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DOL Finalizes Overtime Rule

By |2024-04-23T21:24:52-05:00April 23, 2024|

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule that alters the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. According to a DOL press release, updated rule includes two-tiered increases to the minimum salary threshold and the threshold for highly compensated employees (HCE) as well as automatic updates to both thresholds. The ...

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Aunt Flow Partners With Houston Airports

By |2024-04-22T19:46:50-05:00April 22, 2024|

Aunt Flow has entered into a strategic collaboration with TRAX Analytics and Houston Airports. The deal calls for Aunt Flow to provide easily accessible high-quality period products to airport guests at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU), both of which are overseen by Houston Airports. Aunt Flow’s dispensers will be ...

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WHO Details New Terms for Germs That Transmit Through the Air

By |2024-04-22T15:56:31-05:00April 22, 2024|

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released new definitions for infectious respiratory germs that are applicable for the cleaning industry. The pathogens covered include those that cause respiratory infections, e.g., COVID-19, influenza, measles, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and tuberculosis, among others. The publication, titled Global Technical Consultation Report on Proposed Terminology for Pathogens that Transmit Through the Air, is the result of ...

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KBS Adds Chief Commercial Officer

By |2024-03-05T20:49:36-06:00March 5, 2024|

Kellermeyer Bergensons Services (KBS) has appointed Chris Studney chief commercial officer (CCO). Studney has more than 25 years of experience in the global real estate and facility services market. He joins KBS from Jones Lang Lasalle (JLL), where he held numerous senior-level positions over a 12-year career, most recently serving as global vice president of client and ...

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Five ISSA Members Named to Listing of World’s Most Ethical Companies

By |2024-03-15T15:53:54-05:00March 5, 2024|

Five ISSA-member companies have been honored with inclusion in Ethisphere Institute’s 18th annual listing of the World’s Most Ethical Companies. First published in Ethisphere magazine in 2007, the annual designation is awarded to companies that have demonstrated excellence in their ethics and compliance programs. More than 130 honorees in 20 countries were recognized by the publication ...

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ABM Goes to Bat for MLB Team

By |2024-03-04T21:07:45-06:00March 4, 2024|

ABM has entered into a facility services partnership with MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks. The multiyear agreement calls for ABM to provide event staffing and housekeeping solutions across the more than 1.3 million square feet at Chase Field, the Diamondbacks’ home stadium in Phoenix. ABM will also work to advance the team’s environmental sustainability goals by utilizing ...

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ISSA LARU—Only a Few Seats Remain for ISSA’s Clean Advocacy Summit

By |2024-03-01T18:37:05-06:00March 1, 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 the fact that only a few spaces remain for ISSA’s 2024 Clean Advocacy Summit, a looming federal government shutdown, the NRLB joint-employer rule going into effect, and more. ...

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4M Adds Head of Corporate Development

By |2024-02-28T22:12:03-06:00February 28, 2024|

4M Building Solutions has appointed Andrew Rust head of corporate development and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Rust has more than a decade of experience leading mergers and acquisitions. He most recently served as chief financial officer (CFO) and head of M&A for Granite Comfort, a New York-based consolidator of residential HVAC, plumbing, and electrical contractors. “We are ...

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Cintas to Expand Corporate HQ

By |2024-02-28T22:11:06-06:00February 28, 2024|

Cintas Corp. has announced a transformative investment into the company’s corporate campus in Mason, Ohio. According to a press release, the upgrades to the 43-acre campus, located in suburban Cincinnati, include: Indoor spaces with ample natural light and elements such as vegetation and natural materials Outdoor work areas with shaded seating, landscaped gardens, and work ...

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ABM Announces Latest Updates to Leadership Team

By |2024-02-28T22:08:29-06:00February 28, 2024|

ABM has detailed the most recent additions to the company’s leadership team. Valerie Burd has been promoted to president of ABM’s business and industry (B&I) division. Burd has been with the company for nearly 20 years and has spent the past three years as president of ABM’s educations segment. In her new position, Burd will ...

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