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California Assembly Passes Janitorial Workloading Bill

By |2024-06-04T21:59:39-05:00June 4, 2024|

On May 22, the California State Assembly amended and passed a bill (AB 2364) that would have imposed a 2,000 square feet per hour production-rate limit for workers, as well as increased the costs of mandatory, in person harassment-training programs for all cleaning service employers.  While the amended bill removed the production-rate limit, it would ...

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Seven ISSA Members Among Top Employers for New Graduates

By |2024-06-03T21:01:29-05:00June 3, 2024|

Seven ISSA members have been named to Forbes magazine’s list of 2024 America’s Best Employers for New Grads. In compiling the annual list, Forbes partnered with Statista to survey more than 100,000 Americans with less than 10 years’ professional experience working for businesses with at least 1,000 employees. Participants were queried on such topics as ...

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Kimberly-Clark Ceases Operations in Nigeria

By |2024-05-31T20:01:31-05:00May 31, 2024|

Kimberly-Clark Corp., parent company of Kimberly-Clark Professional, has announced plans to discontinue operations in Nigeria. According to a press release, Kimberly-Clark is exiting its business in Nigeria after almost 15 years, due to refocused company strategic priorities globally as well as economic developments in the country. The company will close its manufacturing facility and commercial office in ...

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Seven ISSA Members Among Barron’s Most Sustainable

By |2024-05-31T20:00:44-05:00May 31, 2024|

Seven ISSA-member companies have been included in Barron’s 2024 100 Most Sustainable Companies list. To generate the seventh-annual index, the financial publication analyzed the 1,000 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market value and scored them on more than 230 performance indicators in five categories. The Clorox Co., parent company of CloroxPro™, achieved the top ranking for the second consecutive year, with Kimberly-Clark ...

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CMM’s FREE Webinar Will Help You Transform Your Sales Team With AI

By |2024-05-30T18:48:50-05:00May 30, 2024|

CMM is offering a complimentary webinar— Leveraging AI for Smarter Selling: Transforming Your Distribution Sales Team for Success—taking place June 18 at 1:00 p.m. CT. As usage of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to grow, sales teams who embrace this technology today have a clear competitive advantage that will grow exponentially in the coming years. In ...

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Take the ISSA Period Friendly Restroom Survey

By |2024-05-30T18:47:34-05:00May 30, 2024|

As of April 2024, 27 states and Washington, D.C., have passed legislation to help provide students who menstruate with free access to period products by requiring and/or funding schools to do so. Additionally, some countries— including Canada and Scotland— have also created legislative requirements for other away-from-home facilities to do the same. A survey conducted ...

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ISSA Announces Inaugural State Advocacy Leaders

By |2024-05-30T17:48:06-05:00May 30, 2024|

ISSA is proud to announce its first State Advocacy Leaders (SALs). The association launched this “grass-tops” program in January 2024 to grow and strengthen its government-affairs efforts. “We’re excited to engage even more ISSA members from across the cleaning industry and across the United States in advocacy by activating this new initiative,” said ISSA Senior ...

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May/June Edition of ISSA Today Now Available

By |2024-05-29T19:48:36-05:00May 29, 2024|

The May/June edition of ISSA Today—now available in digital format for your desktop, smartphone, or tablet―helps you stay up to date on the latest cleaning industry and ISSA-member news. The latest edition of ISSA Today spotlights the entrepreneurs behind the success stories of Rozalado Services and Route, what they did to succeed, and their vision ...

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Bona Expands Management Team

By |2024-05-29T19:44:03-05:00May 29, 2024|

Bona US recently expanded the company’s leadership team with the addition of three managers. Vicky Jones has been appointed A&D commercial specification manager. She has more than 25 years of experience in the interior flooring industry, working for several manufacturers in sales, specifications, and design. In her new role, Jones will partner with architects and ...

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May/June Issue of INCLEAN Now Available Digitally

By |2024-05-28T19:58:39-05:00May 28, 2024|

The May/June issue of INCLEAN, the leading trade publication for the Australian commercial cleaning and hygiene industry, is now available online. This issue of INCLEAN explores incoming mandatory climate disclosure laws set for early 2025. Find out what small businesses need to know about the changes, and how your business can leverage sustainability as a ...

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