by Bob Nieman | Jul 25, 2022 | Highlights, Industry News
Laundry pickup-and-delivery service HappyNest has partnered with Sammi’s Econo Coin laundromat in Hampton, Va. The deal brings HappyNest laundry service to the Hampton, Newport News and Yorktown markets. The company’s service is also available Fort Eustis, Fort...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 24, 2022 | Industry News
The U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy recently released its “Small Business Lending in the United States, 2020” report, which shows that small business loans (those below $1 million) increased by nearly 40 percent from 2019 to 2020, largely due to...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 24, 2022 | Industry News
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is in the process of reviewing a proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division to rewrite how workers should be classified as independent contractors. The draft proposed rule, “Employee or...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 24, 2022 | Industry News
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has updated its guidance across several different areas relating to COVID-19 and the workplace, including when employees can be required to undergo COVID-19 testing, reasonable accommodations, and parameters around mandatory...
by Bob Nieman | Jul 21, 2022 | Highlights, Industry News
Procter & Gamble and supermarket chain Food City recently teamed up – through the Tide Loads of Hope mobile laundromat – to help provide clean clothes and some needed relief to those affected by the recent flooding in southwest Virginia. “During times of disaster,...