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Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is cracking down on pre-employment physical ability tests (PATs) when they result in the rejection of a disparate number of female applicants. EEOC accused Hirschbach Motor Lines of doing this through its…
As more industries, including warehousing, embrace the use of robots, concerns are growing about their safety – and it may surprise you to learn that there is nothing new about those concerns. In 1987 OSHA issued Guidelines for Robotics Safety, stating:…
It has been a while since we provided an update on the long march through the courts for gay and transgender employment rights (AA, 4-30-17, P. 1). Although many of those cases are still pending, the legal battle seems to be nearing an end, and for all…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, shows steady growth for the industry for the first three quarters of 2018. The CAB posted a 0.1% gain in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that threatens to upend the use of independent contractor drivers nationwide. The High Court is considering an earlier federal appeals court decision upholding a lower court judgment that a…
If you thought that the total number of charges brought against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would diminish under President Trump, think again. In fact, the number of filings in Fiscal Year 2018 (ended Sept. 30) exceeded FY 2015,…
It probably comes at no surprise, but trucking costs have been on a steep curve upward, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. Overall, costs measured by surveys conducted between April and August this year were up from 2017 for almost every…
The National Labor Relations Board is turning up the heat on labor unions it believes have neglected their members or treated them badly. General Counsel Peter Robb issued new instructions to the NLRB’s Regional Offices on how to handle duty of fair…
This year’s holiday shopping season should be very merry indeed for online and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF expects holiday retail sales in November and December — excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants…
If warehouses are not being built as fast as some would like, there is a good reason: The labor shortage in the construction industry is slowing down work and in fact has grown so severe that it is endangering worker safety. This is according to the third…
Demand for ecommerce distribution space was the impetus for many of the largest industrial and logistics leases completed in the United States in the first half of this year, highlighting users’ preference for large, modern facilities, CBRE reports. The…
Retail sales and jobs growth remained strong in August, according to the National Retail Federation. August retail sales increased 0.1% seasonally adjusted over July and 5% year-over-year as the economy continued to grow despite concerns about the growing…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is cracking down on pre-employment physical ability tests (PATs) when they result in the rejection of a disparate number of female applicants. EEOC accused Hirschbach Motor Lines of doing this through its…
As more industries, including warehousing, embrace the use of robots, concerns are growing about their safety – and it may surprise you to learn that there is nothing new about those concerns. In 1987 OSHA issued Guidelines for Robotics Safety, stating:…
It has been a while since we provided an update on the long march through the courts for gay and transgender employment rights (AA, 4-30-17, P. 1). Although many of those cases are still pending, the legal battle seems to be nearing an end, and for all…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, shows steady growth for the industry for the first three quarters of 2018. The CAB posted a 0.1% gain in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that threatens to upend the use of independent contractor drivers nationwide. The High Court is considering an earlier federal appeals court decision upholding a lower court judgment that a…
If you thought that the total number of charges brought against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would diminish under President Trump, think again. In fact, the number of filings in Fiscal Year 2018 (ended Sept. 30) exceeded FY 2015,…
It probably comes at no surprise, but trucking costs have been on a steep curve upward, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. Overall, costs measured by surveys conducted between April and August this year were up from 2017 for almost every…
The National Labor Relations Board is turning up the heat on labor unions it believes have neglected their members or treated them badly. General Counsel Peter Robb issued new instructions to the NLRB’s Regional Offices on how to handle duty of fair…
This year’s holiday shopping season should be very merry indeed for online and bricks-and-mortar stores, according to the National Retail Federation. NRF expects holiday retail sales in November and December — excluding automobiles, gasoline and restaurants…
If warehouses are not being built as fast as some would like, there is a good reason: The labor shortage in the construction industry is slowing down work and in fact has grown so severe that it is endangering worker safety. This is according to the third…
Demand for ecommerce distribution space was the impetus for many of the largest industrial and logistics leases completed in the United States in the first half of this year, highlighting users’ preference for large, modern facilities, CBRE reports. The…
Retail sales and jobs growth remained strong in August, according to the National Retail Federation. August retail sales increased 0.1% seasonally adjusted over July and 5% year-over-year as the economy continued to grow despite concerns about the growing…