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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 battle over the future of illegal immigration in the United States is increasingly being fought in the workplace, with employers caught in the middle. Earlier this year President Trump declared that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Each year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces its Top 10 workplace safety violations, which are said to be a reminder to employers to avoid complacency. The rankings remain largely the same from year to year, and all the violations…
President Trump issued a call for action after his commission on the nation’s opioid addiction crisis reported its policy recommendations. "We are currently dealing with the worst drug crisis in American history," Trump declared. "It's just been so long in…
CSX Corp. named a new Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel, and at the same time cancelled a shareholder conference call and announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback. The company delivered another blow to shippers by withdrawing…
President Trump nominated Scott A. Mugno, vice president of safety, sustainability and vehicle maintenance at FedEx Ground, to be chief administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Part of U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has not had a…
Apparently, word hasn’t spread far enough that racial and ethnic-based harassment in the workplace is unacceptable, and the bad behavior continues. “It seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a…
Smaller warehouse third-party logistics providers have gained newfound respect from venture capitalists and merger and acquisition hunters. That was the clear message conveyed at the annual 3PL Value Creation Summit, held for the past five years by the…
Where have all the workers gone? Princeton Professor Alan Krueger probed the low workforce participation experienced by the United States since the last recession and came to a disturbing conclusion: Much of it can be directly traced to the ongoing opioid…
Effective Jan. 1, 2018, California employers cannot seek or inquire into a job applicant’s salary history, compensation or benefits. In addition, they are required to disclose pay scales for a position if an applicant requests it. California joins Delaware,…
The last piece fell into place for turning around the National Labor Relation Board’s pro-union tilt over the last eight years when the Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominee Peter B. Robb to serve as the board’s general counsel. Robb, formerly a…
Retail analytics provider ShopperTrak says the 10 busiest shopping days of 2017 will be different because for the first time in since 2012, there are four December Saturdays prior to Christmas. The busiest days will be (in order of sales totals): Friday,…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for those who are looking for part-time, temporary work. UPS says it will hire 95,000 seasonal employees while FedEx will bring on more than 50,000. Target stores plans to hire 100,000 workers for the November and…
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 battle over the future of illegal immigration in the United States is increasingly being fought in the workplace, with employers caught in the middle. Earlier this year President Trump declared that he would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…
Each year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces its Top 10 workplace safety violations, which are said to be a reminder to employers to avoid complacency. The rankings remain largely the same from year to year, and all the violations…
President Trump issued a call for action after his commission on the nation’s opioid addiction crisis reported its policy recommendations. "We are currently dealing with the worst drug crisis in American history," Trump declared. "It's just been so long in…
CSX Corp. named a new Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and General Counsel, and at the same time cancelled a shareholder conference call and announced a $1.5 billion stock buyback. The company delivered another blow to shippers by withdrawing…
President Trump nominated Scott A. Mugno, vice president of safety, sustainability and vehicle maintenance at FedEx Ground, to be chief administrator of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Part of U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA has not had a…
Apparently, word hasn’t spread far enough that racial and ethnic-based harassment in the workplace is unacceptable, and the bad behavior continues. “It seems that racial harassment cases always have the same racial slurs and tropes: either the N-word, a…
Smaller warehouse third-party logistics providers have gained newfound respect from venture capitalists and merger and acquisition hunters. That was the clear message conveyed at the annual 3PL Value Creation Summit, held for the past five years by the…
Where have all the workers gone? Princeton Professor Alan Krueger probed the low workforce participation experienced by the United States since the last recession and came to a disturbing conclusion: Much of it can be directly traced to the ongoing opioid…
Effective Jan. 1, 2018, California employers cannot seek or inquire into a job applicant’s salary history, compensation or benefits. In addition, they are required to disclose pay scales for a position if an applicant requests it. California joins Delaware,…
The last piece fell into place for turning around the National Labor Relation Board’s pro-union tilt over the last eight years when the Senate confirmed President Trump’s nominee Peter B. Robb to serve as the board’s general counsel. Robb, formerly a…
Retail analytics provider ShopperTrak says the 10 busiest shopping days of 2017 will be different because for the first time in since 2012, there are four December Saturdays prior to Christmas. The busiest days will be (in order of sales totals): Friday,…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for those who are looking for part-time, temporary work. UPS says it will hire 95,000 seasonal employees while FedEx will bring on more than 50,000. Target stores plans to hire 100,000 workers for the November and…