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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.
If we were asked to pick out what is the worst legislative proposal being considered by Congress at this time, there definitely would be real competition for the title, but a prime candidate for employers would have to be the Protecting the Right to Organize…
by Mark F Himsworth Imagine your customer pays outstanding warehouse fees, then, shortly thereafter, within 90 days, files for bankruptcy. Will you have to refund that money to the bankruptcy trustee? The answer is: maybe, maybe not. Generally, Section…
A federal appeals court has upheld federal preemption of California’s meal and break rules for truck drivers operating in interstate commerce. The ruling by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel appears to bring to an end a decade of back and forth…
President Biden moved so swiftly to fire the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that he was still in the early stages of his inaugural celebrations on Jan. 20. However, a federal court may end up finding that he moved too hastily and…
There were 5,333 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2019, a 2% increase from the 5,250 in 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The 5,333 fatal injuries in 2019 represent the largest annual number since 2007. According to BLS,…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a comprehensive new guidance for employers about how they are expected to act to protect their employees from Covid-19. The guidance was the result of an executive order issued by President Biden as…
Once hailed as a hope for shopping centers and big box store owners under assault by the ecommerce boom, the conversion of retail spaces to warehouses has slowed in the face of growing local opposition. That is the observation of Cushman & Wakefield’s Tray…
A big, shining bright spot for the economy these days is industrial real estate, which finished 2020 strong and shows excellent prospects for 2021, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield. The domestic industrial market finished the year with 89.8…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Industrial real estate continues to be a bright spot for the economy. Conversion of retail spaces to warehouses slows in the face of local opposition.…
The National Retail Federation reports that retail sales during 2020’s November and December holiday season grew by 8.3% over the same period in 2019 to $789.4 billion, exceeding NRF’s holiday forecast despite the economic challenges created by the…
The Covid 19 pandemic is reshaping grocery industry trends just as it has other parts of the economy, according to recent report from the International Food Information Council. “Drawing on IFIC’s expertise in nutrition, food safety, and consumer attitudes…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking to define the word “yard” in regard to what is not considered driving time under truckers’ hours-of-service regulations. When the agency adopted its electronic logging device (ELD) rules in 2015, it…
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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.
If we were asked to pick out what is the worst legislative proposal being considered by Congress at this time, there definitely would be real competition for the title, but a prime candidate for employers would have to be the Protecting the Right to Organize…
by Mark F Himsworth Imagine your customer pays outstanding warehouse fees, then, shortly thereafter, within 90 days, files for bankruptcy. Will you have to refund that money to the bankruptcy trustee? The answer is: maybe, maybe not. Generally, Section…
A federal appeals court has upheld federal preemption of California’s meal and break rules for truck drivers operating in interstate commerce. The ruling by the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel appears to bring to an end a decade of back and forth…
President Biden moved so swiftly to fire the General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that he was still in the early stages of his inaugural celebrations on Jan. 20. However, a federal court may end up finding that he moved too hastily and…
There were 5,333 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2019, a 2% increase from the 5,250 in 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. The 5,333 fatal injuries in 2019 represent the largest annual number since 2007. According to BLS,…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a comprehensive new guidance for employers about how they are expected to act to protect their employees from Covid-19. The guidance was the result of an executive order issued by President Biden as…
Once hailed as a hope for shopping centers and big box store owners under assault by the ecommerce boom, the conversion of retail spaces to warehouses has slowed in the face of growing local opposition. That is the observation of Cushman & Wakefield’s Tray…
A big, shining bright spot for the economy these days is industrial real estate, which finished 2020 strong and shows excellent prospects for 2021, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield. The domestic industrial market finished the year with 89.8…
Download a copy of ACWI Advance here: In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Industrial real estate continues to be a bright spot for the economy. Conversion of retail spaces to warehouses slows in the face of local opposition.…
The National Retail Federation reports that retail sales during 2020’s November and December holiday season grew by 8.3% over the same period in 2019 to $789.4 billion, exceeding NRF’s holiday forecast despite the economic challenges created by the…
The Covid 19 pandemic is reshaping grocery industry trends just as it has other parts of the economy, according to recent report from the International Food Information Council. “Drawing on IFIC’s expertise in nutrition, food safety, and consumer attitudes…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking to define the word “yard” in regard to what is not considered driving time under truckers’ hours-of-service regulations. When the agency adopted its electronic logging device (ELD) rules in 2015, it…