Government Affairs Archives - ISSA | The Worldwide Cleaning Organization https://www.issa.com/category/industry-news/government-affairs/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:39:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – Registration Now Open for 2025 Clean Advocacy Summit https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-leg-reg-update-registration-now-open-for-2025-clean-advocacy-summit/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:39:32 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=49755 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on registration opening for the 2025 ISSA Clean Advocacy Summit, EPA expanding its Safer Chemical Ingredient List, PFAS bans in Maine and Minnesota, and more. Want to stay informed ...

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]]> More than 76 Percent of Americans Want Free Period Supplies in Schools https://www.issa.com/industry-news/more-than-76-percent-of-americans-want-free-period-supplies-in-schools/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:23:58 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=49562 More than three-quarters of Americans believe that period supplies should be available free-of-charge at public schools and public universities. A new poll conducted by YouGov for the Alliance for Period Supplies found that 76.5 percent of those surveyed either “agreed” or “strongly agreed” with a statement that menstrual supplies like pads and tampons should be ...

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]]> ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – New Bilingual Pesticide-Labeling Resources https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-leg-reg-update-new-bilingual-pesticide-labeling-resources/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:41:42 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=49527 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on EPA publishing new bilingual pesticide-labeling resources, getting ready for Election Day on November 5, the September 16 IWBI Healthy Building Policy Summit, and more. Want to stay informed ...

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]]> ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – ISSA Urges Senate to Pass WIPPES Act https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-leg-reg-update-issa-urges-senate-to-pass-wippes-act/ Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:30:59 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=49522 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on ISSA urging U.S. Senators to pass the WIPPES Act, ISSA submitting comments to California regarding 1-4-dioxane, getting ready for Election Day on November 5, and more. Want to ...

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]]> ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – Big Advocacy Win in CA https://www.issa.com/industry-news/big-advocacy-win-in-ca/ Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:13:31 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=49326 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on a significant advocacy win in the state of California for the industry and ISSA, ISSA and 19 member companies receiving the 2024 EPA Safer Choice Partner of the ...

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]]> ISSA’s October End Period Poverty Update https://www.issa.com/peer-groups/news-bsc/issas-october-end-period-poverty-update/ Fri, 04 Oct 2024 16:32:27 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=48812 Welcome to ISSA’s October Period Project Update. This communication from ISSA, the world’s leading trade association for the cleaning industry, will keep you up to date on the association’s efforts to end period poverty through advocacy and education. We encourage you to sign up for this monthly update.  Featured Updates U.S. Department of Labor Publishes ...

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]]> Big Win in CA – Janitorial Workloading Bill Changed to Study https://www.issa.com/industry-news/big-win-in-ca-janitorial-workloading-bill-changed-to-study/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:06:40 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=48249 On September 22, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law janitorial-workloading legislation AB 2364 as a study bill, marking a major shift from the original legislative proposal, which would have established an arbitrary and costly 2,000 square-feet per hour production-rate limit for cleaning workers. The enacted legislation will increase the cost of harassment-prevention training required in ...

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]]> ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – FTC Noncompete Ban Blocked https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-leg-reg-update-ftc-noncompete-ban-blocked/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:46:04 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=48070 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on a federal judge blocking the FTC’s noncompete ban, an updated Safer Choice Standard, the impact of extended-producer-responsibility policies on the cleaning and facility-solutions industry, and more. Want to ...

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]]> ISSA Announces Dates for 2025 Clean Advocacy Summit in DC https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-announces-dates-for-2025-clean-advocacy-summit-in-dc/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:22:38 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=47943 ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry and facility-solutions association, will host the Clean Advocacy Summit, the largest Capitol Hill fly-in event for the cleaning and facility-solutions industry, March 31-April 1, 2025, at the Royal Sonesta Washington, DC Capitol Hill hotel. In 2024, this event brought a record 120+ attendees from 32 states, who visited 133 congressional ...

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]]> ISSA Leg. & Reg. Update – House Committee Approves Priority-ISSA Legislation https://www.issa.com/industry-news/issa-leg-reg-update-house-committee-approves-priority-issa-legislation/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 14:42:19 +0000 https://www.issa.com/?p=47634 Welcome to the latest ISSA Legislative & Regulatory Update, a biweekly roundup of the public-policy issues currently impacting the full cleaning supply chain. This update touches on the House Ways and Means Committee approving training for essential workers, urging your senators to support the WIPPES Act, a July 24 ISSA webinar on navigating the Corporate ...

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