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Published 07/28/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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I have had numerous discussions with my fellow laundry managers in recent years about job security. This certainly has been a hot topic around the country. Can you stay at a job too long? Is the concept of working for just one or two employers during your career a thing of the past?
Our discussions revealed three key issues:
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Published 07/27/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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COLUMBIA, Mo. — Linen King, an Oklahoma-based provider of laundry services to the healthcare industry, will be opening a 52,000-square-foot facility in an industrial park here.
With four healthcare-specific industrial laundries, Linen King has the capacity to process almost 75 million pounds of laundry per year and will employ more than 200 people for fiscal 2010 with revenues approaching $20 million.
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Published 07/26/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Penalties for violating OSHA training requirements now can be imposed on a per-affected-worker basis, Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA) says. This includes bloodborne-pathogen and hazard-communication rules, which have often appeared atop the laundry industry’s annual citation record. Under the agency’s new practice, a facility with 100 such employees previously fined $1,000 for this type of violation could now be tagged for $100,000.
TRSA recently reported this development to its members along with news that the same multiplier will apply to rules that govern the provision of personal protective equipment. The new penalty formula emerged when an appeals court ruled against the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in its suit against OSHA.
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Published 07/23/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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| (Credit: Alissa Ausmann) |
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When a manager or operator measures their plant’s performance by cost per pound, what factors—labor, purchasing, utilities, maintenance, rewash/ragout, or others—must they include in their calculations to arrive at the most accurate figure?
Answers from Joe Gudenburr, Kurt Rutkowski and Charles Berge ...
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Published 07/22/2010 - 8:00 a.m. CT
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| (Credit: Alissa Ausmann) |
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When a manager or operator measures their plant’s performance by cost per pound, what factors—labor, purchasing, utilities, maintenance, rewash/ragout, or others—must they include in their calculations to arrive at the most accurate figure?
Answers from Matt Koloseike, Dianna Aracich and Tamica Goree ...
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