Tag: Labor
Why Recruiting Women Is Your Next Power Move
The recent rally cry for labor has been unprecedented. Intensified need has owners venting their struggles to find and keep good help. But in...
New Federal Rules Will Help Reduce Heat-Related Worker Deaths
Record-breaking temperatures in 2021 — including July, the earth’s hottest month on record with 200 million Americans under heat advisories — increased worker deaths...
Landscaping Industry Sees Positive Growth Despite Pandemic
New data from Jobber reveals the lawn care and landscaping sector, or Green industry, was not as impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic last...
OSHA Issues Updated Guidance For Tree Care Industry Inspections
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a memorandum updating its enforcement guidance for compliance safety and health...
NALP Supports Introduction Of Returning Worker Exception Act
The National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) is applauding Reps. Cuellar (D-TX), Joyce (R-OH), Keating (D-MA) Pingree (D-ME), Chabot (R-OH), and Harris (R-MD) for...
Genie Offers Free Mobile Elevating Work Platforms Supervisor Training
Each year during the first week of May, OSHA’s National Safety Stand-Down week raises fall hazard awareness across the country in an effort to...
Scheduling And Route Optimization: The Path To Profitability
Increasing productivity increases profits, and scheduling and route optimization are two key areas where landscaping companies can see significant productivity gains with small investments....
H-2B: An Employer Perspective
This article is presented in conjunction with “H-2B: The Basics” and “H-2B: The FEWA Perspective.”
Finding employees has become one of the biggest issues in...
Construction Equipment That Maxes User-Friendliness
If an industry-wide landscaping labor shortage wasn’t enough of a problem, add the cost and difficulty of recruiting seasonal employees. These are primary reasons...
Staffing In The Off-Season
For a lot of lawn and landscaping companies, the off-season poses a unique set of challenges when it comes to staffing. Being a seasonal...
Remote-Operated, Autonomous Industrial Snow Plow Hits The Market
Teleo and Storm Equipment have introduced America’s only remote-operated and autonomous industrial snow plow.
Proposed Tax Break For Government Snow Removal Equipment In CA
California Senate Bill 546 proposes an exemption from the state sales and use tax for public entities purchasing dedicated snow removal vehicles.
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