Continue your convention prep by checking these three things off your list this month.The ARCSI and ISSA show may still seem a long way off, but with all of us being busy in our businesses and personal life, it is going to seem like it is here faster than you would imagine. There are a [...]
Continue your convention prep by checking these three things off your list this month.The ARCSI and ISSA show may still seem a long way off, but with all of us being busy in our businesses and personal life, it is going to seem like it is here faster than you would imagine. There are a [...]
Handwashing Awareness Honor Given by American Cleaning Institute, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Washington, D.C. – Family and Consumer Science students at Minnesota’s Fulda High School, aiming to educate other students about the importance of handwashing, decided they needed to “Clean Up Germ City.” Their classroom project ended up receiving the 2015 “Healthy Schools, [...]
CCW hires Anthony Trombetta to lead its marketing and sales initiatives.Chicago, IL - Consolidated Chemical Works (CCW), the originator of portion-controlled chemical products for the cleaning industry, has hired Anthony Trombetta to head up its business development. "We are very pleased to have Anthony join our team here at CCW," says Warren Weisberg, President of [...]
On-demand house cleaning service announces that it's closing its doors.On the heels of the US Department of Labor’s new interpretation of worker classification status, Homejoy, one of the first and top funded on-demand home service providers, has announced it is closing its doors. Adora Cheung, CEO of the home services platform which has raised $40 [...]
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 [...]
ServiceMonster Releases Aggregate Residential Invoice DataBellingham, WA – Cleaning business software ServiceMonster announces the recent publication of 2014 average residential cleaning invoice data. Last year, ServiceMonster users processed over $280 million collectively, so the data reflects a large sample size. “We hope others in the industry find this information helpful – and interesting,” states ServiceMonster [...]
Slip-and-fall accidents result in thousands of lawsuits each year. Determining liability can be difficult in these cases. However, invariably, if a lawsuit is filed, it will involve the facility's owner, manager, and often the cleaning contractor. Fremont, OH - More than one million slip-and-fall accidents occur in the United States each year. They are the [...]
"Chemical Footprint Project" takes first steps toward a new international consensus with leading companies and investors.Somerville, MA — You’ve heard of a company’s carbon footprint. Now it’s time for the chemical footprint. Despite growing regulatory efforts, businesses around the world continue to use chemicals of high concern to human health and environment. Formaldehyde and toxic phthalates [...]
The EPA's Safer Choice Award recognizes organizations with a goal of safeguarding human health and the environment through safer chemistry.Northbrook, IL, USA ― ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, was named a 2015 Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award winner for the association’s outstanding efforts in promoting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Safer Choice [...]
