Former operator of Ozone Manufacturing Pty Ltd, Sydney man Simon Forbes Oke is facing court after the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) launched legal action, elleging eight employees were underpaid a total of $49,000. Ozone Manufacturing was involved in designing, manufacturing and distributing environmental control products for dust and fume control, and air and water purification before the company was placed into [...]
A request from Marian Stratford, president of the Professional Executive Housekeepers Network… Last year we have saw the devastation left by the floods in the Philippines, and other parts of the globe including our very own devastation. In response we set up a charity to receive clothing and items that are left in the hotels by guests, items the hotel [...]
ISS has announced its results for the first quarter of 2013 reporting a solid start to the year with revenue amounting to DKK $19.5 billion (AUD $3.5 billion) – driven by an organic growth of 2.7%. Its operating margin was 4.4% compared with 4.5% for the same period in 2012, while net profit was DKK $71 million (AUD $12.5 million) [...]
The aim of World Environment Day on June 5th is to help raise global awareness about the need to always think about the environment and how our personal and work lives impact it. Similar to Earth Day, which is celebrated each April, World Environment Day was specially designed by the United Nations (U.N.) ‘to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment [...]
Transpare is a free online purchasing resource from ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, and its partner Ecoform. It offers product buyers an easy way to identify, compare, and select environmentally friendly cleaning products. ‘The online registry lists the environmental, health, and safety attributes of products, helping purchasers meet their sustainability goals. This easy-to-use resource uses uniform metrics, which can [...]
Report courtesy of www.thecleanzine.com (9 May 2013) The British Institute of Facilities Management, Asset Skills, the Facilities Management Association and the Cleaning & Support Services Association have agreed to the concept of forming one single and united body to represent facilities management and support services. As the facilities management and support services profession and industry have matured and evolved, so [...]
WFBSC’s first CEO Forum takes place in Rome New technology will prove a disruptive force in our cleaning industry’s future while the greatest opportunities for service providers are in developing countries, not in mature markets. They were just a couple of key themes revealed at the World Federation of Building Service Contractors’ (WFBSC) first CEO Forum. Held late March in [...]
A Caulfield cleaner is one of five Melbourne east and south-east workers who have been back-paid a total of $37,100 following recent intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO). The cleaner received the biggest recovery of $13,200 for ‘underpaid wages, overtime rates and penalty rates between 2008 and 2010′, stated the 1 May press release. ‘After Fair Work inspectors contacted [...]
Following the resignation of the Fair Work Ombudsman Nicholas Wilson, Michael Campbell will take up an appointment as acting Fair Work Ombudsman from 29 April while a merit based selection process is undertaken to select a substantive replacement. Campbell is currently the Fair Work Ombudsman’s group manager, operations, responsible for the FWO’s national inspectorate and advisory services. Prior to this [...]
ISS has, in cooperation with Aspector, published a white paper discussing what role service has in organisations today and what constitutes excellent service. ‘Delivering excellent service is important for all companies today, but most struggle to deliver basic services of a decent quality. In this white paper, ISS and Aspector find that the companies who do deliver excellent service are [...]
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