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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.
Although many professionals have embraced hybrid work arrangements, staffing firm Robert Half found that a majority of companies anticipate there will be a full return to the office once the pandemic ends. According to a survey of over 2,800 senior managers,…
Covid 19 created significant changes to employer-provided benefits in 2020, according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management. Most employers (78%) reported that they expanded telework options and developed benefit packages specific to the…
Positive professional driver drug tests rose about 13% January through August, reports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The test results also showed increases in all three of the top…
For decades the debate has raged over whether college athletes should get paid. But there is no question about it, according to Jennifer Abruzzo, the new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. On Sept. 29, she issued an official policy…
It will be harder for parents to find the most popular toys this holiday season because supply chain challenges are limiting imports from China. Ed Desmond, executive vice president of external affairs at The Toy Association, urged consumers to buy early…
This year’s holiday retail sales will rise between 7% and 9% compared with the 2020 season, according to Deloitte’s holiday retail forecast. Overall, Deloitte’s retail and distribution practice projects that holiday sales will total $1.28 to $1.3 trillion…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: The STB scuttles the proposed CN-KCS merger and CP steps in. The board also seeks comment on railroad first-mile, and last-mile operations. Consumer…
After a year of intense economic, social and public health turmoil, what is it that today’s workers really want to stay on the job? It is a vital question for employers who are now seeking to refill their ranks. The EmployBridge industrial staffing services…
Granting an employee’s request to work full-time from home can be considered a reasonable accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act, but that doesn’t mean employers have to grant such requests. “You should engage in the interactive process to…
A new law in California aims at strictly regulating employer-imposed work quotas on warehouse and distribution center workers in that state. Called AB 701, the law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The law contends that quotas placed on warehouse and DC…
The U.S. industrial market is on pace for a record leasing volume with activity through July reaching 587 million square feet, 52% more than the same period last year, CBRE reported in September. CBRE credited higher transportation costs – which are rising…
Consumer spending on Halloween-related items is expected to reach an all-time high of $10.14 billion, up from $8.05 billion in 2020, according to the National Retail Federation. An estimated 65% of Americans intend to celebrate Halloween or participate in…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
Although many professionals have embraced hybrid work arrangements, staffing firm Robert Half found that a majority of companies anticipate there will be a full return to the office once the pandemic ends. According to a survey of over 2,800 senior managers,…
Covid 19 created significant changes to employer-provided benefits in 2020, according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management. Most employers (78%) reported that they expanded telework options and developed benefit packages specific to the…
Positive professional driver drug tests rose about 13% January through August, reports the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. The test results also showed increases in all three of the top…
For decades the debate has raged over whether college athletes should get paid. But there is no question about it, according to Jennifer Abruzzo, the new General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. On Sept. 29, she issued an official policy…
It will be harder for parents to find the most popular toys this holiday season because supply chain challenges are limiting imports from China. Ed Desmond, executive vice president of external affairs at The Toy Association, urged consumers to buy early…
This year’s holiday retail sales will rise between 7% and 9% compared with the 2020 season, according to Deloitte’s holiday retail forecast. Overall, Deloitte’s retail and distribution practice projects that holiday sales will total $1.28 to $1.3 trillion…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance, we take a closer look at these stories: The STB scuttles the proposed CN-KCS merger and CP steps in. The board also seeks comment on railroad first-mile, and last-mile operations. Consumer…
After a year of intense economic, social and public health turmoil, what is it that today’s workers really want to stay on the job? It is a vital question for employers who are now seeking to refill their ranks. The EmployBridge industrial staffing services…
Granting an employee’s request to work full-time from home can be considered a reasonable accommodation under the Americans With Disabilities Act, but that doesn’t mean employers have to grant such requests. “You should engage in the interactive process to…
A new law in California aims at strictly regulating employer-imposed work quotas on warehouse and distribution center workers in that state. Called AB 701, the law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2022. The law contends that quotas placed on warehouse and DC…
The U.S. industrial market is on pace for a record leasing volume with activity through July reaching 587 million square feet, 52% more than the same period last year, CBRE reported in September. CBRE credited higher transportation costs – which are rising…
Consumer spending on Halloween-related items is expected to reach an all-time high of $10.14 billion, up from $8.05 billion in 2020, according to the National Retail Federation. An estimated 65% of Americans intend to celebrate Halloween or participate in…