In late March, Amazon officially launched Amazon Home Services, its new platform enabling the search, comparison, and convenient online booking of various home services, including cleaning and maid [...]
Stay up-to-date on federal safety regulations and requirements for employers.If you find yourself asking more and more questions about ladders, falls, injuries, even workers compensation, make sure you sign up for the OSHA QuickTakes Newsletter, which comes out twice a month to your email. Source: OSHA.gov
From Success Profiles to Infographics to Breaking News, find out what caught the most eyes and spawned the most comments in the past year!1. Success Stories: Kyle Walker, Real World Services Youngest cleaning business owner launched his company at age 15 and hit his first million dollar revenue year at age. UPDATE: Since we last spoke with [...]
Later this spring, Google is expected to officially launch its online, on-demand home services site, comparable to the recently launched Amazon Home Services as well as Angie's List, HomeAdvisor, and Thumbtack. Currently available for finding car insurance, Google Compare may become the location-based evolution of Google Places as the platform for connecting searchers with local [...]
CDC promotes IICRC certification for cleaning Ebola-contaminated commercial aircraft LAS VEGAS— March 18, 2015 – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) today announced the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has included it in a list of recommended certifications for organizations responsible for cleaning and decontaminating commercial passenger aircrafts that may have transported [...]
The Polls are Open for the 2015 Janitor of the Year ContestCINCINNATI - [March 23, 2015] – From the dancing janitor to the custodian who opens the school early to provide homeless students with a warm place to stay before class, to the college “mom,” to the man who drives past the school on nights [...]
Charlotte, NC - In February 2015, a "legal alert" was released by FordHarrison, a law firm with 29 offices in the U.S., which focuses on labor and employment law. The alert concerned a settlement they were involved in with a large contract cleaning company and a major retail department store chain. In this case, the [...]
I n March, Clorox and Homejoy teamed up to create the first ever #HassleOffDay to remind consumers that the cleaning industry - from services to products - is here to help them reduce their hassles. Does that mean David Hasselhoff is campaigning for Mr. Clean's spot? Sources: Homejoy Adage
Hamilton, OH - Most of us assume that when we dine at a respectable restaurant, it is clean and sanitary. After all, aren't most restaurants inspected on a regular basis by local public health officials? While they may be inspected and relatively clean and healthy at the time they open, during the course of the [...]
ANSI/IICRC S100 Standard and IICRC R100 Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcovering(LAS VEGAS) March 27, 2014 – The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) announces the publication of a newly revised ANSI-approved Standard - ANSI/IICRC S100 Standard and IICRC R100 Reference Guide for Professional Inspection of Textile Floorcoverings (6th edition, 2015). [...]
