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Predictability, Not Flexibility, Will Combat the ‘Big Quit’

Wage increases will help retain workers, but foundational labor standards such as shift duration and scheduling practices will have greater impact.

U.S. Labor, Supply ‘Nightmare’ Seen Extending Into Second Half

The helter-skelter playing out on U.S. factory floors from labor and supply shortages, transportation bottlenecks and the coronavirus looks likely to persist into the second half of the year.

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Biden Order Will Aim to Raise Wages for Infrastructure Jobs

President Biden will require large federal infrastructure projects to use project labor agreements, a collective bargaining measure the administration says will tilt the rules toward companies with higher-paid workers.

A contractor supervises as milling machines remove asphalt from a runway. Photo: Bloomberg.

Watch: Are Businesses Living Up to ESG Requirements?

A review of how good a job companies are doing in adhering to their promises in the areas of environmental, social and governance (ESG), with two attorneys from Crowell & Moring LLP.

Are Businesses Living Up to ESG Requirements?

Watch: Time for a Fresh Commitment to ESG

Amy Brachio, global business consulting leader with EY, explains why companies must move forward now with policies to ensure compliance with environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements.

Time for a Fresh Commitment to ESG

Trucker Protest Strands Beef Shipments at U.S.-Canada Border

Protesters who are rallying against vaccine mandates are holding up shipments of Canadian beef to the U.S.

Commercial trucks and passenger vehicles drive across Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-U.S. border in Windsor, Ontario. The bridge connects Windsor to Detroit and facilitates over 30% of all Canada-U.S. road trade. Photo: Bloomberg.

Nestle to Pay Cocoa Farmers Cash Incentives to Fight Child Labor

Nestle SA will offer cocoa farmers and their families in the Ivory Coast cash incentives that aim to reduce child labor, as the chocolate industry faces growing scrutiny over the problem.

A plantation worker turns drying cacao beans in the sun. Photo: Shutterstock.

Truckers Protesting Vaccine Rule Stay Put in Canada’s Capital

Raucous protests in Canada’s capital continued Sunday over trucker vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 health restrictions, but the crowd thinned from its height a day earlier after drawing military and political rebukes for poor behavior.

Demonstrators gather as rows of trucks sit parked during a protest near Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Photo: Bloomberg.

Five Success Factors for Human–Robot Collaboration in the Distribution Center

The key to implementing this new workforce of humans and robots is determining how work should be managed between humans and machines to garner the most success.

A warehouse worker puts items in a tote on an autonomous mobile robot (AMR). Photo by Lucas Systems.

U.S. Economic Growth Quickens With Inventory Boost

U.S. economic growth accelerated by more than forecast in the fourth quarter, fueled by the rebuilding of inventories and capping the strongest year since the 1980s.

Rows of inventory in a distribution warehouse. Photo: Bloomberg.

Covid Cases for U.S. West Coast Dockworkers Top All of 2021’s

About 1,700 dockworkers at West Coast ports have tested positive for COVID-19 in January, stretching capacity at the U.S.’s busiest gateway for shipping containers.

A truck stops at the Port of Long Beach. Photo: Bloomberg.

Musk Sees Human Robot Becoming Bigger Than Tesla’s Car Business

The humanoid robots will be important to address the labor shortage in the U.S., and their first use will be in Tesla’s own factories, said Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk.

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk. Photo: Bloomberg.

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