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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 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…
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 Leader…
Although much of President-Elect Donald Trump’s regulatory agenda is subject to speculation, some details are becoming clearer about where his Administration and the new Republican Congress will be heading. In the last issue we took a close look at his…
A major component of President-Elect Trump’s campaign platform was loosening the grip of government regulations on business. One group he could have been talking about is smaller retailers. In a survey conducted earlier this year by the National Retail…
The railroad industry told the Surface Transportation Board that it should postpone moving forward on major rail policies until President-Elect Trump takes office. "The policy landscape in Washington, D.C. dramatically shifted on Election Day, and as such,…
In the weeks before the national election consumers began taking a dimmer view of the economy’s prospects after showing signs of optimism earlier in the year. Consumers’ earlier positive outlook was reflected in the most recent monthly survey of residential…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Congress to overturn the National Labor Relations Board decision allowing unions to form micro units within a single employer facility. “The NLRB issued many assurances about the limited impact of their micro-union…
A federal district court has killed the new federal overtime regulation by issuing a temporary restraining order just a week before it was slated to go into effect on Dec. 1. The lawsuit seeking to overturn the rule was brought by more than 50 employer…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken a tough stance on employer interference with workers who file Americans With Disabilities Act complaints. The guidance issued by the commission explains that the ADA law makes it unlawful to “coerce,…
President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration is bound to have an impact on warehousing, freight transportation and logistics, but exactly what it will be is largely a matter of speculation at this point. The one area in which we know in some detail what his…
In this era of widespread talk of drones and driverless vehicles, those of us of a certain age recall how science fiction decades ago promised wondrous things. Many came true, like traveling to the moon, personal computers and the advent of almost…
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 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…
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 Leader…
Although much of President-Elect Donald Trump’s regulatory agenda is subject to speculation, some details are becoming clearer about where his Administration and the new Republican Congress will be heading. In the last issue we took a close look at his…
A major component of President-Elect Trump’s campaign platform was loosening the grip of government regulations on business. One group he could have been talking about is smaller retailers. In a survey conducted earlier this year by the National Retail…
The railroad industry told the Surface Transportation Board that it should postpone moving forward on major rail policies until President-Elect Trump takes office. "The policy landscape in Washington, D.C. dramatically shifted on Election Day, and as such,…
In the weeks before the national election consumers began taking a dimmer view of the economy’s prospects after showing signs of optimism earlier in the year. Consumers’ earlier positive outlook was reflected in the most recent monthly survey of residential…
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce asked Congress to overturn the National Labor Relations Board decision allowing unions to form micro units within a single employer facility. “The NLRB issued many assurances about the limited impact of their micro-union…
A federal district court has killed the new federal overtime regulation by issuing a temporary restraining order just a week before it was slated to go into effect on Dec. 1. The lawsuit seeking to overturn the rule was brought by more than 50 employer…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has taken a tough stance on employer interference with workers who file Americans With Disabilities Act complaints. The guidance issued by the commission explains that the ADA law makes it unlawful to “coerce,…
President-Elect Donald Trump’s administration is bound to have an impact on warehousing, freight transportation and logistics, but exactly what it will be is largely a matter of speculation at this point. The one area in which we know in some detail what his…
In this era of widespread talk of drones and driverless vehicles, those of us of a certain age recall how science fiction decades ago promised wondrous things. Many came true, like traveling to the moon, personal computers and the advent of almost…