AIM told a legislative hearing Wednesday that
state data-security regulations due to take effect next year are based
upon faulty assumptions about technology and business operations. The
association asked the state to adopt federal standards
instead. Learn More
Employers Ask Governor to Restore Work
Force Training Funds
AIM and three other business
groups have asked Governor Deval Patirck to restore $9 million
cut from the employer-funded Massachusetts Workforce Training Fund
(WTF). Business leaders said the cut will effectively close
down the WTF for fiscal 2009. Learn more
Business Confidence Hits 17-Year
Low
Confidence among
Massachusetts employers drops to its lowest level in 17 years as chaos
in the financial markets stokes fears of recession in the broader
economy. Learn More Watch Video on
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Message from the CEO: AIM Ready to Help in
Difficult Times
CEO Richard C. Lord
issues a special message to AIM's 7,000 members saying
that the association stands ready to help employers through
the current economic turmoil - much as it has done in good times
and bad for 93 years. Learn
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Most Employers Rate State Business Conditions
Fair to Poor
Eighty-nine percent of Massachusetts employers
rate business conditions in the Bay State fair to poor,
according to a new survey of 500 companies by Associated Industries of
Massachusetts. Learn more
AIM Opens Registration for 2009 Compensation
Surveys
The Employer's Resource Group at AIM has opened
registration for companies that wish to take part in the 2009 AIM
General Wage and Executive Compensation reports. AIM
members who participate receive free copies of the reports. Learn More