How to Ask for a Price Increase
With rising payroll costs many contactors need to raise pricing, but fear the contract being put out to bid. Fortunately, there are steps building service contractors can take to prepare […]
Entries by Carolyn Dingee
These States are Raising Minimum Wages in 2023
About half of all states are expected to implement a higher minimum wage in 2023. A total of 26 states have announced that higher minimum wages will be introduced during […]
The Return to Office Fades
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article on the lack of movement in employees returning to the office as remote work remains a popular option, even as a number […]
Office Utilization Rises to 40%
The New York Times recently published an article on the problems companies are facing in setting a return-to-office (RTO) date. Building security firm, Kastle Systems, reported office occupancy rose in […]
Will Employees Return to the Office?
Will employees ever return to the office? No one knows for sure. But the office of 2022 will be different as hybrid working systems become the most common solution. Property […]
What Happened to All the Workers?
Employers continue to struggle with hiring. So where did all the workers go? The Wall Street Journal reports that over 500,000 became self-employed in 2021. Currently 9.44 million workers are […]
Extra Unemployment Pay Has Disappeared, So Why Haven’t the Workers Returned?
Earlier this year, a change came: $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans was cut off. Many people, they argued, would then take the millions of jobs that employers were desperate […]
How Cleaning Contractors Can Come Out of Covid-19 Stronger
Commercial real estate and retail have taken the brunt of the blow from COVID-19. No one really knows how, or if, those facilities are going to rebound. One thing is […]
Vaccination Mandate Announced
The U.S. government has announced a broad plan to increase Covid-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. as cases plateau at a high number, pressuring private employers to immunize their workforce, […]
7 Million Lose Unemployment Benefits
More than 8 million people now have no unemployment compensation at all, while another 2.7 million lost the $300 federal weekly boost but will continue receiving state payments. They join […]