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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.
The new general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board signaled that there is a new sheriff in town – for at least the next two weeks. Confirmed in November, Peter Robb has sent a memo to the agency’s 26 regional; directors who are under his control,…
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta offered a glimpse of the direction his department is heading during a recent hearing before a House of Representatives committee. While the Obama Administration’s overtime rule is dead following a successful legal…
Kidde is recalling more than 40 million fire extinguishers that were sold in the United States and Canada for use on commercial trucks and to consumers for use in homes and on boats. The two styles of Kidde plastic handle and push-button Pindicator fire…
In an effort to stay up to date on America’s latest drug scourge, the U.S. Department of Transportation has added several new drugs to the testing regimen for transportation employees. “The opioid crisis is a threat to public safety when it involves…
Where can employers turn to learn how to create a practical and effective program for dealing with sexual harassment in the current environment? Help may be closer than you think. Some readers of this newsletter are aware that your editor also writes a…
Sexual harassment issues in the workplace have exploded into a new and nationwide level of awareness that employers cannot afford to ignore. At this point it’s not necessary to repeat the famous names in show business, politics and the news media that have…
Ecommerce continues to drive industrial real estate growth, according to the preliminary Third Quarter report by Jones Long LaSalle, which is in line with other recent reports (AA, 9-15-17, P. 1). “Nearly 25% of total United States leasing demand came from…
A federal court fined UPS almost $250 million for delivering untaxed cigarettes from unlicensed shippers in the City and State of New York. The court summarily rejected the delivery giant’s contention that its large size and compartmentalized organizational…
The Pennsylvania and Delaware Departments of Transportation are working with the I-95 Coalition to study possible mileage-based taxation for trucks. The truck study – slated to begin next year -- is an extension of a test already underway in both states…
The chemical industry appears to have fully recovered from the immediate impact of this summer’s hurricanes on production. The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer – considered a leading economic indicator – in October rose 0.4% over…
Total intermodal volumes increased 6.3% year-over-year in the third quarter for the strongest growth rate in more than three years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America. International intermodal volume soared by 8.2%; the domestic…
Many employers are not fully aware that their employees are eligible for workers compensation even when they are in the United States illegally. “An illegal alien, meaning someone who has entered the U.S. illegally or is an alien who has entered legally but…
Blog
Industry reporting, member spotlights, and operational guidance from ACWI. Every article from our archive is here — 1,254 posts going back to 2014.
The new general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board signaled that there is a new sheriff in town – for at least the next two weeks. Confirmed in November, Peter Robb has sent a memo to the agency’s 26 regional; directors who are under his control,…
U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta offered a glimpse of the direction his department is heading during a recent hearing before a House of Representatives committee. While the Obama Administration’s overtime rule is dead following a successful legal…
Kidde is recalling more than 40 million fire extinguishers that were sold in the United States and Canada for use on commercial trucks and to consumers for use in homes and on boats. The two styles of Kidde plastic handle and push-button Pindicator fire…
In an effort to stay up to date on America’s latest drug scourge, the U.S. Department of Transportation has added several new drugs to the testing regimen for transportation employees. “The opioid crisis is a threat to public safety when it involves…
Where can employers turn to learn how to create a practical and effective program for dealing with sexual harassment in the current environment? Help may be closer than you think. Some readers of this newsletter are aware that your editor also writes a…
Sexual harassment issues in the workplace have exploded into a new and nationwide level of awareness that employers cannot afford to ignore. At this point it’s not necessary to repeat the famous names in show business, politics and the news media that have…
Ecommerce continues to drive industrial real estate growth, according to the preliminary Third Quarter report by Jones Long LaSalle, which is in line with other recent reports (AA, 9-15-17, P. 1). “Nearly 25% of total United States leasing demand came from…
A federal court fined UPS almost $250 million for delivering untaxed cigarettes from unlicensed shippers in the City and State of New York. The court summarily rejected the delivery giant’s contention that its large size and compartmentalized organizational…
The Pennsylvania and Delaware Departments of Transportation are working with the I-95 Coalition to study possible mileage-based taxation for trucks. The truck study – slated to begin next year -- is an extension of a test already underway in both states…
The chemical industry appears to have fully recovered from the immediate impact of this summer’s hurricanes on production. The American Chemistry Council’s Chemical Activity Barometer – considered a leading economic indicator – in October rose 0.4% over…
Total intermodal volumes increased 6.3% year-over-year in the third quarter for the strongest growth rate in more than three years, according to the Intermodal Association of North America. International intermodal volume soared by 8.2%; the domestic…
Many employers are not fully aware that their employees are eligible for workers compensation even when they are in the United States illegally. “An illegal alien, meaning someone who has entered the U.S. illegally or is an alien who has entered legally but…