Archive for January 2021
Largest Employee-Benefits Firms in Massachusetts
Rank Firm/Prior rank (*unranked in 2020)/ No. of Mass. employee-benefits consultants as of Dec. 1, 2020 Total Mass. employees Total employees (all offices) Mass. employee-benefits clients Total employee-benefits clients Top local executive(s) 1 Mercer, 99 High St., Boston, MA 02110, 617-747-9500, mercer.com 438 625 24000 NA NA Bernard Walsh, Senior partner and N.E. growth and…
Read MorePremium pay on chopping block for three more holidays
Employees who worked New Year’s Day will be the last to get paid time-and-a-half for their efforts on the holiday if Gov. Charlie Baker signs off on a piece of the $626 million economic development bill on his desk. Read More
Read MoreThe Petri Dish: NeuroBo acquires year-old startup; two biotechs launch
Here’s a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and who hates uncertainty
Good morning, friends! Here are the five things you need to know today in Boston business, plus the nation’s first country club, why Dwight Evans should be a hall-of-famer, doing business in uncertainty, and sea shanties. Read More
Read MoreColette Phillips launches recruiting firm for Boston execs of color
The initiative, named GK! Execu-Search, is a partnership between Phillips and Sean Curran, the principal of Boston public affairs and government relations firm Waterville Consulting. Read More
Read MoreMeds, eds and real estate converge in Watertown biomanufacturing facility
Harvard, MIT, Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies, Cytiva and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. are collaborating on The Massachusetts Center for Advanced Biological Innovation and Manufacturing. Read More
Read MoreDamien Chaviano develops housing, but he gives back in health care
After working with some of the best-known local developers, Damien Chaviano is now building housing in Newton and working to help children from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities. Read More
Read MoreExpert View: Why taxing wealthy colleges and mimicking the University of Winnipeg make a lot of sense
In his upcoming book, Davarian Baldwin takes some of America’s most prestigious colleges — including his own employer — to task for deals that have displaced and disadvantaged vulnerable communities in some of America’s biggest cities. Read More
Read MorePPP to reopen to all lenders next week
Another group of lenders will gain access to the portal Friday. Read More
Read MoreAt Drift, workers will stay remote as offices become ‘conversation spaces’
Drift CEO David Cancel believes remote work will be the only way the company operates moving forward. Yet it plans to renew the leases of its U.S. offices in Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and Atlanta. Read More
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