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AIM Survey Shows Wages Moderating, Health Premiums Accelerating

By Jillian Derby Wage increases are moderating, health-insurance costs are accelerating, and Massachusetts employers plan to spend 2025…

Business | Health Care | Human Resources | Workforce

Navigating the Unique Health-Care Compliance Landscape: A Guide for Employers

by Equifax Workforce Solutions If you have employees in Massachusetts, you’re likely aware that you’re responsible for complying…

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Summary of 2023-2024 Legislative Session

Massachusetts lawmakers ended the formal portion of their 2023-2024 session by passing two bills that will have a…

Budget | Business | Economic Development | Environment | Health Care | Housing | Massachusetts Legislature

Legislature Passes Housing, Wage Bills at End of Session

By Brooke Thomson President & CEO Massachusetts lawmakers ended the formal portion of their 2023-2024 session by passing…

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Business-Related Bills On the Table as Legislature Moves Toward End of Session

By Brooke Thomson President and CEO  The rest of the world may be on summer vacation, but the…

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Key Bills Remain for Business as Beacon Hill Eyes End of Session

By Sam Larson Vice President, Government Affairs The Massachusetts Legislature is in the home stretch of its 2023-2024 session…

Business | Business Confidence | Health Care | Workforce

Business Confidence Retreats in March

Massachusetts employers are still not persuaded that the economy is fully healthy. The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business…

Business | Health Care | Life Sciences

Community Health System Wins 2024 AIM Vision Award

Sturdy Health and its 110-year-old community hospital, Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, have been awarded the 2024 Associated…

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Time to Address Health Costs and System Challenges

By Brooke Thomson President & CEO AIM member employers are painfully aware of the rising cost of providing…

Business | Health Care | Workforce

Blue Cross CEO Highlights Rising Health Costs

Sarah Iselin, President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, keynoted the March 14 AIM Executive…

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Powerful Women Keynote AIM Events

By Brooke Thomson President & CEO AIM members have the rare opportunity this spring to hear from two…

Health Care

Health Policy Commission Holds Hearing on Costs

The Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC), the independent state agency created in 2012 to monitor and report on…

Business | Health Care

State Senate to Vote on Drug Cost Bill

The Massachusetts Senate will take up a major bill on Wednesday – the last day of formal sessions…

Business | Health Care | Workforce

This Week in Massachusetts – June 22

Boston Globe: As the ‘Silver Tsunami’ Hits Small Businesses, Could Worker Co-Ops Be a Solution? Since founding Dean’s…

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The Economic Case for Supporting Caregivers

By Vasundhra Sangar No one could have predicted the difficulties of establishing a “new normal” in the workplace…

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Getting Your Business Ready for Winter

As cold weather looms and the days begin to shorten, many employers have questions about how to cope…

Health Care | Human Resources

Road to Recovery – April 4, 2022

Schedule Tuesday April 5  Joint Committee on Public Service-Miscellaneous-9:00am-Written Testimony Only-https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/4253 Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government-Home…