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Archived: Employer Confidence Hits Another Summer Slump

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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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,…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: It’s Time to Fix Federal Health Reform

It’s time to fix federal health care reform.

Archived: Does Your Company have a Sales Culture?

(Jack Derby is a venture capitalist and  leader of the annual AIM/Derby Sales Management Boot Camp.)

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: It’s Time for Structural Changes to the Unemployment Insurance System