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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.
There is further confusion over joint employer status, this time stemming from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Voting 2-1, the judges either overturned – or they upheld – the original National Labor Relations Board decision rendered…
Drug use by American workers increased each year between 2015 and 2017, and drug abuse by transportation and warehousing workers skyrocketed by 21% during that period, placing it first among all job categories. These conclusions were reached as the result of…
A decision handed down Jan. 15 by the U.S Supreme Court will force radical change in how trucking companies deal with independent contractor drivers. The decision strikes down clauses in interstate owner-operator contracts requiring that any disputes over…
Since Dec. 21 the federal government has been in what is called a partial shutdown. Even private sector employers who are not government contractors need to deal with the fallout. This time is not like previous shutdowns. A September 2018 “minibus” funding…
As of Jan. 1, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission removed its former regulations that permitted employers to offer incentives to their employees for participating in wellness programs. In 2016, the commission issued regulations relating to wellness…
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter B. Robb issued a guidance memorandum to the board’s staff that should help employers avoid litigating unfair labor practice charges filed by unions over filed grievances subject to arbitration. In…
Christmas holiday sales increased 5.1% to total more than $850 billion in 2018, registering the strongest growth in the last six years, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, Online shopping also saw a large gain of 19.1% compared to 2017. “From shopping…
In one of Washington’s seemingly interminable confirmation dramas, the Senate finally voted two of President Trump’s nominees to join the Surface Transportation Board – but took so long to do so that another sitting member’s term expired. The Senate…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, representing commercial motor vehicle safety officials in the United States and Canada, criticized the U.S. federal government's continued granting of electronic logging device exemptions. In a December letter to Ray…
Progress towards achieving zero safety incidents in asset-intensive industries has stalled, “and it’s time to kick-start it again.” according to a report from the management consulting firm of Accenture. Improving workplace Environmental, Health & Safety…
In spite of the recent gyrations of the stock market and concerns of a continuing tariff war, chemicals output improved throughout the year, according to the American Chemistry Council’s Year-End 2018 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook. Gains reported…
There were a total of 5,147 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2017, down slightly from the 5,190 in 2016, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS also reports that the fatal injury rate decreased to 3.5 per…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
There is further confusion over joint employer status, this time stemming from a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Voting 2-1, the judges either overturned – or they upheld – the original National Labor Relations Board decision rendered…
Drug use by American workers increased each year between 2015 and 2017, and drug abuse by transportation and warehousing workers skyrocketed by 21% during that period, placing it first among all job categories. These conclusions were reached as the result of…
A decision handed down Jan. 15 by the U.S Supreme Court will force radical change in how trucking companies deal with independent contractor drivers. The decision strikes down clauses in interstate owner-operator contracts requiring that any disputes over…
Since Dec. 21 the federal government has been in what is called a partial shutdown. Even private sector employers who are not government contractors need to deal with the fallout. This time is not like previous shutdowns. A September 2018 “minibus” funding…
As of Jan. 1, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission removed its former regulations that permitted employers to offer incentives to their employees for participating in wellness programs. In 2016, the commission issued regulations relating to wellness…
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter B. Robb issued a guidance memorandum to the board’s staff that should help employers avoid litigating unfair labor practice charges filed by unions over filed grievances subject to arbitration. In…
Christmas holiday sales increased 5.1% to total more than $850 billion in 2018, registering the strongest growth in the last six years, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, Online shopping also saw a large gain of 19.1% compared to 2017. “From shopping…
In one of Washington’s seemingly interminable confirmation dramas, the Senate finally voted two of President Trump’s nominees to join the Surface Transportation Board – but took so long to do so that another sitting member’s term expired. The Senate…
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, representing commercial motor vehicle safety officials in the United States and Canada, criticized the U.S. federal government's continued granting of electronic logging device exemptions. In a December letter to Ray…
Progress towards achieving zero safety incidents in asset-intensive industries has stalled, “and it’s time to kick-start it again.” according to a report from the management consulting firm of Accenture. Improving workplace Environmental, Health & Safety…
In spite of the recent gyrations of the stock market and concerns of a continuing tariff war, chemicals output improved throughout the year, according to the American Chemistry Council’s Year-End 2018 Chemical Industry Situation and Outlook. Gains reported…
There were a total of 5,147 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2017, down slightly from the 5,190 in 2016, according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS also reports that the fatal injury rate decreased to 3.5 per…