Category Archives: Industry Influencers

16 Dec

Fair Labor Standards Act 101 (What it is and how it affects your operation)

As a building service contractor or housekeeping manager, you are responsible for understanding and implementing fair labor standards across your operation. The Fair Labor Standards Act establishes guidelines around wages, record-keeping, and child labor standards, which affects your business and how you run it.  With changes coming to minimum wages and overtime rules in the

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15 Nov

Discounting is Slowly Killing Your Business

It’s the end of the quarter and sales have been sluggish. Desperate to up their take-home pay, your reps start cutting prices to incentivize customers to buy more or sooner than planned. Sound familiar? A little back-and-forth on pricing is normal between salespeople and customers. When discounting goes unchecked and begins to pervade your company

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11 Oct

Spotlight: American Institute for Cleaning Sciences

As part of our series on “Industry Influencers” including the Carpet & Rug Institute (CRI), the Green Building Council, and others, we’re pleased to turn the Spotlight on the American Institute for Cleaning Sciences (AICS). Are you a BSC facing declining profit margins? A facility or housekeeping manager struggling with inconsistent cleaning results? Have your

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