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Employment
QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS
Features
40 UNDER FORTY ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2021 Finalists Are Inspirational Leaders
TARA BREWSTER
BusinessWest
JULY 21, 2021
VOLUME 38 NUMBER 5
Departments
OPINION...12
PICTURE THIS...42
COURT DOCKETS...44
AGENDA...45
PEOPLE ON THE MOVE...46
COMPANY NOTEBOOK...47
INCORPORATIONS...49
DOING BUSINESS AS CERTIFICATES...49
BANKRUPTCIES...49
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS...49
BUILDING PERMITS...54
On the Cover
40 UNDER FORTY AAA
2021 Finalists Are Inspirational Leaders ...6
SEE: List of Employment Agencies >>Page 27
Vice president of Business Development, Greenfield Savings Bank........................................................7
GREGG DESMARAIS
Vice President and Senior Private Client Relationship Manager, TD Private Client Group .......................8
ANTHONY GULLUNI
Hampden County District Attorney ..................10
ERIC LESSER
State Senator, First Hampden and Hampshire District ................................................................13
MEGHAN ROTHSCHILD
President and owner, Chikmedia ......................14
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Deerfield looks to thoughtful development ..............16
FORTY
Award
A PROGRAM OF BUSINESSWEST
Alumni
UNDER Achievement
Hiring pros reveal what they like to ask — and why ................... 18
GETTING A CLEAR LOOK
Businesses need to understand Federal Corporate Transparency Act.. ........................................................................................................ 22
GET THE VACCINE OR GET FIRED?
EEOC and one court say employers can mandate vaccinations .....................................................24
SOME TIPS ON TIPS
Breaking down the trickier aspects of Massachusetts laws.................25
LEAVING — NO DOUBT
Employees are quitting at record pace; employers are responding .....26
Business of Aging
HOUSE CALLS
Home-care businesses are back in growth mode .. ........................................................................ 29
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT
Initiative aims to tackle climate change, health as equity issues...............................................32
Franklin County
ALL ABOARD
East-west rail along Route 2 could reap myriad benefits ............ 36
SMALL-CITY LIVING
Greenfield makes pitch as destination for remote workers .........39
SEE: List of Home Care Options >>Page 34
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