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  • 27 Mar 2017 7:17 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The spring cleaning tradition stems from a time when people spent months holed up in their homes, warmed by a fire, and then mercilessly opened their windows and freed themselves of dust and dirt.

    Cleaning service. Sponges, chemicals and plunger.

    The renewing feeling of spring endures. Becky Rapinchuk, founder of the lifestyle website Clean Mama, said people catch the cleaning bug around this time because the season helps them realize just how filthy their living arrangements are.

    Like in times of old, the wear of winter is real and rank, no thanks to the furnace constantly kicking up dust. Adding to it, spring and summer's prominent sunlight reveals just how dirty we all are living.

    More at source: USA Today

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  • 22 Mar 2017 8:00 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The obvious germ factories are well-known: cutting boards, carpets, shoes, hands. But there are many seemingly innocuous sources that can make you very sick. Spring is the time to emerge from hibernation and rethink cleaning habits with an eye to health. 


    Fewer trips to the doctor mean fewer medications, which in turn mean more money in your pocket.

    More at source: AOL

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  • 20 Mar 2017 7:57 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    SAN DIEGO, Calif. - San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie M. Dumanis announced today that a grand jury has indicted the owners of Good Neighbor Services as well as six accomplices for a massive, ongoing insurance fraud and tax evasion scheme. Two defendants, Hyok "Steven" and Woo "Stephanie" Kwon, own a janitorial company that provides cleaning staff to major hotels across San Diego, Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, including The Hotel Del Coronado, Loews Coronado, La Costa Resort and Spa, The Grand Del Marin La Jolla, L'Auberge Del Mar, The Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Hilton and Hyatt hotel chains.


    The Kwons have been indicted on 11 counts of workers' compensation premium fraud, 18 counts of payroll tax evasion and one count of extortion. The investigation uncovered a methodical and systematic shell game involving six straw owners. These straw owners were used to conceal the existence of hundreds of hotel workers to avoid paying millions of dollars in insurance premiums and payroll taxes. If convicted of all charges, they each face up to 31 years in prison.

    More at source: WorkersCompensation.com

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  • 17 Mar 2017 9:57 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

  • 17 Mar 2017 9:35 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)


    Cleaning Services Provider Refused to Hire Qualified Male for Janitor Job Because of His Gender, Federal Agency Charged

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Executive Management Services, Inc. (EMS), an Indiana-based corporation that provides commercial cleaning, facility management and other commercial services nationwide, has agreed to pay $12,500 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced yesterday. The EEOC had charged that EMS violated federal law when it failed to hire a qualified male applicant because of his sex.

    More at source: JDSUPRA Business Advisor

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  • 14 Mar 2017 6:42 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The 2012 city contract with United Maintenance was for $99.4 million, a payout that has since ballooned by nearly $8 million in 2017.

    “United Maintenance came in and underbid the contract right off the start to get the work,” says Tom Balanoff, president of SEIU Local 1, the labor union that once represented O’Hare’s janitors. “And then they turned back on the city and said, ‘Okay, now we got the work — give us more money.’”


    United Maintenance also came under fire in a 2015 federal lawsuit, filed by some O’Hare janitors accusing the firm of wage theft. The company settled the lawsuit last fall for $850,000 but admitted no wrongdoing.

    Video at source: CBS

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  • 06 Mar 2017 8:01 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)
    While you’re clearing out the old and bringing in the new, take a moment to look around and check on the other things that you have stored in your house and garage.


    Cleaning products and potentially hazardous materials should be kept in their original packaging with labels. If not, spring is an excellent time to label them and make sure everyone knows what’s there. A bottle without a label might be mistaken for the wrong thing. So, if you find something mysterious, label it or dispose of it.

    More at source: Centre Daily 

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  • 03 Mar 2017 7:08 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    I'll be the first to admit that I have more than a few "clean freak" habits. For instance, I almost always change my toothbrush after a long trip, 


    and I put the water bottle that I travel with in the dishwasher several times before I actually begin to use it again. After watching countless people wash their dishes with the same dirty one over and over again in hostels (and then leaving them in the stagnant sink water — yuck!),

    More at source: Bustle.com

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  • 01 Mar 2017 7:34 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)

    The global janitorial services market is primarily segmented into two categories: residential and commercial. The residential market consists of maid services, window, carpet, window and other services. The commercial cleaning segment primarily focuses on window cleaning, vacuuming, floor care, and related services.


    Among the two segments, the commercial segment accounts for a relatively larger share of the janitorial services market. Janitorial service is a highly labor intensive market and growth of the market largely depends on growth of the real estate market.Due to its dependence on the real estate market, the janitorial services market suffered a downturn during the economic recession post-2008. The market also suffered a decline due to collapse of various mortgage obligations. Many government entities and industrial companies make a long-term contract to clean facilities, such trends help in the growth of global janitorial services market.

    More at source: SAT

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  • 27 Feb 2017 7:54 AM | IJCSA - (Administrator)


    Students of Savoy Elementary School in Southeast D.C. have not had class at their own school in weeks. They were forced out because of a monthslong infestation of bedbugs, rats and mice.

    For the last several weeks, students attended class at Ferebee-Hope Elementary School, located about five miles away from Savoy, while the school was thoroughly cleaned.

    In addition, new carpet was installed and all soft materials such as carpets, cots, blankets and pillows were replaced, according to the school’s Facebook page.

    More at source: Washington Top News

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