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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.
With strong holiday shopping sales forecast, retailers are doubling down on strategies to draw online shoppers into stores, reward customer loyalty in new ways and make toys available for purchase at every turn, according to the global commercial real estate…
At a time when warehouse operators are embracing new technologies, many also are adding employee quality-of-life initiatives to counteract labor shortages, according to a JLL report. "Technology is transforming every aspect of the warehouse – from tracking…
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which supervises compliance of federal contractors and subcontractors, plans to create a new point of contact for those businesses. Called the Ombud Service (apparently the title “ombudsman” was considered…
The U.S. Department of Labor, in collaboration with other federal employment agencies, established an Office of Compliance Initiatives intended to better communicate to employers and workers about employee antidiscrimination rights. Among the laws DOL’s…
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb is urging the board to reverse an Obama-era ruling allowing unions access to employer email systems. An NLRB decision issued in 2014 had outlawed email system restrictions that a company called Purple…
Since the #MeToo movement began a year ago, one-third of executives surveyed say they have altered their actions to avoid behaviors that could be perceived as sexual harassment. This according to a recent survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is cracking down on pre-employment physical ability tests (PATs) when they result in the rejection of a disparate number of female applicants. EEOC accused Hirschbach Motor Lines of doing this through its…
As more industries, including warehousing, embrace the use of robots, concerns are growing about their safety – and it may surprise you to learn that there is nothing new about those concerns. In 1987 OSHA issued Guidelines for Robotics Safety, stating:…
It has been a while since we provided an update on the long march through the courts for gay and transgender employment rights (AA, 4-30-17, P. 1). Although many of those cases are still pending, the legal battle seems to be nearing an end, and for all…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, shows steady growth for the industry for the first three quarters of 2018. The CAB posted a 0.1% gain in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that threatens to upend the use of independent contractor drivers nationwide. The High Court is considering an earlier federal appeals court decision upholding a lower court judgment that a…
If you thought that the total number of charges brought against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would diminish under President Trump, think again. In fact, the number of filings in Fiscal Year 2018 (ended Sept. 30) exceeded FY 2015,…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
With strong holiday shopping sales forecast, retailers are doubling down on strategies to draw online shoppers into stores, reward customer loyalty in new ways and make toys available for purchase at every turn, according to the global commercial real estate…
At a time when warehouse operators are embracing new technologies, many also are adding employee quality-of-life initiatives to counteract labor shortages, according to a JLL report. "Technology is transforming every aspect of the warehouse – from tracking…
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which supervises compliance of federal contractors and subcontractors, plans to create a new point of contact for those businesses. Called the Ombud Service (apparently the title “ombudsman” was considered…
The U.S. Department of Labor, in collaboration with other federal employment agencies, established an Office of Compliance Initiatives intended to better communicate to employers and workers about employee antidiscrimination rights. Among the laws DOL’s…
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Peter Robb is urging the board to reverse an Obama-era ruling allowing unions access to employer email systems. An NLRB decision issued in 2014 had outlawed email system restrictions that a company called Purple…
Since the #MeToo movement began a year ago, one-third of executives surveyed say they have altered their actions to avoid behaviors that could be perceived as sexual harassment. This according to a recent survey conducted by the Society for Human Resource…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is cracking down on pre-employment physical ability tests (PATs) when they result in the rejection of a disparate number of female applicants. EEOC accused Hirschbach Motor Lines of doing this through its…
As more industries, including warehousing, embrace the use of robots, concerns are growing about their safety – and it may surprise you to learn that there is nothing new about those concerns. In 1987 OSHA issued Guidelines for Robotics Safety, stating:…
It has been a while since we provided an update on the long march through the courts for gay and transgender employment rights (AA, 4-30-17, P. 1). Although many of those cases are still pending, the legal battle seems to be nearing an end, and for all…
The Chemical Activity Barometer, a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council, shows steady growth for the industry for the first three quarters of 2018. The CAB posted a 0.1% gain in September on a three-month moving average (3MMA)…
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that threatens to upend the use of independent contractor drivers nationwide. The High Court is considering an earlier federal appeals court decision upholding a lower court judgment that a…
If you thought that the total number of charges brought against employers by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission would diminish under President Trump, think again. In fact, the number of filings in Fiscal Year 2018 (ended Sept. 30) exceeded FY 2015,…