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MANTS2025 Kicked Off the Trade Show Season in Baltimore
Jessica Schwartz
RISE Grows Grassroots during New England Grows Trade Show
BOSTON, Mass. – RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment) traveled to Boston to meet with green industry professionals at New England Grows, one of the Northeast’s largest horticulture trade shows. The show gave RISE staff the opportunity to talk about pesticide and fertilizer issues and the importance of grassroots ...
Spray This Way
The importance of efficient irrigation in landscape management grows day by day with many parts of the country being in extreme drought. Another factor influencing turf and landscape watering is the hotly debated issue of climate change. While many scientists agree that climate change is underway, many people remain skeptical. ...
The Fluctuating Work Week Pay Method
There’s no question that overtime pay is expensive, and companies around the country have been caught by the Department of Labor using questionable worker classification methods and have tried all sorts of things to avoid paying workers overtime. If you have read past columns I have written, you know that ...
Your Minimum Wage Update
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) governs minimum wage. It applies to companies that have $500,000 or greater in gross sales in a year. It applies to companies that are involved in interstate commerce. It applies to companies that regularly use interstate communication. The FLSA also applies to employees ...
