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On the job safety—it’s easy to talk about but can be hard to put it into action day in and day out. Besides improving the health and welfare of its employees, pest control companies have many incentives to make safety a priority, including lower employee turnover, higher team morale, stronger customer confidence and lower insurance rates. The challenge to achieving ...

Last week, Jim Fredericks, NPMA’s Vice President of Technical and Regulatory Affairs, was appointed to the U.S. EPA’s Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC). The PPDC is a Federal Advisory Committee that meets with EPA on a regular basis to discuss pesticide regulatory, policy, and program implementation issues. Membership on the PPDC is a two-year commitment, during which NPMA will represent ...

Defending yourself against litigation costs your company time and money. Here’s how to limit your business’ involvement with the legal system. Problem: Liability claims for auto accidents “The number one issue for liability claims with pest control companies is automobile accidents. Most are rear-end accidents and involve distracted driving,” says Mark H. Ruff, a Maitland, Florida-based attorney who serves as general counsel ...

As the wise proverb says, “Better a thousand times careful than once dead.” Unfortunately, far too many employers and workers across the U.S. fail to take this old adage to heart—and many of them suffer the tragic consequences. In 2015, 4,836 workers were killed on the job, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports. That’s an average of more than ...

Hire Smart & Manage Easy: Essential Tips to Recruiting, Hiring, and Engaging the Best Employees Employees are the life-blood of any business. They can fuel production, improve customer satisfaction, and drive company growth. But, finding and keeping employees that positively impact your business can often feel like an uphill battle. Stop the cycle of high turnover and low employee retention, ...

As a small or medium business in the U.S., there’s a 12 percent chance your company will be hit with an employment claim – and depending on the state where you do business, the odds may be even higher. For instance, global specialist insurer Hiscox found that California businesses are 40 percent more likely to be involved in an employee ...

Every year, NPMA gathers thousands of pest management professionals from across the globe to offer opportunities for information sharing, provide access to the latest products, services, and technologies in the 100,000 square foot exhibit hall, and generate critical thinking in world-class educational sessions. Join us as we celebrate this year’s PestWorld in Charm City…Baltimore, MD. Click here to read more.

When your customers look for what you sell, doing an online search is probably their first step. But if that search turns up something negative about your business—such as unanswered customer complaints on social media or poor reviews on ratings sites—do you think they’ll do business with you? Creating a positive image of your business brand online is vital to ...

Is your small business struggling with cash flow issues? Cash flow problems are a common concern for entrepreneurs. More than four in 10 (41 percent) of small business owners in a new survey have experienced cash flow challenges — and these challenges have a serious impact on their businesses. The majority (59 percent) of small business owners in the WePay ...

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