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Archived: House Backs Amendment to Compel Request for Health Reform Waiver
The Massachusetts House of Representatives this morning concurred with a Senate amendment that would require the Patrick Administration…
June 28, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Former President of Mexico Talks Trade with Massachusetts Employers
The former president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, touted that nation as a strong and healthy economic partner for…
June 28, 2013
Read MoreArchived: DOMA Decision Simplifies Benefits for Bay State Employers
Massachusetts employers tired of double recordkeeping under state and federal law for same-sex married employees can breathe a…
June 26, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Obama Climate Plan Could Benefit Massachusetts Employers
The climate-change plan and proposed carbon dioxide emission standards announced today by President Barack Obama represent one of…
June 25, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Amendment Seeks to Force Waiver from Federal Health Reform
The chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee has filed a measure to force the administration to…
June 25, 2013
Read MoreArchived: AIM Backs Domestic Violence Leave; Opposes Workplace Bullying Bills
Associated Industries of Massachusetts today backed a bill that would provide employment leave for victims of domestic violence,…
June 25, 2013
Read MoreArchived: What Do Massachusetts Employers Want from their Senator?
Massachusetts voters are today dutifully trooping to the polls ” or, more likely, reluctantly straggling to the polls…
June 25, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Employers with Wellness Incentives May Run Afoul of Federal Reform
Many employers have targeted wellness as the cornerstone of their health-care management strategy. These employers have reasoned that…
June 25, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Patrick Announces Manufacturing Partnership Academy
Governor Deval Patrick today announced the creation of a first-in-the-nation Advanced Manufacturing Regional Partnership Academy to provide resources…
June 20, 2013
Read MoreArchived: It’s Time to Fix Federal Health Reform
It’s time to fix federal health care reform.
June 19, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Does Your Company have a Sales Culture?
(Jack Derby is a venture capitalist and leader of the annual AIM/Derby Sales Management Boot Camp.)
June 18, 2013
Read MoreArchived: The Numbers Behind a Non-Competitive Economy
American employers have long been convinced that inefficient regulation and bureaucratic governmental institutions make it harder to run…
June 13, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Teachers Hold Key to Improving Computer Skills in Massachusetts
Massachusetts’ economic future depends on computing expertise, yet our schools are not teaching students these vital skills. On…
June 12, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Life Sciences Intern Challenge Leads to Significant Discoveries
Massachusetts graduate student Brian Dutra recently won first place at an international engineering competition for his research on…
June 11, 2013
Read MoreArchived: AIM Expresses Sadness at Death of Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci
The 5,000 member employers of Associated Industries of Massachusetts share the deep sadness of the commonwealth today at…
June 8, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Four Years into Recovery, Why Don’t Employers Feel Better?
The “Great Recession” ended four years ago. The National Bureau of Economic Research tells us that the 18-month…
June 7, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Bay State Manufacturers to Share Strategies for Success
Nypro of Clinton and Custom Group of Woburn have created in-house programs to develop manufacturing skills ” and…
June 5, 2013
Read MoreArchived: Don’t Tap Unemployment Fund to Train Jobless Workers
A proposal by a Beacon Hill lawmaker to tap the Massachusetts Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to train jobless…
May 31, 2013
Read MoreArchived: U.S., Massachusetts Economies Projected to Accelerate
The U.S. economy is set for strong growth beginning by 2014. The same is true of Massachusetts, outpacing…
May 29, 2013
Read MoreArchived: It’s Time for Structural Changes to the Unemployment Insurance System
May 28, 2013
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