Legislature Tightens Access to Criminal Records; Adds Employer Protection
The Massachusetts Legislature today passed a criminal-justice reform bill that narrows the ability of employers to research the…
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Archived: Tariff Announcements Drive Down Business Confidence
Confidence among Massachusetts employers weakened during March amid roiling international trade tensions and volatile financial markets.
April 3, 2018
Read MoreArchived: AIM Honors Bill and Joyce Cummings, MassMutual with 2018 Vision Awards
A couple giving away its fortune to charity and a distinguished financial services company adding jobs from Springfield…
April 2, 2018
Read MoreArchived: AIM Urges State to Maintain Aggressive Health-Cost Benchmark
Massachusetts should retain its 3.1 percent health-care cost growth benchmark because employers continue to struggle to provide quality…
March 28, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Employers to Save $150 Million on Workers’ Compensation
Massachusetts employers will see a $150 million decrease in workers’ compensation insurance rates beginning July 1 under an…
March 23, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Economic Development Chief Staying Busy
Jay Ash acknowledges that it’s a great time to be Secretary of Housing and Economic Development in Massachusetts.
March 23, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Updated Generator Rules Lower Costs, Improve Safety
The Baker Administration’s three-year-old regulatory review initiative resolved a major issue for Massachusetts employers on March 9 when…
March 19, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Strengthens, Despite Market Volatility
Massachusetts employer confidence strengthened during February as optimism about long-term economic growth outweighed a volatile month in the…
March 6, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Lack of Natural-Gas Infrastructure Puts Massachusetts at Risk
Employers in Massachusetts pay some of the highest electricity rates in the country, in part because the commonwealth…
March 5, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Attorney General Releases Wage-Equity Guidance for Employers
Attorney General Maura Healey today issued much-anticipated guidance for employers on complying with the new Massachusetts wage-equity law…
March 1, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Senate Energy Bill: Christmas for Special Interests
Some members of the Senate don’t want you to spend all those recently announced savings on your electric…
February 13, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Graduated Tax Proposal
Lawyers for five prominent business leaders, including AIM President Rick Lord, argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court…
February 6, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Employers Begin 2018 on Confident Note
Massachusetts employers began 2018 much the way they ended 2017 ” with growing confidence in the economy and…
February 6, 2018
Read MoreArchived: Video Blog: How Will Automation and Robotics Affect the Economy?
How will artificial intelligence, automation and robotics affect the Massachusetts economy? The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Economic Outlook…
February 5, 2018
Read MoreArchived: 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…
January 26, 2018
Read MoreArchived: 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
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