December 23, 2024
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Want to stay informed about critical government affairs impacting the cleaning and facility-solutions industry? Sign up here to have the ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update emailed directly to you every other week. Happy holidays from your ISSA Advocacy Team! ISSA Advocacy ISSA State Advocacy Leaders Complete Successful Inaugural Year What ISSA is doing: ISSA thanks our inaugural State Advocacy Leaders for stepping up as industry leaders and making a difference for our industry. Interested in serving as an ISSA State Advocacy Leader in 2025? Learn more about the program and contact ISSA’s Stacy Seiden for additional information. ISSA Celebrates 2,000+ Advocates for Clean Webinar – 2025 Leg. & Reg. Agenda for the Cleaning Industry Webinar – How to Leverage International Cleaning Week 2025 Time Is Running out – Take Advantage of Early Access Registration for the 2025 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit ISSA is hosting the 2025 summit with support from an expanded number of associations, including the Building Service Contractors Association International (BSCAI); INDA, the Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry; the Institute of Inspection Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC); and the International Franchise Association (IFA). Learn more Thank you to Tork, an Essity Brand for serving as the Presenting Sponsor, BradyPlus as a Platinum Sponsor, Imperial Dade and Route as Gold Sponsors, and Maid Brigade, Products Chemical, Spartan Chemical, and You’ve Got Maids of Northern Virginia as Silver Sponsors of the 2025 summit. Registration is limited for this premier advocacy event for our industry, so reserve your seat today. We look forward to seeing you in the spring to change the way the new Congress and administration view cleaning! Additional Updates Legislative Biden Signs Bill to Avert Government Shutdown Regulatory NRLB Returns to ‘Union-Friendly’ Standard While this decision presents challenges for employers, it may be short-lived. It is anticipated that the new Trump administration’s NLRB will swiftly reverse many of the Biden administration’s policies. Learn more EPA Bans Two Chemicals Found in Cleaners State News Employer ‘Cheat Sheet’ for Workplace Laws Taking Effect January 1 Minimum Wage Set to Rise in 23 States Next Year Final Rules Set for ME’s New Paid Family, Medical Leave
Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on ISSA State Advocacy Leaders completing a successful inaugural year, ISSA celebrating 2,000+ Advocates for Clean, a January 8 webinar on the 2025 legislative and regulatory agenda for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry, and more.
What it means: This year, ISSA launched a new initiative to strengthen the advocacy for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry. The ISSA State Advocacy Leaders program is intended to further engage even more ISSA members in advocacy to further impact state and federal legislation important to the industry.
Why it matters: In 2024, our 20 inaugural ISSA State Advocacy Leaders advanced the industry through “grasstops” advocacy, including:
What it means: Since launching the program in 2020, more than 2,000 cleaning and facility-solutions industry professionals and supporters have signed up to be ISSA Advocates for Clean. Advocates receive this biweekly ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update and are the first to hear about pressing legislation, compliance deadlines, ISSA advocacy events, and more.
Why it matters: “ISSA relies on the grassroots support and public-policy engagement of our Advocates for Clean to successfully advocate, influence, and impact legislation and regulations important to our industry at both the federal and state levels,” said ISSA Director of Government Affairs John Nothdurft. Learn more
What ISSA is doing: We thank our more than 2,000 supporters like you who have elected to be advocates for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry. Take your advocacy to the next level—register now for the premier fly-in event for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry, the 2025 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, March 31-April 1 in Washington, DC!
Why attend: Get the inside scoop on what to expect from the new administration and Congress, as well as at the state level, that may impact your business and the cleaning and facility-solutions industry during this free ISSA webinar on January 8. Learn more and register
Why attend: Get a jump start on planning for this week-long celebration of our industry, March 23-29, and learn about exciting new additions to International Cleaning Week next year by joining us for this free ISSA webinar on February 5. Thank you to Tork, an Essity Brand for serving as a supporting sponsor of this webinar and International Cleaning Week 2025! Learn more and register
Early access registration is available through January 15 for the largest Capitol Hill fly-in event for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry, the 2025 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, March 31-April 1 in Washington, DC!
Why attend: The 2025 Clean Advocacy Summit is a can’t-miss, unique opportunity for you to help shape the future of the cleaning and facility-solutions industry. Participation is critical for industry leaders like you to engage with a new administration, as well as to build new and even stronger relationships with your members of Congress.
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that averts a government shutdown. The bill funds the government at current levels through March 14 and provides US$100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in agricultural assistance to farmers, AP reports. Learn more
On December 10, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overruled a Trump-era board decision and returned to a “union-friendly” standard for determining when unilateral workplace changes made by an employer are unlawful. According to JD Supra, this heightened standard “makes it much more difficult for employers to make unilateral changes to their operations.”
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently banned two solvents, trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE or Perc), which are used in a variety of products, including cleaners, degreasers, sealants, lubricants, adhesives, paints, and commercial applications such as dry cleaning, Cleaning & Maintenance Management reports. Safer alternatives are already available for most of these uses, according to EPA. Learn more
As the year wraps up, the Fisher Phillips law firm rounds up the new state and federal workplace laws that will take effect January 1. Learn more
Twenty-one states and 48 cities and counties are set to raise their minimum wages on January 1, Cleaning & Maintenance Management reports. Other states and a few more cities and counties will raise their minimum wages later in 2025. Learn more
The Maine Department of Labor adopted the final rules for the new paid family and medical leave program, according to the Maine Morning Star. The department was required to adopt the rules by January 1, which is when employers and employees will begin contributing a portion of wages to fund the program that will allow eligible public and private sector workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid leave for reasons such as illness, to care for a loved one, or the birth of a new child. Learn more
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