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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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A truck driver named Curtis Dick won a safety whistleblower suit against his former employer, Tango Transport, with widespread implications. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor decided in Dick’s favor in spite of the fact that his…
A recently-released study reinforces how essential freight infrastructure and landside port improvement projects are to the nation’s prosperity. The State of Freight II report was issued earlier this month by the American Association of State Highway and…
The boom in industrial real estate construction won’t be ending anytime soon, its strength sustained by the explosive growth of ecommerce. “Activity is robust in core industrial markets and expanding rapidly in secondary markets near inland ports and large…
In the wake of rising concern over prescription drug abuse, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is aggressively prosecuting employers who discriminate against employees who take prescription drugs for valid medical conditions. “Employers should take…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an employer guidance to support its renewed emphasis on national origin discrimination. National origin discrimination means discriminating against someone because they are from a particular country or have…
Starting Jan. 17 employers in almost all occupations will need to adhere to new and detailed regulations designed to prevent trips, slips and falls by employees no matter where they work. Issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in…
Store brand sales in supermarkets are burgeoning and are expected to grow even more important in a future dominated by cost-conscious Millennials. Store brand sales reached $118.4 billion in 2015, an all-time record and increased $2.2 billion over the…
OSHA issued a safety alert about scissor lifts after a series of injuries and a death on this equipment. To prevent falls, make sure guardrails are in place, that workers never stand on the guardrails, and that the work be kept within easy reach, so…
A week after the election of President-Elect Donald Trump the government of Mexico directed its embassy and consulates in the United States to make further efforts to protect Mexican immigrants. These efforts include a 24-hour hotline for immigrants to…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s “persuader” rule was effectively killed by a federal district judge in Texas when he converted a temporary injunction blocking the rule into a permanent injunction. DOL published its final rule last March that would have…
The Department of Transportation created new reporting requirements for employers of commercial driver’s license holders that will go into effect in 2020. The new CDL drug and alcohol clearinghouse will serve as a central database to identify violations and…
Elaine Chao President-Elect Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending drew both support and concern when announced around the same time he named Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation. Chao is a former Secretary of Labor and is married to Senate Majority…
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.
A truck driver named Curtis Dick won a safety whistleblower suit against his former employer, Tango Transport, with widespread implications. The Administrative Review Board of the Department of Labor decided in Dick’s favor in spite of the fact that his…
A recently-released study reinforces how essential freight infrastructure and landside port improvement projects are to the nation’s prosperity. The State of Freight II report was issued earlier this month by the American Association of State Highway and…
The boom in industrial real estate construction won’t be ending anytime soon, its strength sustained by the explosive growth of ecommerce. “Activity is robust in core industrial markets and expanding rapidly in secondary markets near inland ports and large…
In the wake of rising concern over prescription drug abuse, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is aggressively prosecuting employers who discriminate against employees who take prescription drugs for valid medical conditions. “Employers should take…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued an employer guidance to support its renewed emphasis on national origin discrimination. National origin discrimination means discriminating against someone because they are from a particular country or have…
Starting Jan. 17 employers in almost all occupations will need to adhere to new and detailed regulations designed to prevent trips, slips and falls by employees no matter where they work. Issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in…
Store brand sales in supermarkets are burgeoning and are expected to grow even more important in a future dominated by cost-conscious Millennials. Store brand sales reached $118.4 billion in 2015, an all-time record and increased $2.2 billion over the…
OSHA issued a safety alert about scissor lifts after a series of injuries and a death on this equipment. To prevent falls, make sure guardrails are in place, that workers never stand on the guardrails, and that the work be kept within easy reach, so…
A week after the election of President-Elect Donald Trump the government of Mexico directed its embassy and consulates in the United States to make further efforts to protect Mexican immigrants. These efforts include a 24-hour hotline for immigrants to…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s “persuader” rule was effectively killed by a federal district judge in Texas when he converted a temporary injunction blocking the rule into a permanent injunction. DOL published its final rule last March that would have…
The Department of Transportation created new reporting requirements for employers of commercial driver’s license holders that will go into effect in 2020. The new CDL drug and alcohol clearinghouse will serve as a central database to identify violations and…
Elaine Chao President-Elect Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending drew both support and concern when announced around the same time he named Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation. Chao is a former Secretary of Labor and is married to Senate Majority…