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Safety watch: How clearing trees can turn deadly
The Accident: A 28-year-old worker is prepping a site at a golf course using an excavator. He is pushing down a 60-foot tall tree by digging around the base and then loosening the root system.
February 14, 2014
Design-Build
How To Bring Out Talent in Others
Knowing your staff’s strengths and how to best use them within the company helps both you and the employees. Here are four ways to bring out their talents.
December 11, 2013
Design-Build
Industry Stands Up to H-2B Rule
If you’ve ever had an unpleasant run-in with the wage rule, you’ll be happy to hear it isn’t invincible.
December 10, 2013
Business
4 tips for helping office-based managers supervise a mobile team
While mobile employees get plenty of attention, there is one group that may be overlooked: your office-based managers whose job it is to supervise your mobile employees, either individually or as members of teams.
December 9, 2013
Business
7 Safety Tips en Español
Share safe practices with Spanish-speaking employees using Xeriscapes Unlimited’s video.
October 22, 2013
Business
How H-2B Changes Will Affect You
With this program’s wage rule in question, landscapers could be the hardest hit if Congress and the courts don’t stop it.
October 10, 2013
Design-Build
[Infographic] Why To Keep Employees Happy
A happy worker is a productive worker, so shouldn’t you make sure your employees are satisfied in their position? Unhappy employees can mean spots you’ll eventually have to fill if they leave, creating more training and upfront costs for your business. Here’s the real cost of unhappy workers from Entrepreneur magazine and Bolt Insurance.
September 13, 2013
Business
Safety watch: Unsteady ground
How to prevent cave-ins while digging. The accident: A 29-year-old landscape worker and four other laborers are hand digging a 2-foot wide by 16-foot long trench on a private residence to investigate water infiltration.
June 7, 2013
Business
How Do You Verify Employees?
The National Small Business Association (NSBA) today released its 2013 Workforce and Immigration Survey. While only 17 percent employ immigrant workers, nearly half of the respondents said they rely on highly skilled workers with a STEM background, driving broad agreement that a new visa category ought to be created for highly-skilled workers.
April 5, 2013
Safety
Safety watch: Reducing the chance of chain saw kickback
Keep a firm grasp on this hand-held machine. The accident: A landscaper is using a chainsaw to trim limbs from the top of a felled elm tree, in preparation for them to be hauled away. As he is cutting through a limb that has some spring because it is underneath the top of the elm, the chainsaw kicks back. The hand tool hits him in the face, cutting the tip of his nose and both lips.
March 14, 2013
Design-Build
December Sees Uptick in Small Business Jobs
Small businesses reported an uptick in new jobs in December over November, according to a monthly survey issued by the National Federation of Independent Business. The average change in workers per firm increased to 0.03 from a negative 0.04 in November, a swing that NFIB chief economics William Dunkelberg characterized as “essentially zero” in The […]
January 11, 2013
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