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A first aid kit is one of the most common items in American workplaces, but if you don’t learn how to use it right, the result can cost you dearly. Under OSHA rules, professional medical treatment for seriously injuries must be available for employees within…
A panel of logistics leaders convened by the Warehouse Education and Research Council are convinced that workforce and technology challenges will dominate the industry in 2020 as well as for the foreseeable future. “Salary comparisons and adjustments where…
A new study of the causes of commercial truck accidents has been launched by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. It is the first new such study since 2001-03. “In the more than 15 years since the original study, many changes in technology,…
Courts in California may have blocked the state’s new independent contractor from being applied to truckers, but New Jersey is forging ahead with its own version and already has enacted other laws making it more risky to use contractors in that state. In…
If the Surface Transportation Board carries out changes it proposed in how it regulates freight rail ratemaking, the railroads say they will seek to overturn them in court. “The STB’s Final Offer Rate Review proposed rule is fatally flawed and exceeds the…
Like everything else driven by the retail economy, cold storage will continue to be reshaped by the growth of ecommerce, reports the global industrial real estate giant CBRE. “There are a lot of complexities inherent in developing cold storage facilities,…
Because of a new rule adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor, employers will find it easier to offer their workers various benefits and perks under federal wages laws. Effective Jan. 15, the rule proposed last year is the first significant update in 50…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delayed implementation of the Commercial Driver's License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse by state motor vehicle licensing agencies for an additional three-years. The clearinghouse requirements go into…
In an effort to stem the import of products made with forced labor, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security entered into partnership with Liberty Shared, a nonprofit organization with global reach, in a joint effort to combat forced labor in global…
Industrial and logistics real estate is expected to have a very good year in 2020, according to the global real estate firm CBRE. “2020 could be a pivotal year for the U.S. commercial real estate industry, with geopolitical, economic and local regulatory…
Traffic congestion in the United States is going to get worse before it gets better, according to researchers for Texas A&M University’s Texas Transportation Institute. Their conclusions are included in the institute’s 2019 Urban Mobility Report, which also…
The advance of 3D printing is accelerating to the point that while 4% of airplane parts currently are made in this manner, in another decade 40% will be and 10 years later only a handful of parts will not originate from additive printing. 3D printers allow…