The Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick will be starting construction of a new, five-storey wing which, according to the www.schf.org.au website, ‘will cover 1220 metres squared over five floors and will cost $27.7 million to construct. It will add valuable resources to the services already available, as well as creating brand new amenities for patients and their families.’ Integrated property services company Glad [...]
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 [...]
Even the most honest staff member arrives late from time to time, but that won’t break the bank. It’s the staff that arrive late or leave early on a regular basis that are costing you thousands in excess payroll and worse still, could be the reason you lose a valuable contract. Unless you have a system to verify actual site [...]
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 [...]
‘Revitalisation’ a key Association focus The Building Service Contractors of New Zealand Inc (BSCNZ) has experienced one of its most active industrial relations’ periods ever but has, during that time, continued to plan and implement initiatives geared to engendering greater Association strength. In particular, the BSCNZ has embarked on ‘project revitalisation’. “We are pleased that we have achieved quite a [...]
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As the ISSA/Interclean Central & Eastern Europe event opened (24 April in Warsaw), Karcher’s KM 105/100 R P compact ride-on sweeper and the Touch-less Disinfecting Services from Sanoserv were announced as winners of Golden Broom Innovation Award. The KM 105/100 R is said to be a ‘completely new’ compact ride-on sweeper in the 1 metre working width class. It is [...]
Buckeye Technologies Inc and Georgia-Pacific LLC have reached a ‘definitive agreement for Georgia-Pacific to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Buckeye Technologies’ common stock for $37.50 per share in cash. The transaction, subject to completion, is valued at about $1.5 billion, including debt.’ Buckeye Technologies’ stockholders will receive $37.50 in cash per share, representing a premium of some 29 [...]
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 [...]
In launching a toolkit of products, educational materials and expertise to combat the spread of norovirus, Diversey is actively educating ‘its customers and distributors on the best practices and most effective products to help reduce the risk of norovirus on employees, customers and facility operations.’ “We are working closely with our customers to ensure they are as prepared as possible [...]
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