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Archived: Massachusetts Employer Confidence Slips into Neutral

Confidence among Massachusetts employers slipped into neutral last month, reflecting a national economy that likewise appears to have…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: 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…

Archived: State, Federal Courts Rule for Employers in Workplace-Law Cases

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) and the U.S. Supreme Court have come down on the side of…

Archived: State Supreme Court Broadens Review of Cape Wind Approval

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will determine whether Massachusetts energy regulators should reconsider their approval of the Cape…

Archived: Senate Municipal Plan Design Language Falls Short ” Undercuts Savings

Associated Industries of Massachusetts is asking lawmakers to adopt the House version of a bill giving cities and…

Archived: Senate Moves to Boost Efficiency of Massachusetts State Government

The Massachusetts Senate took an important step to improve the efficiency of state government Thursday by approving a…

Archived: Employers Ask Budget Conferees to Narrow Treble-Damage Law

AIM today urged the conference committee hammering out next year’s state budget to include a House provision narrowing…

Archived: Performance-Driven Employers Back New Approach to Teacher Evaluation

Massachusetts employers accustomed to using measurable results to evaluate employee performance and improve quality will find much to…

Archived: Massachusetts Energy Laws Threaten Economic Future

Massachusetts must reform a tangle of often-conflicting energy laws that have failed to live up to their promise while driving…

Archived: Employer Confidence Drops Amid Signs of Slowdown

Confidence among Massachusetts employers slipped in May amid growing signs that the economic recovery is sputtering.

Archived: Employers to Discuss Key Issues with Massachusetts Policymakers

Some of the most troublesome employment-law issues facing Massachusetts companies – including independent contractor classification and proposed mandated…

Archived: AIM Opens Employer Hotline to Companies Impacted by Tornadoes

Associated Industries of Massachusetts announced this morning that it is making its toll-free Employer Hotline (1.800.470.6277) temporarily available…

Archived: Government Offers Resources for Businesses Affected by Tornadoes

Scores of Massachusetts businesses were damaged or destroyed by the series of tornadoes that swept across western and…

Archived: Manufacturing: Unlikely Leader of the Recovery in Massachusetts

Archived: Massachusetts Senate Approves Budget with No Tax Increases

The Massachusetts Senate yesterday finalized a Fiscal Year 2012 budget that includes no tax increases and provides cities…

Archived: Massachusetts Reports Show Cause, Effects of Health Care Cost Crisis

State officials published two reports yesterday that provide a sobering look at both the rise in health insurance…