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The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on affirmative action in college and university admissions has a limited but potentially significant impact on employers and private diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and Environment, Social and Governance (ESG)…
In its ongoing effort to support the unionization of Amazon, OSHA has launched a new National Emphasis Program for safety enforcement that specifically targets warehousing operations. "Our enforcement efforts are designed to do one thing: lead to permanent…
Consumers are expected to spend record amounts for both back-to-school and back-to-college shopping this year, according to projections made by the National Retail Federation. Back-to-school spending is seen reaching an unparalleled $41.5 billion, up from…
The U.S. Supreme Court set a new standard for religious accommodations for employers by defining undue hardship for the first time. The decision was widely misreported as allowing employees to be granted the sabbath off, which has been long permitted under…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently announced that the 2022 EEO-1 Form reporting deadline is again being postponed. Reporting, which was expected to begin in July, is now “tentatively” scheduled to open sometime this fall, according to the…
Employers are introducing new rigor into their hiring process, according to recent research conducted by the talent solutions firm Robert Half. As a result of the company’s newest research findings, Half stressed five trends applicants need to keep in mind…
After an excruciatingly long wait, OSHA has issued its revised injury and illness reporting and recordkeeping requirements for employers regarding the 300 and 301 forms they are expected to file electronically with the agency. "OSHA will use these data to…
Dear ACWI Members, In this issue of ACWI Advance we take a closer look at these stories: Chemical manufacturers see economy in turmoil and a future hard to predict. An attorney offers best practices to help avoid violating child labor laws . The playing of…
Chemical manufacturers see an economy in turmoil, that could go either up or down as we head to year’s end, according to the American Chemistry Council’s Mid-Year Situation & Outlook report. Moving into the end of the second quarter, the United States…
Disturbing reports have been circulating in the news media about the problem of child labor, mostly being exploited in operations overseas, but also surfacing in the United States. Some of this coverage has arisen from the U.S. Department of Labor’s recent…
An employer could be found liable for condoning sexual harassment by allowing the playing of sexually explicit rap music in the workplace, even if it offends men as well as women. The situation developed at a700,000 square foot warehouse in Reno, NV,…
A group of commercial motor carriers called The Trucking Alliance advocates for the adoption of hair drug testing for truck drivers issued the results of a new study showing that urinalysis is missing up to 90% of drug users. This is the conclusion of a…