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Congressional analysis finds health care plan excise tax would hit 34 percent of group plans in 2019 Workforce Management Share    
About one-third of group health care plans would be affected by a proposed 40 percent excise tax on insurers and third-party administrators offering the highest-cost health plans by 2019, according to a congressional analysis. U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, R-Conn., who requested that the Joint Committee on Taxation analyze the provision in health care reform legislation that the Senate Finance Committee passed. More
Sustainability's truest meaning Landscape Management Share
What does sustainability mean for us? Perhaps you’re wondering that in light of the growing popularity, use and misuse of the word within our society and within our industry. We can start with the obvious, of course. We can tick off a list of environmentally friendly landscape practices — providing our customers’ properties with the right plants in the right places, irrigating efficiently, not bagging grass clipping and so forth. More
Three best ways to build business credit The Wall Street Journal Share
Small-business owners are in a Catch 22. Obtaining financing for their companies can be difficult without a strong business credit history. At the same time, banks and credit-card issuers have tightened standards and don't want to risk providing loans or lines of credit to small companies that don't have proven track records. More
Roofers clash with landscapers over Chicago's rooftop gardens Lawn & Landscape Magazine Share
Rooftop gardens, like the one atop Chicago's City Hall, have roofers green with envy. They want more of the work that is being done by commercial landscapers in the booming market to install green roofs on public and commercial buildings in the Chicago area. But the landscapers are standing their ground. More Operating a profitable snow removal business Irrigation & Green Industry Share
With winter on its way and its inherent bone-chilling temperatures and falling snow in many parts of the country, many landscape contractors have chosen to add snow removal services as a way to supplement their income and retain their employees. However, others still question, "How can we make a profit at this type of work?" More
House OKs three-year extension of E-Verify program Workforce Management Share
With action on comprehensive immigration reform pushed off to next year, the House approved a homeland security funding bill, that would renew a government-run electronic employment verification system. A provision to extend the mechanism, known as E-Verify, for three years was included in a $42.8 billion appropriations measure the House approved, 307-114, that would fund the Department of Homeland Security for the next fiscal year. More
Support in Senate for cellphone driving ban The Los Angeles Times Share
Amid calls from the Obama administration and traffic safety advocates to ban texting and talking on hand-held cellphones while driving, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., has thrown his support behind the effort -- a sign that the Senate could pass such legislation this year. More Safety in the landscape Landscaping & Groundskeeping Share
As a supervisor or owner you have an obligation to train and communicate to each of your employees how to complete a task safely and correctly. As an employee you have the right to ask, receive and be compliant with this training to ensure that you know how to safely and properly execute a task. Your life depends on it. More |
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