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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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OSHA and NIOSH teamed up to issue a guidance containing safety and health best practices for employers and their temporary staffing agencies. OSHA says temporary workers are at greater risk of injury or illness. OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels said,…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially agreed to join forces to create programs that will benefit Mexican nationals working in the United States. EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien and Eduardo Mora, U.S.…
The Department of Labor is funding 19 states’ enforcement programs aimed at businesses unwittingly or intentionally failing to make unemployment contributions for individuals misclassified as independent contractors. The funds are intended to increase the…
The National Retail Federation reported August retail sales, (excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.5% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 2.7% unadjusted year-over-year. When combined with revisions to July, NRF said that…
OSHA issued a final rule on Sept. 11 broadening the list of industries covered by its injury reporting requirements, and tightening the reporting period for fatalities and injuries requiring hospitalization. The current rule only requires employers to report…
Persistent and widespread service failures by the nation’s railroads have created economic havoc on industries ranging from agriculture, chemicals and auto manufacturing, and degraded intermodal shipping timetables, spurring the President to evidence concern…
When Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) retires at the end of this year rail shippers will lose a strong defender. During the Sept. 10 Commerce Committee hearing probing rail service failures, he recalled that he had been fighting the…
In June 2014, new furniture orders increased 5% over June 2013, according to Smith Leonard survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors published on Aug. 28. New orders fell 8% from May, which was somewhat typical as we move into summer and…
Gartner, Inc. says revenue from supply chain management software is on track to reach $10 billion in 2014, a 12.2% increase from 2013 and the highest annual growth rate since 2011. The North American supply chain professionals polled cited inaccurate product…
The National Transportation Safety Board has urged that tougher truck and trailer equipment safety standards be adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the result of a truck safety study the board conducted. Although the NTSB is…
You may not face the same legal predicament as FedEx Ground regarding misclassification of independent contractors, but there is much you can learn from FedEx’s recent unhappy experiences. On Aug. 27 a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
In a study of 20 cases involving serious heat illnesses and deaths among workers in 2012-13, OSHA found that nine out of the 13 deaths occurred as a result of exposure to heat during the first three days of working on the job, with four occurring on the…
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.
OSHA and NIOSH teamed up to issue a guidance containing safety and health best practices for employers and their temporary staffing agencies. OSHA says temporary workers are at greater risk of injury or illness. OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels said,…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially agreed to join forces to create programs that will benefit Mexican nationals working in the United States. EEOC Chair Jacqueline Berrien and Eduardo Mora, U.S.…
The Department of Labor is funding 19 states’ enforcement programs aimed at businesses unwittingly or intentionally failing to make unemployment contributions for individuals misclassified as independent contractors. The funds are intended to increase the…
The National Retail Federation reported August retail sales, (excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants) increased 0.5% seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 2.7% unadjusted year-over-year. When combined with revisions to July, NRF said that…
OSHA issued a final rule on Sept. 11 broadening the list of industries covered by its injury reporting requirements, and tightening the reporting period for fatalities and injuries requiring hospitalization. The current rule only requires employers to report…
Persistent and widespread service failures by the nation’s railroads have created economic havoc on industries ranging from agriculture, chemicals and auto manufacturing, and degraded intermodal shipping timetables, spurring the President to evidence concern…
When Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) retires at the end of this year rail shippers will lose a strong defender. During the Sept. 10 Commerce Committee hearing probing rail service failures, he recalled that he had been fighting the…
In June 2014, new furniture orders increased 5% over June 2013, according to Smith Leonard survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors published on Aug. 28. New orders fell 8% from May, which was somewhat typical as we move into summer and…
Gartner, Inc. says revenue from supply chain management software is on track to reach $10 billion in 2014, a 12.2% increase from 2013 and the highest annual growth rate since 2011. The North American supply chain professionals polled cited inaccurate product…
The National Transportation Safety Board has urged that tougher truck and trailer equipment safety standards be adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the result of a truck safety study the board conducted. Although the NTSB is…
You may not face the same legal predicament as FedEx Ground regarding misclassification of independent contractors, but there is much you can learn from FedEx’s recent unhappy experiences. On Aug. 27 a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals…
In a study of 20 cases involving serious heat illnesses and deaths among workers in 2012-13, OSHA found that nine out of the 13 deaths occurred as a result of exposure to heat during the first three days of working on the job, with four occurring on the…