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Randy’s Way: Doubting Obamacare
Headshot: Randy Newhard By Randy Newhard It’s Saturday morning and I am sitting in an old time barber shop. Why do I come to a place like this? First, it’s only $6! No fancy salon, no hair wash or neck...
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‘Affordable’ care?
Will “Obamacare” batter or bolster your bottom line? The question is an important one, given the impact of health insurance costs on the earnings of small business owners. While calculating the precise...
View ArticleReducing costs, improving lives
Research shows about 40 percent of all health care expenses in the U.S. stem from preventable chronic illnesses that are most often caused by three lifestyle choices: physical inactivity, poor diet and...
View ArticleAugust 2013 Web Extra: Get some ACA help
Knowledge pays. That goes double for a vast piece of legislation such as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Want to learn more? The Internet offers a number of useful sources. “It would be helpful for...
View ArticleAugust 2013 Web Extra: Figuring the tax credit
Answer the following questions: Do you have 25 or fewer full-time employees? Are their average annual wages less than $50,000? And do you contribute more than 50 percent of your employee’s total...
View ArticleEmployers in angst of insuring under Obamacare
Under the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act, companies with 50 or more employees are required to offer company-sponsored health insurance come 2015. And while it’s advantageous to employees,...
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Costs Report: Expecting increases
Landscape companies seek savings as they plan for cost increases in many areas of their businesses. Chart: Consumer Market Controlling costs is a major focus of most successful businesses, and the...
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Is 2014 a year of opportunity for the Green Industry?
Invariably, all of us sages are queried with: “You’ve been around the country. You see things. So, what kind of year is 2014 going to be?” Like we know… We do have opinions, though, and mine is very...
View ArticleGovernment Affairs: Opportunity for immigration reform
Just when possibility for Congressional action this year on immigration reform seemed doomed, a small breeze came in through the window. Players on the Republican and Democratic sides of the issue seem...
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NJLCA, NJNLA team up for Legislative Day on the Hill
NJLCA and NJNLA members meet with their state representatives during PLANET’S 2014 Legislative Day on the Hill. Photo: NJNLA Hundreds of Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) members converged in...
View ArticleGovernment Affairs: Unfinished business
As the 113th U.S. Congress comes to the end of its term in December, many are calling it the most unproductive Congress in history. Partisan wrangling rather than constructive legislative work seemed...
View ArticleGovernment Affairs: Congress’ unfinished business for landscapers
This year was not a productive year for Congress dealing with issues important to landscape contractors. For that matter, 2015 was not a productive year for Congress by any measure. Although both the...
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