Archived: Blueprint for the Next Century | A Plan for Economic Growth and Prosperity
(First of two parts. The Blueprint for the Next Century will be presented to Governor-Elect Charlie Baker tomorrow…
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Archived: Employer FAQ | The New Paid Sick Time Law
Massachusetts employers wake up this morning facing one of the most comprehensive mandated paid sick time laws in…
November 5, 2014
Read MoreArchived: AIM Congratulates Governor-Elect Baker
The 4,500 member employers of Associated Industries of Massachusetts congratulate Governor-Elect Charlie Baker for his victory in a…
November 5, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Rises As Companies Brighten View of National Economy
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index posted its sixth increase in eight months during October as a…
November 3, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Attorney General Clarifies Domestic Violence Leave Law
The Massachusetts Attorney General today clarified several questions that AIM-member employers have recently posed about the state’s new…
October 28, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Work Force Grant Will Allow AIM to Provide Free Training for Supervisors
Employers will be able to improve the skills of their key supervisors at no cost under a $200,000…
October 16, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Online Tools Help Consumers, Employers Compare Health Care Costs
Consumers accustomed to going online to compare the cost of cars, furniture and vacations can now do the…
October 14, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Workforce Shortage Threatens Economic Path of Massachusetts
“The economy’s performance is much improved, and prospects are good that it will continue to improve,” Mark Zandi,…
October 13, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Employers: I’m OK, You’re Not OK
I’m OK you’re not OK. That seems to be the mindset of Massachusetts employers who remain confident about…
October 7, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Manufacturers, Vocational Schools Get on the Same Page
A group of Massachusetts manufacturing companies is reporting significant progress in efforts to ensure that vocational high schools…
October 1, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Bureaucratic Self-Preservation at TURA
The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) has in many ways lived up to its name ” fees…
September 29, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Beacon Hill Earns Solid Grades for 2013-2014
Classes may have just begun for students throughout Massachusetts, but the report card is already out for Beacon…
September 23, 2014
Read MoreArchived: The Governor’s Race – By the Numbers
Democrat Martha Coakley must win the female vote by at least 10 points and lose the independent vote…
September 19, 2014
Read MoreArchived: AIM, MindEdge Announce E-Learning Initiative
Thousands of Massachusetts employers will gain access to state-of-the-art online professional development courses under an alliance announced today…
September 15, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Schools Pull ‘F’ in Technology
“Leaders & Laggards,” the state-by-state report card on K-12 education released today by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce…
September 11, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Pioneer Valley Employers Offer Vision for the Future
The shortage of qualified employees, punitive regulations and an overly complex state workforce training system were among the…
September 5, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Secret to Lean: Employee Development
Editor’s note – Bruce Hamilton is President of GBMP, Inc., (www.gbmp.org) a not-for-profit located in the College of…
September 5, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Economic Growth Takes a Summer Holiday
Economic growth appears to have taken a summer holiday during August.
September 5, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Health Spending Comes in Under Benchmark; Employers Wary as Premiums Level Off
First, the good news ” spending on health care in Massachusetts increased a modest 2.3 percent during 2013,…
September 2, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Some Good News about Medicare
An otherwise mixed report yesterday from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offered some good news about what was…
August 28, 2014
Read MoreArchived: Woman-Owned Family Business Perseveres
Editor’s note – Katherine Fairbanks, CEO of of DirtyGirl Disposal, will be a panelist at “Women in Power…
August 28, 2014
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