Distributors are dealing with more potential business risks today than ever before. We polled hundreds of them to determine what the biggest risks are, and dissected plenty of interesting commentary.
Latest In Legal Issues in Wholesale Distribution
The rule is set to increase the current salary threshold for overtime pay exemption by 65% at the start of 2025.
The rule will go into effect 120 days after entered into the Federal Register, though it's expected to meet stern legal opposition.
OSHA will publish its final "Walkaround Rule" on April 1, which has been met with staunch opposition from several trade associations.
Driving in Manhattan is about to become much more expensive for cars and trucks.
A California safety board's proposed rules would call for distribution centers and manufacturing facilities to protect workers from heat.
The Senate bill requests $60.1 billion for Ukraine aid, $14.1 billion for Israel and $20.2 billion to improve security at the U.S. border.
NAW cited the Labor Department's proposed overtime pay and worker walkaround rules as being harmful to the wholesale distribution industry.
The alleged conspiracy stretched from January 2021 to April 2023.
Pushback has cited the potential for representatives from unions or other organizations to fulfill the proposed third-party inspector role.
The proposal would increase the salary threshold for guaranteed overtime pay from its current $35,668 to $55,000.
A court found that the company failed to pay affected workers overtime back wages since August 2018 and violated recordkeeping provisions.
Violations included employing one child to operate a forklift — a hazardous occupation for workers under 18 — and tasking another child to pick orders in the warehouse.
The rule would raise the salary threshold for guarantee overtime pay from its current $35,668 to $55,000 and include a future provision.
The FTC plans to file a lawsuit alleging Amazon disadvantages sellers who don't use Amazon's logistics services, Bloomberg reports.
3M will pay up to settle a lawsuit claiming the chemicals in the firefighting foam provided to them contaminated drinking water.
The agency said 50 workers were being paid as little as $2.43 an hour.
The U.S. hit its debt ceiling on Jan. 19. Here's what that could mean for the economy, and what NAW said it could mean for distributors.
The rare, bipartisan legislation heads to President Biden's desk, where his expected signature would avert what NAW calls a catastrophic labor strike.
The Verify platform aims to help consumers, distributors, employees and the general public avoid buying counterfeit 3M products.