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Risk/Compliance

A Pitch For ALAN

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is an organization that works with the logistics sector during a disaster to get relief aid to those affected.

American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)

WellDoc and the Healthy Trucking Association of America Partner to Address Diabetes in Trucking Industry

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Wal-Mart Unveils In-Cab Camera Program

Wal-Mart Transportation recently joined the growing number of trucking companies who are experimenting with in-cab and forward-facing cameras in an effort to protect drivers from lawsuits and insurance risk.

Judge Issues Temporary Injunction Halting Overtime Rule

U.S. Department of Labor

Federal judge Amos Mazzant agreed with plaintiffs calling for an emergency injunction, saying the U.S. Department of Labor may have overstepped its authority in establishing new salary-level tests and an automatic increases every three years.

Attorney Janet Grumer, a partner and employment law specialist in law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, said the temporary injunction would likely be in place until the case is decided, and no decision is expected before the end of the year.

Blue Apron Battles Hostile Warehouse Conditions

Business is booming at Blue Apron as the startup struggles to keep up with demand, but now the company is forced to deal with with a spate of violence among warehouse workers at its Jersey City, NJ, distribution warehouse.

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Risk/Compliance

U.S. Labor Department Mandates Higher Overtime Pay, Unsettling Employers

U.S. Department of Labor

Currently, salaried employees who earn more than $23,660 a year and meet other criteria are not entitled by law to overtime pay, which is 1.5 times an equivalent hourly wage after an employee works more than 40 hours a week.

The threshold is scheduled to roughly double, to $47,476, on Dec. 1. That means millions of workers who were salaried will have to have their hours tracked to see if they qualify for overtime pay.

Featured In Food Logistics: Job Safety Analysis 101

Thousands of work-related injuries occur in the public refrigerated warehouse industry each year, which can have numerous negative connotations for a business.

The Job Safety Analysis Guide can be found under Resources-Publications at www.gcca.org.

Training/Onboarding

Job Safety Analysis 101

Why JSAs are important and the best ways to conduct them.

The Job Safety Analysis Guide can be found under Resources-Publications at www.gcca.org.

China Sentences 10 U.S. Poultry Supplier Workers In Safety Scandal; OSI Group To Appeal

The Shanghai Jiading People’s Court said in a statement Monday that it fined two of OSI’s units—one in Shanghai and another in Hebei province—2.4 million yuan ($365,000) and sentenced 10 people to prison.

Shortly after the ruling, the Aurora, Ill.-based OSI Group said it planned to appeal. It said the Chinese authorities unjustly held OSI employees for 17 months and barred OSI’s senior leaders and reporters from attending the trial.

Risk/Compliance

Tesco: All Global Supply Chains Use Slave Labor

Campaigners say forced labor often lurks along the supply chain with multiple suppliers in many different countries involved in manufacturing, packaging and distributing products.

Canned Tuna Industry Uses Slave Labor In Pacific Islands, International Rights Activist Claims

Trickery, illegal contracts and debt bondage (where crew members are obliged to “pay off” the cost of their travel and papers) and non-payment of wages, are common.

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Bumble Bee Foods To Pay Record $6 Million Settlement Over Worker Killed In Oven

The settlement represents the largest payout in the criminal prosecution of a workplace safety case involving a single victim in California, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

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