Archived: Rising Health Costs Mean Real Money to Real People
It’s been two weeks since Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) touched off by a firestorm by demanding on behalf…
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Archived: It’s Put Up or Shut Up for Employers on Regulatory Reform
It’s put up or shut up time for Massachusetts employers on the issue of regulatory reform.
March 21, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Time for Congress to Re-Authorize the Export-Import Bank
American exporters, particularly small businesses, will lose a vital resource on May 31 unless Congress reauthorizes the Export-Import…
March 20, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Employers Face 33% Increase in Assessment for Jobless Health Fund
Massachusetts employers who breathed a sigh of relief when lawmakers froze 2012 unemployment insurance rates learned today that…
March 15, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Importance of Health Care Should Prompt Massachusetts to Lead Reform
The Boston Foundation’s 2012 Boston Indicators report, City of Ideas: Reinventing Boston’s Innovation Economy, released Wednesday morning, is…
March 15, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Rx for Health Cost Crisis: Keep Spending Jumps Below Economic Growth
Massachusetts must reduce the growth of medical spending within three years to two percentage points below the growth…
March 13, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Legislative Committee Approves Redrafted Paid Sick-Time Bill
A legislative committee has approved a redrafted mandated sick-time bill that would require companies with fewer than six employees to…
March 13, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Increased Student Participation in Math, Science, Helps Economy
The Massachusetts economy relies upon a workforce of world-class science, technology, engineering, and math professionals. But every year…
March 9, 2012
Read MoreArchived: AIM Benefits Report: Health Insurance Changes Slow to Reach Employers
Breathtaking changes that hold the promise of controlling the cost of health insurance in Massachusetts have not yet…
March 7, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Business Confidence Grows as Employers See Sustained Recovery
Business confidence rose for a fourth consecutive month during February as Massachusetts employers found themselves buoyed by what…
March 6, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Cutting Red Tape Will Accelerate Job Growth in Massachusetts
Cutting regulatory red tape is one of most efficient ways to promote job growth.
March 5, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Municipal Frustration Underscores Need for Unemployment Reform
Administrators from 23 Massachusetts cities and towns wrote to Governor Deval Patrick recently to protest repeated approvals by…
March 5, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Workers Compensation Rate Increase Deserves Careful Review
The Massachusetts workers compensation story has been an unqualified success by any measure.
March 1, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Exports Rise, But Euro Crisis Casts Shadow
Exports from Massachusetts to overseas markets rose during 2011, but the Eurozone debt crisis is likely to have…
February 29, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Employers Face Two New Challenges on Data Security
Editor’s Note – Cynthia J. Larose, is an attorney with AIM Member Law Firm Mintz Levin. She serves…
February 27, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Court Case Underscores Need for Non-Compete Agreements
Editor’s Note – Andrew Botti is an attorney with AIM Member law firm McLane Graf Raulerson & Middleton. …
February 24, 2012
Read MoreArchived: AIM Joins Defense Technology Initiative
Associated Industries of Massachusetts has joined an organization working to strengthen the New England defense industry in the…
February 22, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Governor Signs Unemployment Insurance Rate Freeze
Governor Deval Patrick today signed a supplemental budget that freezes Unemployment Insurance tax rates for 2012 and heads…
February 17, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Employers Back Rep. Neal’s Call to Preserve Retirement Tax Incentives
AIM announced its support today for a resolution co-sponsored by Springfield Congressman Richard E. Neal that would affirm…
February 16, 2012
Read MoreArchived: NSTAR Deal Offers Short-Term Savings, Long-Term Cape Wind Costs
NSTAR’s agreement to purchase power from Cape Wind to facilitate the utility’s merger with Northeast Utilities should create…
February 15, 2012
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Republican Lawmakers Unveil Jobs Plan
Republican state lawmakers today unveiled a comprehensive jobs proposal they say will put the commonwealth on track to…
February 15, 2012
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