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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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Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Finding that ample evidence existed that Walmart exercised control over the working conditions of the workers employed by Walmart’s warehouse subcontractors, a California federal district court held that Walmart may be…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 These days when we think of federal laws designed to protect employees from retaliation by their employers, they usually involve financial and labor laws. But fleet operators need to remember that federal transportation…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Warehouse and freight transportation were included among OSHA’s top priorities for inspection actions this year when it released its Site-Specific Targeting 2014 Program Directive on Feb. 27. Called SST-14, the directive…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 In late February President Obama called for the creation of a $302 billion, four-year highway program to be paid for largely through tax reforms – and by doing so he may have ensured that we won’t get one this year. The…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Faced with stubborn public opposition to raising taxes at the fuel pump to pay for highway needs, policymakers are casting about for alternatives for generating the needed revenue. But as New York is learning, they have…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Demand for industrial distribution centers that are larger than 300,000 square feet (known as “big box” space) is high and rising, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s first Big Box Velocity Index released late last year.…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 In recent years federal agencies intensified their investigation and enforcement tactics. Last year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission did so dramatically by emailing thousands of employees of Case New Holland…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 U.S. rail traffic for 2013 saw record intermodal growth along with a slight full-year decrease in carloadings, the Association of American Railroads reported. U.S. rail intermodal volume totaled a record 12.8 million…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Union membership grew in 2013 for the first time since 2008 – and most of those gains came from private sector employers instead of the public sector, reversing the trend seen in recent years. The Bureau of Labor…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 New orders in November 2013 were 10% higher than new orders in November 2012 according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by the Smith Leonard accounting firm. This represented…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 President Obama has directed the creation of new heavy- and medium-duty truck fuel efficiency standards to be imposed starting in 2018. At the same time he announced $200 million in tax credits to promote the use of…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Under pressure from Congress, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed the creation of a commercial driver alcohol and drug testing clearinghouse that would make testing records available to employers.…
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.
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Finding that ample evidence existed that Walmart exercised control over the working conditions of the workers employed by Walmart’s warehouse subcontractors, a California federal district court held that Walmart may be…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 These days when we think of federal laws designed to protect employees from retaliation by their employers, they usually involve financial and labor laws. But fleet operators need to remember that federal transportation…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Warehouse and freight transportation were included among OSHA’s top priorities for inspection actions this year when it released its Site-Specific Targeting 2014 Program Directive on Feb. 27. Called SST-14, the directive…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 In late February President Obama called for the creation of a $302 billion, four-year highway program to be paid for largely through tax reforms – and by doing so he may have ensured that we won’t get one this year. The…
Volume 2, Issue 5 - March 15th, 2014 Faced with stubborn public opposition to raising taxes at the fuel pump to pay for highway needs, policymakers are casting about for alternatives for generating the needed revenue. But as New York is learning, they have…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Demand for industrial distribution centers that are larger than 300,000 square feet (known as “big box” space) is high and rising, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s first Big Box Velocity Index released late last year.…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 In recent years federal agencies intensified their investigation and enforcement tactics. Last year the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission did so dramatically by emailing thousands of employees of Case New Holland…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 U.S. rail traffic for 2013 saw record intermodal growth along with a slight full-year decrease in carloadings, the Association of American Railroads reported. U.S. rail intermodal volume totaled a record 12.8 million…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Union membership grew in 2013 for the first time since 2008 – and most of those gains came from private sector employers instead of the public sector, reversing the trend seen in recent years. The Bureau of Labor…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 New orders in November 2013 were 10% higher than new orders in November 2012 according to the latest survey of residential furniture manufacturers and distributors by the Smith Leonard accounting firm. This represented…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 President Obama has directed the creation of new heavy- and medium-duty truck fuel efficiency standards to be imposed starting in 2018. At the same time he announced $200 million in tax credits to promote the use of…
Volume 2, Issue 4 - February 28th, 2014 Under pressure from Congress, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed the creation of a commercial driver alcohol and drug testing clearinghouse that would make testing records available to employers.…