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An organization’s employees may turn out to be its greatest untapped safety resource, according to an annual survey conducted by the industrial equipment and services company Fluke. The broad-based poll of industrial workers found just over half (55.9%) said…
When you consider implementing employment incentives, enhanced benefits and retention bonuses to retain talent, you also should take a close look at how to legally impose restrictive covenants that also can promote retention, according to attorneys James…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Rail strike threat was based on Precision Scheduled Railroading personnel abuse. The NLRB proposes a rule to expand the definition of joint employer…
News reports assured Americans that we had dodged an economic disaster when the Biden administration announced the tentative settlement of a threatened nationwide strike by rail workers, but the threat remains until union rank-and-file members vote to okay…
The National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule to reinstate the Obama-era board’s joint employer standard, which could open up staffing firm clients and franchise operations like McDonalds to union organizing campaigns. The joint employment framework…
PRISM Logistics expanded its operations to include a new warehouse and distribution facility in Lathrop, CA, which joins the company’s four other facilities located in nearby Stockton, all of which are in northern California. “We’ve been staffing up and…
A record 37 signings for 1 million sq. ft. or more warehouses were among the top 100 industrial leasing transactions in the first half of 2022 – up from 24 at the same time last year, CBRE reports. The global icommercial real estate services giant also said…
Commercial real estate is maintaining nearly full capacity and rent levels in the face of current economic turmoil, says the international real estate firm Colliers in its report, “An Inside Look at the Top 25 U.S. Industrial & Logistics Markets.” “As…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Prologis says industrial real estate appears to be poised for a healthy future. Robert Half predicts hiring will remain strong for the rest of the…
Although there may be bumps in the road ahead, industrial real estate appears to be poised for a healthy future over the next year. IRE has been booming since before the Covid 19 pandemic began in 2020, which then give it a shot in the arm from widespread…
Hiring will remain strong for the rest of the year, according to the talent solutions and business consulting firm Robert Half. Its survey of more than 1,500 managers shows that, 46% anticipate adding new permanent positions, another 46% expect to fill…
Inflation is a top concern among employees, according to a survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management Research Institute using SHRM’s Voice of Work Research Panel. Nearly three quarters of HR professionals (73%) reported similar concerns…