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Employee engagement drives business results 

Fully engaged employees drive high-performance workplaces. Gallup offers a checklist to help make employee engagement more straightforward:  Check in with […]


01.25.2024

NAFEM answers your questions 

What We’re Watching is your go-to read for background on NAFEM advocacy efforts. It includes the Federal Advocacy Tracker with […]


01.25.2024

January ’24 at-a-glance … taxes, trade & tariffs

At year end, the U.S. agreed to continue the current tariff rate quota (TRQ) on EU steel and aluminum products […]


01.25.2024

January ’24 at-a-glance … energy

Now that NAFEM has filed comments on behalf of members with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about proposed energy-efficiency […]


01.25.2024

Supply chain challenges continue to proliferate 

Gartner’s latest supply chain research – Measuring Supply Chain Agility: The How and the Why – suggests metrics and strategies […]


01.25.2024

January ’24 at-a-glance … regulations

The 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) 210.8(B) that provides GFCI protection requirements for specific receptacles in “other than dwellings” has changed to […]


01.25.2024

December ’23 at-a-glance … environment

A reminder to members that California issued an enforcement advisory letter to manufacturers, distributors and sellers of cookware, alerting them to their obligations under Assembly […]


12.21.2023

Gender parity remains elusive 

Women comprise 56.8% of the U.S. workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet, their representation in leadership roles […]


12.21.2023

December ’23 at-a-glance … taxes, trade & tariffs 

Americans for Free Trade (AFT), to which NAFEM belongs, continues to advocate on behalf of members for the removal of […]


12.21.2023

December ’23 at-a-glance … energy

In 47-pages of comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) about proposed energy-efficiency standards for commercial refrigeration equipment (CRE), […]


12.21.2023