Archived: Lack of Information Hinders Campaign to Lower Health Care Costs
One of the challenges that AIM faces in its campaign to reduce health insurance premiums for Massachusetts employers…
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Archived: Next Generation Manufacturing Honors Best Companies in Key Industry
Bob Miller, Vice President of medical device manufacturer Tegra Medical in Franklin, knows better than anyone that the…
August 11, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Employer Confidence Remains Steady in Calm Before Storm
Employer confidence remained steady during July in what now appears to be the calm before the current economic…
August 9, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Export-Import Bank President Seeks Level Field for US Companies
Fred Hochberg, Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, told 60 executives in Boston this week…
July 29, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Bridge Replacement Project Puts Massachusetts in the Fast Lane
Fast. Efficient. Innovative. Transparent. Minimizing disruption to economic activity. It’s … the Massachusetts Department of Transportation?
July 28, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Do Regional Accents Affect Your Hiring Decisions?
Do hiring executives show bias against people with strong regional accents? A study suggests the answer is yes…
July 26, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Making Sense of Massachusetts Unemployment Numbers
Massachusetts employers created 10,400 jobs during June, but the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 7.6 percent.
July 22, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Can Government Tell an Employer Where to Locate?
Should the government have the authority to tell a private employer where to operate its business?
July 21, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Court Restricts Personal Liability of Managers for Wage Judgments
Kevin S. Murphy is an employment lawyer with the firm of Yurko, Salvesen & Remz, PC, in Boston.
July 18, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Eats its Peas without Washington Budget Acrimony
Boston and Washington provided a study in contrasts this week on the ability of government to manage its expenses…
July 15, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Paid Sick Days Proposal is Anti-Jobs, Anti-Choice
AIM will speak at a Beacon Hill hearing today on behalf of thousands of Massachusetts employers who fear…
July 14, 2011
Read MoreArchived: More Employers Offer Health Insurance, Fewer Employees Take It
The number of Massachusetts employers offering health insurance has increased since the landmark 2006 state health-care reform, but…
July 13, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Benjamin Franklin, Sales Manager?
Editor’s note – One in an occasional series of articles on sales and sales management in a difficult…
July 12, 2011
Read MoreArchived: View New AIM Webinar | Solving the Health Cost Crisis: Who’s on First?
Massachusetts has a once-in-a-generation opportunity in 2011 to solve the crisis of rising health care costs that is…
July 7, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Massachusetts Employer Confidence Slips into Neutral
Confidence among Massachusetts employers slipped into neutral last month, reflecting a national economy that likewise appears to have…
July 5, 2011
Read MoreArchived: State Budget Balances Books without New Taxes; Treble Fix Omitted
First the good news: The $30.6 billion budget that lawmakers are expected to send to Governor Deval Patrick…
July 1, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Korean Ambassador Backs Trade Deal as President, Congress Near Accord
On a day when the White House and Congressional Republicans struck a deal to advance the long-delayed Korea-US…
June 30, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Employers, Consumers Hold Key to Resolving Health Cost Crisis
Massachusetts will solve its health-care cost crisis only if employers and consumers become engaged in the issue and…
June 28, 2011
Read MoreArchived: Employers Applaud New Standards for Teacher Evaluation
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education today adopted new statewide teacher-evaluation regulations that place significant emphasis…
June 28, 2011
Read MoreArchived: NLRB Rule Seeks to Speed Pace of Union Elections
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) continued its effort to reshape labor-management relations yesterday by proposing regulations that…
June 22, 2011
Read MoreArchived: AG’s Health-Cost Mystery Release is Must Reading for Employers
Looking for a blockbuster to read at the beach this summer? Attorney General Martha Coakley and the Mystery…
June 22, 2011
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