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Pollinator activists wrap up tour in truck filled with dead bees
The Keep the Hives Alive Tour, aimed at saving pollinators like bees, wrapped up at EPA headquarters this week. Click to read more on the cross country feat.
June 22, 2016
Business
News roundup: House panel delays DHS budget markup to June 22
Grasshopper Co., manufacturer of zero turn mowers, has won the Dealer’s Choice Award. Click to read this story, H-2B news and more in landscaping.
June 14, 2016
Business
Landscapers continue fight for H-2B’s returning-worker provision
Dozens of landscape contractors were among a large group in Washington this week to lobby for the H-2B visa program. Click to read details on the lobbying efforts.
May 20, 2016
Business
Landscapers prepare for annual Renewal and Remembrance event
On July 11, over 400 landscapers will gather to pay their respects to America’s fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. Click to read more on the event.
May 20, 2016
Business
Final overtime rule doubles salary threshold, effective Dec. 1
A new federal overtime rule becomes final today, doubling the salary required for an employee to be exempt from overtime pay. Click to read more on the changes.
May 18, 2016
Business
Landscape contractors fully engaged in fighting overtime rule
Businesses are scrambling to stop new federal overtime rules that, if finalized, will increase the amount of money a person has to make to be exempt by 100%.
April 20, 2016
Business
NALP praises bill’s exemption of returning foreign workers
The green industry lobby is lauding the inclusion of provisions regarding the H-2B program, which provides temporary visas for foreign workers in the U.S.
December 17, 2015
Business
NALP rallies landscapers to support H-2B bill in U.S. Senate
A landscaping trade group is asking members to act quickly to support a new legislative proposal involving the H-2B temporary visa program. In alerting its membership that the bill had been introduced in the Senate last week, the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP) said the measure “would remedy the key issues that employers continue […]
November 2, 2015
Business
Landscapers keep fighting as overtime rule looms
Trade associations representing landscapers, horticultural businesses and many other groups are attempting to postpone federal regulations on overtime pay.
September 30, 2015
Business
Landscapers put on lobbyist hats, head to the Hill
The H-2B visa program, Waters of the United States rule and other regulatory matters are just a few of the issues landscapers discussed with senators on the hill.
July 24, 2015
Business
Federal order halts Obama’s immigration plans
The latest immigration update on Capitol Hill may affect several landscaping businesses, as well as employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If a funding agreement is not reached in Congress by Feb. 28, there will be a partial shutdown. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen of Texas stopped President Obama’s immigration presidential order, forcing DHS to […]
February 18, 2015
Design-Build
What happens now after H-2B cap was reached for first half of FY 2015
The Department of Homeland Security announced the H-2B cap has been reached for the first half of FY 2015. DHS will reject new H-2B petitions received after Jan. 26 and those that requested an employment start date prior to April 1. According to the DHS, no cap numbers from the first half of FY 2015 will […]
February 12, 2015
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