Archived: AIM President: Technology Key to Solving Worker Shortage
Robotics, artificial intelligence and automation hold the unique promise of resolving the shortage of skilled workers that threatens…
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Archived: Tax Reform Repatriation Levy Right Around the Corner
Editor’s note – Alan Osmolowski, CPA, is a partner at BlumShapiro, the largest regional business advisory firm based in…
January 22, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Competition Moderates Clean-Energy Costs for Ratepayers
Clean energy in Massachusetts is finally subject to the laws of economics. That’s good news for both businesses…
January 16, 2018
Read MoreArchived: AIM Weighs In On Key Employment-Law Issues
Associated Industries of Massachusetts weighed in yesterday on 73 bills pending before a key legislative committee considering employment-law…
January 12, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Closes 2017 at 18-Year High
Surging optimism about the state and national economies left Massachusetts employers with their highest level of confidence in…
January 9, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Tax Reform to Reduce Electric Rates
Federal tax reform may soon generate a $56 million windfall for Eversource electric ratepayers in Massachusetts.
January 3, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Summing Up, Looking Ahead: Challenges Await Employers
The first half of the 2017-2018 legislative session in Massachusetts was dominated by the issue of health-care costs…
January 2, 2018
Read MoreArchived: The Top 10 Massachusetts Business Stories of 2017
A generational reset of the nation’s tax code, a controversial employer assessment to fund health insurance for poor…
December 27, 2017
Read MoreArchived: A Positive First Step for Manufacturing Education
The Baker Administration last week took a first step toward addressing the shortage of skilled workers in Massachusetts…
December 18, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Flat; Labor Shortage Remains a Concern
Employer confidence in Massachusetts remained essentially unchanged during November as companies apparently began to bump up against a…
December 5, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Survey Shows Wage Growth Slowing in 2018
It seems that Massachusetts employers embody all the ambivalence and contradictions that have marked the longest economic recovery…
December 4, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Would You Buy Your Own Business?
Editor’s Note ” The following article was written by Rudi Scheiber-Kurtz, CEO of Next Stage Solutions in Burlington,…
November 30, 2017
Read MoreArchived: DraftKings CEO Sees Bright Future
The worlds of sports, media and gaming are likely to coalesce during the next several years and the…
November 17, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Reduced Employer Access to Criminal Records Harms Ex-Offenders
Update: The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill last week that will narrow employer…
November 13, 2017
Read MoreArchived: AIM to Senate – Control Health Costs, Reform MassHealth
Editor’s note – The following are excerpts of a letter that AIM sent to Senate President Stan Rosenberg…
November 8, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Business Confidence Hits Another High for 2017
Employer confidence in Massachusetts hit another high for 2017 during October as economic growth accelerated and companies remained…
November 7, 2017
Read MoreArchived: State Issues Regulations on Employer Health Assessment
The Baker Administration today released draft regulations for the new employer health assessment designed to close a budget…
November 6, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Video Blog | Startup Provides Internet Access in the Developing World
Editor’s Note – How do you provide Internet access to people in developing countries where there is no power…
November 2, 2017
Read MoreArchived: AIM, Citing Safety Concerns, Opposes Criminal Justice Bill
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) this morning announced its opposition to the state Senate’s criminal justice reform bill…
October 25, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Health Reform Must Address Employer Costs
Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) is pleased that the state Senate on Monday conducted a hearing on a…
October 24, 2017
Read MoreArchived: Employers Renew Commitment to Pay Equity
Editor’s Note – Joanne Hilferty is President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries in Boston…
October 20, 2017
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