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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.

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.

Workers Sue XPO Logistics Over Misclassifying Drivers As Independent Contractors

Three trucking company subsidiaries of XPO Logistics Inc. were sued in California on Monday for allegedly misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors.

The class-action lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that drivers for XPO subsidiaries Pacer Cartage Inc., Harbor Rail Transport and PDS Transportation Inc. failed to pay minimum wage, provide meal breaks and rest breaks and reimburse business expenses, among other allegations.

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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Risk/Compliance

Cargo Safety & Security

Omnitracs | Solera Fleet Solutions

Industry executives highlight internal and external risks in the food supply chain.

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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.

Material Handling Equipment

Want A Safer Warehouse? Start With Forklift Users

Using data to manage a fleet of lift trucks pinpoints the safety issues, but keeping the operator comfortable means keeping everyone safe.

A warehouse worker uses Crown's QuickPick Remote to move the lift truck ahead in the aisle, eliminating the need to step up and down off the truck to move to the next pick position.

TMW Systems Addresses Dangers of Undiagnosed Vehicle Fault Codes for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Connected Trailers

TMW Systems Inc.

New maintenance intake tool streamlines diagnostics, prioritizes safety issues for repairs.

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