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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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A federal court has stayed federal rules adopted under a 2014 executive order by President Obama impacting employers who are federal contractors. The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule and corresponding Department of Labor guidance were blocked by a federal…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2017-21, revealing goals that are likely to be of increased concern to employers. EEOC declared it will pay particular attention to the “complex employment…
OSHA postponed enforcement of its injury and illness electronic reporting rule's anti-retaliation provisions until Dec. 1 because of confusion over post-accident drug testing. OSHA announced it will not issue citations for drug testing conducted under…
The American Chemistry Council’s October Chemical Activity Barometer – said to be a leading economic indicator – is pointing to continued growth in the economy well into 2017. But as has been the case throughout most of the recovery from the 2008 recession,…
UPS told the Surface Transportation Board it is likely to pull its freight out of rail intermodal transportation and move it back to the highways if competitive switching on railroads is mandated. The nation’s largest transportation company told the STB its…
To clear up confusion regarding their requirements for bulk hazardous materials labeling and shipping, OSHA and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration have published a joint guidance memo. Four years ago OSHA modified its Hazard…
The wave of big mergers and acquisitions that swept through the third-party logistics industry in 2015 may have crested, but another wave is expected to rise again in the near future. This is the view of some of the top financial and logistics executives who…
At this year’s Intermodal Expo BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose compared intermodal transportation to a relay race that is dependent on each party to make the handoff from one leg to the next with maximum efficiency. Those handoffs each have their…
Colliers International says supply chain modernization and ecommerce continue to drive growth of big box warehousing, which is experiencing a record number of tenants. In its mid-year report, the global commercial real estate firm said only 157 of 1,908…
In what is the latest legal defeat for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding dreadlock hair styles, a federal appeals court upheld one employer’s ban on the hairstyle. An African-American applicant for a customer service position with the…
West Coast longshoremen and their employers have agreed to early contract talks which shippers hope can avert a future strike. About 100 delegates of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union recently voted to approve the plan for early talks with the…
The Department of Labor’s overtime rule scheduled to go into effect a month and a half from now is facing several legislative and legal challenges. On Dec. 1, the salary threshold for when overtime must be paid will increase to $913 per week, or $47,476…
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.
A federal court has stayed federal rules adopted under a 2014 executive order by President Obama impacting employers who are federal contractors. The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule and corresponding Department of Labor guidance were blocked by a federal…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission released its Strategic Enforcement Plan for Fiscal Years 2017-21, revealing goals that are likely to be of increased concern to employers. EEOC declared it will pay particular attention to the “complex employment…
OSHA postponed enforcement of its injury and illness electronic reporting rule's anti-retaliation provisions until Dec. 1 because of confusion over post-accident drug testing. OSHA announced it will not issue citations for drug testing conducted under…
The American Chemistry Council’s October Chemical Activity Barometer – said to be a leading economic indicator – is pointing to continued growth in the economy well into 2017. But as has been the case throughout most of the recovery from the 2008 recession,…
UPS told the Surface Transportation Board it is likely to pull its freight out of rail intermodal transportation and move it back to the highways if competitive switching on railroads is mandated. The nation’s largest transportation company told the STB its…
To clear up confusion regarding their requirements for bulk hazardous materials labeling and shipping, OSHA and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration have published a joint guidance memo. Four years ago OSHA modified its Hazard…
The wave of big mergers and acquisitions that swept through the third-party logistics industry in 2015 may have crested, but another wave is expected to rise again in the near future. This is the view of some of the top financial and logistics executives who…
At this year’s Intermodal Expo BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt Rose compared intermodal transportation to a relay race that is dependent on each party to make the handoff from one leg to the next with maximum efficiency. Those handoffs each have their…
Colliers International says supply chain modernization and ecommerce continue to drive growth of big box warehousing, which is experiencing a record number of tenants. In its mid-year report, the global commercial real estate firm said only 157 of 1,908…
In what is the latest legal defeat for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding dreadlock hair styles, a federal appeals court upheld one employer’s ban on the hairstyle. An African-American applicant for a customer service position with the…
West Coast longshoremen and their employers have agreed to early contract talks which shippers hope can avert a future strike. About 100 delegates of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union recently voted to approve the plan for early talks with the…
The Department of Labor’s overtime rule scheduled to go into effect a month and a half from now is facing several legislative and legal challenges. On Dec. 1, the salary threshold for when overtime must be paid will increase to $913 per week, or $47,476…