News – Building Service Contractors

Tennessee Cleaning Contractor Fined for Using Child Labor

By |2024-05-07T21:04:16-05:00May 7, 2024|

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has entered into a consent order and judgment against Fayette Janitorial Service LLC (operating as Fayette Industrial). According to the judgement, which was approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, calls for the Tennessee-based company to pay US$649,304 in civil money penalties and hire a ...

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Sodexo Recruited by University of Cincinnati

By |2024-05-06T19:57:50-05:00May 6, 2024|

Sodexo’s hospitality and events division, Sodexo Live!, has been awarded a multi-year contract with the University of Cincinnati. The deal calls for Sodexo to manage premium fan hospitality at three Cincinnati Bearcats home venues— Nippert Stadium, Fifth Third Arena, and UC Baseball Stadium. Sodexo will also offer similar services at the school’s indoor practice facility and ...

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Office Pride Appoints New CEO

By |2024-05-03T20:07:12-05:00May 3, 2024|

Office Pride Commercial Cleaning Services has appointed Doug Phillip CEO. Phillip has more than three decades of franchise leadership experience and joins Office Pride from Budget Blinds, where he served as president. Prior to his time with Budget Blinds, Phillip was executive vice president of Home Franchise Concepts, where he improved the company’s profitability and grew the ...

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May/June Cleanfax Digital Issue Now Available

By |2024-05-02T19:29:41-05:00May 2, 2024|

The Cleanfax May/June 2024 digital issue is now available online. The latest edition includes the  2024 Restoration Benchmarking Survey Report, sponsored by Legend Brands. Crunch the numbers, analyze the data, and see how your business stacks up to the competition with this annual report. The May/June issue also covers: Unlock the Power of Video How to use simple strategies ...

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4M Acquires SG360

By |2024-05-01T20:13:55-05:00May 1, 2024|

4M Building Solutions has purchased Overland Park, Kansas-based facility service provider SG360. The acquisition of SG360 expands 4M’s geographical reach into five new markets— Oklahoma, Virginia, Louisiana, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Led by president and CEO David Harvey, SG360 will be integrated into the 4M Building Solutions brand, adding 1,200 new team members and a customer ...

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Cintas Crowns 2024 Custodian of the Year

By |2024-05-01T20:11:08-05:00May 1, 2024|

Cintas Corp. has named Bob Galewski the 2024 Cintas Custodian of the Year. The contest, now in its 11th year, called for elementary, middle, high-school, and college students, in addition to staff, to submit a short essay describing why their school’s custodian deserves the award. Ten finalists were selected from a pool of hundreds of submissions. ...

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Nine ISSA Members Among Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity

By |2024-04-29T21:13:25-05:00April 29, 2024|

Nine ISSA-member companies have been named to Forbes’ 2024 Best Employers for Diversity list. In compiling the annual index of 500 companies, developed in conjunction with search firm Statista, Forbes surveyed more than 170,000 U.S. workers from businesses with more than 1,300 employees on diversity, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and disability concerns. The list also considers the composition ...

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CMI Trains the Trainers in West Virginia

By |2024-04-26T21:12:03-05:00April 26, 2024|

ISSA’s Cleaning Management Institute (CMI) recently presented its Train the Trainer program to the West Virginia Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (WVARF). Based in Charleston, West Virginia, WVARF assists individuals with various disabilities to provide them with vocational evaluation, training, extended employment, and job placement. CMI Master Trainer David Swindle provided three days of onsite training to ...

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ISSA Members Among Top Employers for Women

By |2024-04-26T21:10:29-05:00April 26, 2024|

Seven ISSA member companies have been named to DiversityComm Magazine’s 2024 Top Women Employers list. The publication’s annual list acknowledges companies across a variety of industries for their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The ISSA member companies included in DiversityComm’s 2024 list include: 3M Colgate-Palmolive Co. Ecolab Inc. Hilton Worldwide Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) ...

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ISSA LARU—CA Committee Passes 2,000 Square Feet Production-Rate Bill

By |2024-04-26T18:13:11-05:00April 26, 2024|

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 state of California committee passing a 2,000 square feet production-rate bill, cutting PFAS from U.S. government-custodial contracts, ISSA honoring its 2024 Advocates of the Year, and more. ...

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