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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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Government Keeps Marching On

The collision of President Trump’s regulatory reform activism undoing President Obama’s “pen and phone” regulatory binge has resulted in a welter of agency actions. Here are just a handful of federal actions and where the situation stands, taken from…

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A Simple Way to Stop Harassment

Legal professionals who deal with sexual harassment now argue that corporate leaders undertaking one simple but drastic action is the only way to root out the behavior in the workplace. Harassment already was recognized as a workplace plague before Harvey…

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New ELD Threat: Liability Lawsuits

Electronic logging devices (ELDs) negatively impacted trucking productivity at a time when skyrocketing demand and a worsening shortage of drivers are putting greater pressure on the industry. One result is skyrocketing trucking rates that have shocked…

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Words That Say: Sex Bias Verdict

A major third-party logistics company lost a discrimination suit because a male manager told a female employee he would never make a woman a supervisor – and later proved it by denying her a promotion she sought. It is these sorts of suits that cause…

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Road Safety Top Federal Priority

Federal safety officials say small business employers aren’t doing enough to promote safety among employees who drive as part of their jobs. OSHA cites this as a top prioity for 2018. Research by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health…

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Tech Helps Gig Economy Grow

Research shows that half of the adult workers in the United States already have been or will become independent, free-lance workers at sometime in the next five years. “User-friendly applications that simplify the way people find work will be a driving force…

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Why the CA Court Decision Hurts

It’s not just package express and courier companies who are alarmed by the recent California Supreme Court contractor decision – most companies in the state using individual contractors now will be forced to reclassify them as employees. The court threw out…

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CA Ruling Undercuts Driver Force

NEW ORLEANS – The recent California Supreme Court decision virtually outlawing independent contractors in that state hung like a dark cloud over the annual meeting of the Customized Logistics and Delivery Association earlier this month. The decision…

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Legislation Aims to Overhaul ADA

Legislation intended to reform the Americans with Disabilities Act by making it more difficult to win nuisance suits based on it, designated HR 620, has passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now under deliberation by the Senate. Title III of the…

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State AGs Slam PAID Program

Eleven state attorneys general have attacked the Labor Department’s pilot program allowing employers to report wage violations and make good on the pay they owe instead of facing litigation. The letter was sent to Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta one week…

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Assn Health Plans Erode Obamacare

The Trump administration’s proposal to expand the availability of Association Health Plans (AHPs) could further weaken the state health insurance exchanges that were created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Supporters of the proposal like the additional…

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CA Court Upends Contractor Norm

The California Supreme Court has completely re-written the law regarding who can be defined as an independent contractor in a decision that one attorney says is a “contractor apocalypse.” The court threw out a more flexible standard in place since 1989,…