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By Allison Gordon Gen Z doesn’t care about cake in the break room. The pizza party isn’t going to cut it. Pool and spa small business owners looking to hire and retain new employees now have to contend with Generation Z, which will make up a staggering 30 percent of the workforce by 2030, according to Yahoo Finance. These are the children of the dot com boom and the 2008 recession, practically

The parents of children exposed to dangerously high levels of chemicals at a commercial pool have filed a lawsuit against the venue. Operators of the Glen Oaks County Club, in Louisville, Kentucky, have been accused of negligence for the May 31, 2022, chemical exposure incident that landed eight children and one adult in the hospital. The lawsuit filed by the families of the children states

Despite requests from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for a voluntary recall, a manufacturer will continue to sell infant flotation rings that have been involved in one recent death, one serious injury, and at least 68 other incidents requiring infant rescue. According to a press release, the CPSC is warning consumers about the risk of drowning with LUMI and MINI infant flotation rings

Whether you want to be your own boss or you’re looking to expand your existing business, franchising with Poolwerx could be the answer. Poolwerx is a pool service franchise organization that already has a huge market share in Australia and New Zealand, with a strong commercial base, and is now starting to increase its penetration in the U.S. market. The main opportunity for growth is its business

The season 10 premier of Mike Rowe’s popular show, Dirty Jobs, featured replacing the vinyl liner on what can only be described as a swamp. In the show, Mike helps out as Dan Duker, owner of Vinyl Pools LLC in West Palm Beach, Florida, does what he does every day, although he admits that this particular job rates an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10 in terms of disgusting. Dan is a second-generation