New in May:
– Ala Carte Benefits’ Plan added through Benefit Solutions Today
– Info suitable for putting onto social media or giving to your rental clients
– US Dept. of Labor’s new regs on white collar exemptions explained
– Brightview now requiring Fixxbook profile through Service Channel
– Reminder how billing works at WSA
• Update on latest Scholarship donations
• Update on Ferrandino slow payment situation
• Links to Work Zone Safety Week support info
• Link to John Meola’s Safety First! information
• Millennium Sweeping challenged other WSA Members to match its $1000 donation to the WSA Memorial Scholarship Fund.
• Link to scholarship info to provide to your employees.
• Warning about reports Ferrandino is not paying its bills timely.
• Reminder that OSHA is cracking down on misclassification of employees as independent contractors. Link to info on OSHA website.
• Reminder to send in sizes of tires you want us to get a quote on from Costco.
• Congrats to CAM South for its recent write-up in PAVEMENT Magazine.
Topics in this Update include:
• Info from a WSA Member who said USM is now requiring background checks for their employees sweeping Home Depot.
• Request for tire sizes Members might want to purchase in 20-tire Bridgestone lots to be able to purchase from Costco for the company’s cost.
• Info about Brightview’s initiative to investigate setting up a purchasing co-op for contractors for regular use items.
• Razor Tracking GPS now offers a $50 gift certificate to any WSA Member signing up with them.
• Info about the @15% discount WSA Members now have with Aqua Patch on that company’s products.
• Mark Herbick’s NPE seminar video on buying and selling a business is now online.
• Walmarts have increased their sweeping frequency and a reminder not to contact store managers directly.
• We have added SuperiorRoads Solutions (and Sweeprite) as a WSA Member benefit for parts with a 15% price reduction.
• We added a GPS section to the website, as well as a new page that contains GPS systems current WSA Members like and use.
• Discussion of WalMart not changing from 3x/4x/week to 6x/7x/week as previously noticed to contractors.
• Info about National Maintenance Systems’ contract that offers negative contractor clauses
• Reminder that for our 20% discount from Elgin a commitment for buying all Elgin sweeper-specific parts from Elgin Parts is requested.
• Link to webinar on Preventing Slips and Falls
• WSA Member request to see if anyone has a phone app for scheduling and in-truck reporting
• Link to Safety First! tip for the month as well as John Meola’s 2016 NPE video
• Link to info about the Affordable Care Act tax forms employees will be getting from IRS and how to provide notice to them about the forms and their importance
