Company culture has become a popular buzz phrase over the last few years, but company culture can greatly impact an organization's profits and losses.

We will discuss everything from the costs of turnover to external brand impact. We will have questions that you can use to assess the current state of your organization and ideas to shift it.

Ms. Good joined BBSI in 2014 as a Business Partner helping business owners achieve their goals. With 20 years of business experience, Ms. Good is dedicated to the successful alignment and onboarding of new clients to BBSI. The client experience is everything!

A bill in the spotlight this legislative session would provide paid family leave. We have taken a strong stance against it, but I want to make an important point clear to the community: The Maryland Chamber of Commerce is not opposed to the concept of an insurance program that provides benefits when employees need to take otherwise unpaid time off for their own or their family’s medical issues. We understand it can be necessary to take time for medical issues or to be with your loved ones when they are in need, and we empathize with the economic challenges brought about by unpaid leave. Our opposition to this bill is not in principle, but in practice. The proposal before the General Assembly is not the right bill nor is this the right time.

Why isn’t it the right bill? Because it provides paid leave — a vastly expanded sick leave bank — instead of insurance benefits. Under the current bill, employees can receive up to 24 weeks of paid leave— 12 weeks for family reasons and 12 weeks for their own needs. But the state makes all the decisions about the leave without any input from the employer. Only the state can obtain certification to support the employee’s application for paid leave benefits. Only the state can approve the leave. The employer has no ability to verify the need for leave, to challenge leave as fraudulent or abusive, or to take into account the impact of the leave on business operations.

Active-duty spouses across the country face high unemployment even though they are often educated with advanced degrees and have a wide range of experience. We want to help you tap into this pool of qualified candidates to fill your open positions.

There are many benefits to being an active-duty spouse, including healthcare, on-base housing, military spouse tax benefits, military spouse scholarships, military discounts, and many more. But with all those benefits, active-duty spouse employment levels remain an issue

To address this issue, AAWDC has partnered with Fort Meade and Howard County Office of Workforce Development to help active-duty spouses prepare for and connect to job opportunities in the region. Spouses will be provided no-cost training, licensing, certifications, and employment assistance through this partnership.

To succeed in implementing these strategies, we are seeking businesses partners who will provide on-the-job training and employment opportunities to active-duty spouses.

For more information, please contact Denise Bourdeaux Targeted Populations Manager, AAWDC military@aawdc.org

In 2021, BGE awarded 176 small business with $20,000 grants through its Energizing Small Business Grants program. This grant program is part of BGE’s $15 million pledge to assist small businesses with COVID-19 relief and recovery and is a multi-year commitment expected to run through at le

Through the BGE Energizing Small Business Grants Program, eligible businesses located in BGE's service area will have two additional opportunities this year to apply for grants of up to $20,000: 

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The utilities in each service area are required to offer customers an electricity and natural gas supply service and rate if they have not elected to sign a contract with a licensed third-party supplier. Prior to December 2021 the rates offered were reasonable and on average one cent higher than third party supplier rates. However, as of December 2021 meter read date, the rates have significantly increased by on average 40%. The utility rates when compared to current third-party supplier rates are on average three cents higher.

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Weekly Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Awareness Conversations

We speak to Shobha Meera, Chief CSR Officer, Capgemini Group and Amy Lynch, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Thoughtworks UK to gauge their views on what has changed and what more needs to be done to properly embrace diversity and inclusion – and reap the business benefits. 

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