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Over the few months, we have written on CalRecycle achieve a 75 percent reduction of solid waste flowing to landfills by the year 2020. As part of that strategy, CalRecycle focused on source reduction and increased recycling of various paper products. Since 1998, California has shipped a significant amount of recyclable materials to China. In
After revelations of sexual misconduct by a number of high-power executives, media personalities and politicians last year spawned the #MeToo movement, defense lawyers are predicting a record number of sexual harassment lawsuits will be filed against employers in the coming year. The #MeToo movement has emboldened women who have been sexually harassed, abused or worse
In a move that could either reshape health care delivery in America or barely register as a blip, three corporate and financial giants have unveiled a new company that they hope will reduce health care costs. Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, which seem to have had enough with high health insurance costs for their
With what some call the digital, communications or information revolution, commercial printing is in fluid motion. Idealliance expects commercial printing industry sales (all sources) to grow. 1.5% to 3.0% in 2018, after growing approx.. 1% in 2017. Where in that range it pinpoints represents the state of where our economy will be. The current states
This year promises to be one of the worst flu seasons in the past decade, and that means you may end up having a number of employees who are off sick at the same time. If the flu takes hold among your employees, it can quickly spread and force even more people than usual to
by Laurel Brunner Laurel Brunner considers the implications in making an environmental impact declaration for print and calls for a new standard that measures the materials used in all aspects of the printing process. How do you make an environmental impact declaration for print? And why would you want to? These are questions most printers would
By Bill Farquharson I have a very important question for you that I am quite confident that while you have an answer to my question, your answer is completely incorrect. You ready? Here it comes… “Why do people buy from you?” Sit with that question and make some notes. Why do you think people buy from
BY TONI MCQUILKEN When digital signage first burst onto the scene, it wasn’t much to behold. For the most part, in those early days, it was nothing more than screens found in retail locations, allowing locations to update the sale and price information on the fly, without needing to print all new signage for each rack.
Employers are paying out more for legal settlements and judgments for cases brought by employees over how they are being treated. According to the employment law firm of Seyfarth Shaw LLP, settlements for the 10 biggest class-action suits brought by employees grew an astounding 55% to $2.72 billion in 2017 from $1.75 billion the year
A new law taking effect this year aims to ease the confusion caused by the implementation of new rules that define what constitutes an owner or officer who is exempt from having to carry workers’ comp coverage. The new law, which was in the form of SB 189, last year once again changed the definition
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