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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
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Because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mothballed due to the partial federal government shutdown, the question arises as to whether employers need to file their EEO-1 reports with the agency on the current schedule. The short answer is: Maybe.…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the process of reviewing what is called the personal conveyance (PC) rule, which is part of the truck driver hours-of-service regulations. Last year, FMCSA had offered several examples explaining how the…
The Rail Customer Coalition has launched a high-visibility media campaign intended to help it achieve railroad regulatory reform. An advertisement placed in the Washington, DC, political newspaper, Politico, used the opportunity to thank the Senate and its…
There is further confusion over joint employer status, this time stemming from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Voting 2-1, the judges either overturned – or they upheld – the original National Labor Relations Board decision rendered…
Drug use by American workers increased each year between 2015 and 2017, and drug abuse by transportation and warehousing workers skyrocketed by 21% during that period, placing it first among all job categories. These conclusions were reached as the result of…
A decision handed down Jan. 15 by the U.S Supreme Court will force radical change in how trucking companies deal with independent contractor drivers. The decision strikes down clauses in interstate owner-operator contracts requiring that any disputes over…
Since Dec. 21 the federal government has been in what is called a partial shutdown. Even private sector employers who are not government contractors need to deal with the fallout. This time is not like previous shutdowns. A September 2018 “minibus” funding…
As of Jan. 1, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission removed its former regulations that permitted employers to offer incentives to their employees for participating in wellness programs. In 2016, the commission issued regulations relating to wellness…
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter B. Robb issued a guidance memorandum to the board’s staff that should help employers avoid litigating unfair labor practice charges filed by unions over filed grievances subject to arbitration. In…
Christmas holiday sales increased 5.1% to total more than $850 billion in 2018, registering the strongest growth in the last six years, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, Online shopping also saw a large gain of 19.1% compared to 2017. “From shopping…
In one of Washington’s seemingly interminable confirmation dramas, the Senate finally voted two of President Trump’s nominees to join the Surface Transportation Board – but took so long to do so that another sitting member’s term expired. The Senate…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, representing commercial motor vehicle safety officials in the United States and Canada, criticized the U.S. federal government's continued granting of electronic logging device exemptions. In a December letter to Ray…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,251 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 989 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
Because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission mothballed due to the partial federal government shutdown, the question arises as to whether employers need to file their EEO-1 reports with the agency on the current schedule. The short answer is: Maybe.…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is in the process of reviewing what is called the personal conveyance (PC) rule, which is part of the truck driver hours-of-service regulations. Last year, FMCSA had offered several examples explaining how the…
The Rail Customer Coalition has launched a high-visibility media campaign intended to help it achieve railroad regulatory reform. An advertisement placed in the Washington, DC, political newspaper, Politico, used the opportunity to thank the Senate and its…
There is further confusion over joint employer status, this time stemming from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Voting 2-1, the judges either overturned – or they upheld – the original National Labor Relations Board decision rendered…
Drug use by American workers increased each year between 2015 and 2017, and drug abuse by transportation and warehousing workers skyrocketed by 21% during that period, placing it first among all job categories. These conclusions were reached as the result of…
A decision handed down Jan. 15 by the U.S Supreme Court will force radical change in how trucking companies deal with independent contractor drivers. The decision strikes down clauses in interstate owner-operator contracts requiring that any disputes over…
Since Dec. 21 the federal government has been in what is called a partial shutdown. Even private sector employers who are not government contractors need to deal with the fallout. This time is not like previous shutdowns. A September 2018 “minibus” funding…
As of Jan. 1, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission removed its former regulations that permitted employers to offer incentives to their employees for participating in wellness programs. In 2016, the commission issued regulations relating to wellness…
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter B. Robb issued a guidance memorandum to the board’s staff that should help employers avoid litigating unfair labor practice charges filed by unions over filed grievances subject to arbitration. In…
Christmas holiday sales increased 5.1% to total more than $850 billion in 2018, registering the strongest growth in the last six years, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, Online shopping also saw a large gain of 19.1% compared to 2017. “From shopping…
In one of Washington’s seemingly interminable confirmation dramas, the Senate finally voted two of President Trump’s nominees to join the Surface Transportation Board – but took so long to do so that another sitting member’s term expired. The Senate…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, representing commercial motor vehicle safety officials in the United States and Canada, criticized the U.S. federal government's continued granting of electronic logging device exemptions. In a December letter to Ray…