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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.
Showing 992 posts in Warehouse and Logistics Newsletter.
When it comes to how employers should gather 2016 data on its workforce to be included in the annually required EEO-1 reports, to quote former King of Siam, it’s a puzzlement. The new form was adopted by the Obama era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
ACWI member Columbian Logistics Network hosted Michigan Transportation Planning Association Conference attendees for a tour of its warehouse facility in Grand Rapids, MI. The visitors were drawn from the Michigan Department of Transportation, Grand Valley…
The Department of Labor wants to hear from you about what salary level would be appropriate for demarcating the border between employees eligible for overtime pay and those who should be exempt. The DOL Wage and Hour Division made its request for public…
A federal court told the National Labor Relations Board that it is okay for employers to urge their workers to display a positive attitude. The decision stems from the Obama era NLRB’s expansion of its reach into nonunion workplaces through regulation of…
Shippers are welcoming news that the West Coast longshoremen’s union members approved a new contract long before the old one could expire. The current agreement was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2019, but now will be extended until July 1, 2022. Reports say…
Mounting service failures at CSX Transportation spurred a highly unusual intervention by the Surface Transportation Board. Operational changes made by CSX Corp. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison also impacted the company’s stock because shippers are…
Total retail sales for school and college are projected to reach $83.6 billion, an increase of more than 10% from last year’s total of $75.8 billion, according to National Retail Federation projections. NRF says back-to-college spending is expected to hit an…
As part of President Trump’s efforts to gain more control over immigration, the Department of Labor unveiled an initiative intended to address fraud and restore transparency in visa enforcement. DOL’s increased enforcement efforts cover all of the foreign…
American Chain of Warehouses Inc. member Prism Logistics is pitching in to help end world hunger. Prism provides logistics support in its Northern California facilities for the components of meal packages that are distributed by the Rise Against Hunger…
Federal regulators recruited several powerful allies to help publicize how to safely share the road with trucks and buses to automobile drivers and others. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the program the “Our Roads, Our Safety”…
Traffic congestion on the National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. “Congestion-related costs continue to rise and impact our supply…
The federal budget proposed by the Trump Administration would merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testifying before Congress in June, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the merger…
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.
When it comes to how employers should gather 2016 data on its workforce to be included in the annually required EEO-1 reports, to quote former King of Siam, it’s a puzzlement. The new form was adopted by the Obama era Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
ACWI member Columbian Logistics Network hosted Michigan Transportation Planning Association Conference attendees for a tour of its warehouse facility in Grand Rapids, MI. The visitors were drawn from the Michigan Department of Transportation, Grand Valley…
The Department of Labor wants to hear from you about what salary level would be appropriate for demarcating the border between employees eligible for overtime pay and those who should be exempt. The DOL Wage and Hour Division made its request for public…
A federal court told the National Labor Relations Board that it is okay for employers to urge their workers to display a positive attitude. The decision stems from the Obama era NLRB’s expansion of its reach into nonunion workplaces through regulation of…
Shippers are welcoming news that the West Coast longshoremen’s union members approved a new contract long before the old one could expire. The current agreement was scheduled to expire on July 1, 2019, but now will be extended until July 1, 2022. Reports say…
Mounting service failures at CSX Transportation spurred a highly unusual intervention by the Surface Transportation Board. Operational changes made by CSX Corp. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison also impacted the company’s stock because shippers are…
Total retail sales for school and college are projected to reach $83.6 billion, an increase of more than 10% from last year’s total of $75.8 billion, according to National Retail Federation projections. NRF says back-to-college spending is expected to hit an…
As part of President Trump’s efforts to gain more control over immigration, the Department of Labor unveiled an initiative intended to address fraud and restore transparency in visa enforcement. DOL’s increased enforcement efforts cover all of the foreign…
American Chain of Warehouses Inc. member Prism Logistics is pitching in to help end world hunger. Prism provides logistics support in its Northern California facilities for the components of meal packages that are distributed by the Rise Against Hunger…
Federal regulators recruited several powerful allies to help publicize how to safely share the road with trucks and buses to automobile drivers and others. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calls the program the “Our Roads, Our Safety”…
Traffic congestion on the National Highway System (NHS) added over $63.4 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry in 2015, reports the American Transportation Research Institute. “Congestion-related costs continue to rise and impact our supply…
The federal budget proposed by the Trump Administration would merge the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs into the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testifying before Congress in June, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said the merger…