Wage/Hour Rules – Beware of Changes, Tougher Enforcement

03/01/2024

Running a successful laundry today takes a commitment to clients. But if operators emphasize the bottom line over complying with employee wage/hour rules, they could face fines or jail time. You can get the latest on wage/hour rules and enforcement trends in this month’s Textile Services magazine.

NLRB Issues Final Joint-Employer Rule

10/27/2023

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its final rule altering the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. The rule replaces the Board’s 2020 final rule, which had addressed the damaging standard adopted by the Obama-era Board in Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) legal case. TRSA is reviewing the rulemaking and will provide more details once processed.

NY State Assembly Member Engages with TRSA Members, Tours Unitex

10/20/2023

New York State Assembly Member Amanda Septimo (D-84th District) spoke with TRSA members during TRSA’s New York Regional CEO Roundtable; meeting in her district to discuss AB 6995, the Healthcare Worker Safety and Sustainability Act, which she and State Sen. Cordell Cleare have introduced. The bill would amend the New York State public health law and require healthcare facilities to maintain a 50% operating threshold of specific reusable healthcare personal protective equipment (PPE) textiles.

Litigation Concerns Mount for All in PFAS Supply Chain

10/12/2023

While concern abounds among linen and uniform service operators about becoming subjected to onerous regulation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) discharges in wastewater, an Oct. 11 Advanced Textiles Association webinar indicated laundries could be snagged in other legal webs as regulators learn more about how PFAS has afflicted consumers.

Industry Associations Share Expertise and Insights

09/27/2023

The Coin Laundry Association (CLA), the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute (DLI) and TRSA recently gathered industry organizations via Zoom to discuss current regulatory issues impacting their various members such as microfiber/microplastics filtration, single-use plastics, PFAS and extended provider responsibility legislation.

‘Do the Right Thing’: Recycling ‘Down Under’

09/08/2023

Amid regulatory pressures in states such as Massachusetts to divert ragged-out textiles – particularly cotton-polyester garments – from landfills, Alsco Uniforms – Australia is partnering with an Aussie firm that’s pioneered a process that breaks out polyester for reuse in plastic products. What’s more, cellulose from the cotton serves as a component for a hydromulch that’s sprayed on areas cleared of plant life for building projects in order to grow new vegetation.

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