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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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Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 If you own a family business, it is a given that you’re not going to issue equity outside of the family. As a result, stock options may not seem to be of any value to non-family member employees. In addition, family…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 A U.S. District Court ordered the Department of Labor to pay $566,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a Texas employer. The court held that DOL’s position that the employer misclassified gate attendants as independent…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 “It appears that the future of retail is not more store or shopping centers but more warehouses and trucks,” declares the industrial real estate company of Cushman & Wakefield. “E-tailing is the wave of the future,” it…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 In a letter to the President, 16 chemical and other industry groups said that in place of imposing new safety regulations, the government should focus on enforcement and improving emergency response. The letter was…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 On May 22 the Surface Transportation Board issued a notice seeking comments on whether the safe harbor provision of the current rail fuel surcharge rules should be modified or removed. When the STB adopted fuel surcharge…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 The National Labor Relations Board wants to turn the clock back 30 years to requiring companies to engage in collective bargaining that covers workers employed by subcontractors. Since 1984 NLRB and courts have held that…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 Whether you think it will end unjustly punishing criminal offenders who have served their time, or is political pandering to ex-offenders, “Ban the Box” laws are proliferating throughout the United States. The box that is…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 A shift is underway for the distributors of industrial supplies and the e-commerce experience they provide to their customers, according to research recently released by UPS. In 2013, more than 63% of industrial supply…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Employer groups have asked OSHA to withdraw its proposal to publish employers’ injury and illness logs on the Internet because it would result in “significant negative impacts.” Proposed in November, the new rules would…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Despite severe winter weather, intermodal volumes rose 2.6% in the first quarter above 2013, the Intermodal Association of North America reported. For the first time in nearly a decade, piggyback trailer growth…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 The National Labor Relations Board has invited public input on whether college football players should be allowed to form a union. The only catch: You need to be a labor lawyer to comment. On March 26 an NLRB regional…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Walmart and its third-party warehouse services provider Schneider Logistics Trans-Loading and Distribution have settled a lawsuit for $21 million that accused them of abetting poor treatment of 1,800 temp workers in…
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.
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 If you own a family business, it is a given that you’re not going to issue equity outside of the family. As a result, stock options may not seem to be of any value to non-family member employees. In addition, family…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 A U.S. District Court ordered the Department of Labor to pay $566,000 in attorneys’ fees and costs to a Texas employer. The court held that DOL’s position that the employer misclassified gate attendants as independent…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 “It appears that the future of retail is not more store or shopping centers but more warehouses and trucks,” declares the industrial real estate company of Cushman & Wakefield. “E-tailing is the wave of the future,” it…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 In a letter to the President, 16 chemical and other industry groups said that in place of imposing new safety regulations, the government should focus on enforcement and improving emergency response. The letter was…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 On May 22 the Surface Transportation Board issued a notice seeking comments on whether the safe harbor provision of the current rail fuel surcharge rules should be modified or removed. When the STB adopted fuel surcharge…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 The National Labor Relations Board wants to turn the clock back 30 years to requiring companies to engage in collective bargaining that covers workers employed by subcontractors. Since 1984 NLRB and courts have held that…
Volume 2, Issue 11 - June 15th, 2014 Whether you think it will end unjustly punishing criminal offenders who have served their time, or is political pandering to ex-offenders, “Ban the Box” laws are proliferating throughout the United States. The box that is…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 A shift is underway for the distributors of industrial supplies and the e-commerce experience they provide to their customers, according to research recently released by UPS. In 2013, more than 63% of industrial supply…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Employer groups have asked OSHA to withdraw its proposal to publish employers’ injury and illness logs on the Internet because it would result in “significant negative impacts.” Proposed in November, the new rules would…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Despite severe winter weather, intermodal volumes rose 2.6% in the first quarter above 2013, the Intermodal Association of North America reported. For the first time in nearly a decade, piggyback trailer growth…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 The National Labor Relations Board has invited public input on whether college football players should be allowed to form a union. The only catch: You need to be a labor lawyer to comment. On March 26 an NLRB regional…
Volume 2, Issue 10 - May 31st, 2014 Walmart and its third-party warehouse services provider Schneider Logistics Trans-Loading and Distribution have settled a lawsuit for $21 million that accused them of abetting poor treatment of 1,800 temp workers in…