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Grabbing headlines is the newest infectious disease spreading atround the world called monkeypox. Should employers be worried? Some, but not too much, advises Katherine Dudley Helms an attorney with the law firm of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart.…
The Surface Transportation Board is so angry with the nation’s four largest railroads because they failed to meet orders requiring them to submit performance data reports and service improvement plans that it is threatening fine them. “We are in the middle…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: Rail service crisis threatens paper ballot deliveries and may starve livestock. Courts strike down California laws mandating females and minorities…
The freight railroad service crisis has gotten so bad that it has attracted the attention of powerful congressional and Biden administration officials. At a recent hearing in Congress, it was revealed that it is fueling inflation, threatens to starve…
Two California laws mandating female and minority representation on boards of directors for public companies have been struck down by two separate state courts. In 2018, California enacted a female representation mandate for corporate boards. Two years…
The Department of Justice issued a guidance for employers on how to deal with opioid use disorder (OUD) under the Americans with Disabilities Act. But the guidance raises almost as many questions as it answers, says Fiona W. Ong, an attorney with the law…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extended relief from federal hours-of-service regulations for truckers hauling essential Covid 19 supplies to the end of this year. FMCSA cited continuing public health concerns about the Covid pandemic and…
“Though many people fear an extreme cooling off of the economy, there is not an overwhelming amount of evidence to support such predictions,” National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz declared on June 1. “In general, the data suggests that we…
While most companies (93%) are actively engaged in logistics digital transformation, the people/skills deficit is the No. 1 obstacle (53%) standing in the way of their efforts, say expert researchers. This is according to the third annual study that was…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: IRE capacity is maxing out, driving up warehouse rents throughout the U.S. Workers are turning to alternative credentials to enhance and demonstrate…
How tight is capacity getting and the warehouse sector? Prologis Research has updated its forecast for 2022 that calls for a 22% increase in industrial real estate rents for this year. The projection followed a close look by researchers into what happened in…
Workers are increasingly turning to alternative credentials to enhance and demonstrate skills and work-readiness, reports the Society for Human Resource Management. SHRM Foundation research, supported by Walmart, found that nearly half of American workers…