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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…

Archived: Resumption of Hiring Prompts Employers to Sharpen Compensation Plans

Economists tell us that 2011 will be the year the recovery gathers momentum and the pace of job…

Archived: AIM Appeals Cape Wind Ruling; Cites $1 Billion in Unnecessary Charges

AIM filed an appeal with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today challenging the decision by state regulators to…

Archived: Senate Budget Includes Municipal Health Reform, No Tax Increases

The Massachusetts Senate unveiled a proposed Fiscal Year 2012 state budget this morning that includes no tax increases;…

Archived: Unemployment System Computer Bug Exposes Employer Information

A virus that infected computers throughout the Massachusetts unemployment system may have compromised the confidential information of job…

Archived: Treasurer: Banking Partnership Frees Credit for Small Business

Editor’s Note: The following guest column was written by Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General Steven Grossman.

Archived: AIM Backs Health Payment Reform; Says Costs Must be Reduced

Health care costs can be reduced.  Simply lowering the rate of inflation is not enough.

Archived: Governor, AIM Announce Expanded BuyMass Initiative

Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Friday announced a major expansion of their public/private collaboration…