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US Department of Labor Issues Guidelines for Classifying Independent Contractors vs Employees
US Department of Labor Issues Guidelines for Classifying Independent Contractors vs Employees

US Department of Labor Issues Guidelines for Classifying Independent Contractors vs Employees

DOL document gives specific examples of when a cleaning company should classify its workers as employees.Yesterday the United States Department of Labor took its strongest position to date on what is an employee vs. an independent contractor. It published a fifteen page Administrator’s Interpretation that depicts most workers as employees under the Fair Labor Standards [...]

By Tom Stewart|2015-07-16T13:57:43-05:00July 16th, 2015|Downloads, News, Operations, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business|

Great Employee Engagement Activity from ISSA
Great Employee Engagement Activity from ISSA

Great Employee Engagement Activity from ISSA

If your staff likes to have fun, you don't want to miss this video challenge from ISSA. Deadline August 31.Viva The One Show! ISSA/INTERCLEAN® North America is The One Show for Facility Solutions. Here's your chance to be the King of Clean for this year's show! ISSA has released the "Viva The One Show" song (see [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-07-06T15:42:37-05:00July 6th, 2015|Association News, News, Press Release, Sales and Marketing, Staff Management|

Reducing Turnover Is Just Smart Business
Reducing Turnover Is Just Smart Business

Reducing Turnover Is Just Smart Business

Each time a worker leaves, it can cost a contractor $1,000 in recruiting, orientation, and basic training costs to bring in a replacementThe contract cleaning industry has always had a turnover problem. In good economic times and bad, turnover in the industry runs anywhere from 75 percent to historical highs of 400 percent. To understand [...]

By Robert Kravitz|2015-07-06T15:16:53-05:00July 6th, 2015|Staff Management|

New Overtime Rule Will Cost You Money
New Overtime Rule Will Cost You Money

New Overtime Rule Will Cost You Money

If your staff make less than $1000/week, you'll now have to pay them overtime - even salaried employees.If a new overtime pay rule proposed by the President and presented by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday, June 30th, is adopted, cleaning business owners will be looking at an even more complex compensation calculation system [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-07-01T15:41:34-05:00July 1st, 2015|Employee Training, Motivation, Promotion, Finance, News, Operations, Staff Management, Trends in Residential Cleaning|

5 Ways 1099 Employees Cost You Money
5 Ways 1099 Employees Cost You Money

5 Ways 1099 Employees Cost You Money

Despite the promise of financial savings with independent contractors, the majority of cleaning companies classify their technicians as employees to build and protect their brand reputation. One of the hardest decisions any small business owner will make is the decision to hire and how to hire. Whether you’re just starting out, have a few years [...]

By Deanna Arnold|2015-06-29T16:01:53-05:00June 29th, 2015|Employee Training, Motivation, Promotion, Finance, Millennial Workers, Minimum Wage, Operations, Readers' Choice, Staff Management, Trends in Residential Cleaning|

The One Simple Shift in Thinking that Saved My Business
The One Simple Shift in Thinking that Saved My Business

The One Simple Shift in Thinking that Saved My Business

My CEO “aha” moment: If you think like a cleaning tech, you’ll always be in the way of your own business growth.As an immigrant and business owner, America changed my life. When I was a kid in Poland, my father was a business owner. It is because of him I learned the business owner’s way of [...]

By Marzena Ziembicka|2015-06-26T21:15:08-05:00June 26th, 2015|Customer Service, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business|

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees
4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

In an industry with 300% turnover, having concrete actions for inspiring and keeping your best employees is the best cost-saving hack you can get. It’s been the plight of the business owner for eons: these younger workers just don’t have the work ethic, the professional attitude, the loyalty to do quality work, make customers happy, [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-06-26T18:30:16-05:00June 26th, 2015|Leadership, Staff Management|

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees
4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

In an industry with 300% turnover, having concrete actions for inspiring and keeping your best employees is the best cost-saving hack you can get. It’s been the plight of the business owner for eons: these younger workers just don’t have the work ethic, the professional attitude, the loyalty to do quality work, make customers happy, [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-06-26T18:30:16-05:00June 26th, 2015|Leadership, Staff Management|

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees
4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

4 Ways to Keep Your Best Employees

In an industry with 300% turnover, having concrete actions for inspiring and keeping your best employees is the best cost-saving hack you can get. It’s been the plight of the business owner for eons: these younger workers just don’t have the work ethic, the professional attitude, the loyalty to do quality work, make customers happy, [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-06-26T18:30:16-05:00June 26th, 2015|Leadership, Staff Management|

Top 5 Employee Hiring, Training, and Tracking Tools
Top 5 Employee Hiring, Training, and Tracking Tools

Top 5 Employee Hiring, Training, and Tracking Tools

An investment in hiring strong employees, training and coaching them into skilled technicians and customer service agents, and continuously engaging them through the goals of your company is essential for business growth.CBT is proud to announce the winners of the 2015 Best of Awards for Employee Engagement and Management: Best Recruiting Site: CraigsList Jobs Best [...]

By CBT Editorial Staff|2015-06-25T19:13:30-05:00June 25th, 2015|Customer Service, Employee Training, Motivation, Promotion, Millennial Workers, Operations, Staff Management, Start Your Cleaning Business|