The DOL Has a New Wage Enforcement Auditor...Right in Your Employee’s Back Pocket!

The phrase “I’ve got an app for that” has taken on a whole new meaning as the U.S. Department of Labor has rolled out its new mobile timesheet app. This new app allows employees to independently track hours worked (separate from the records maintained by their employer). Employees can also track their breaks and overtime. The app provides employees with easy access to DOL contact information and is available in both English and Spanish version.

This new technology presents yet another minefield for employers to maneuver as the DOL envisions using app data against employers during wage and hour investigations.
Even an innocent payroll mistake can quickly escalate to an expensive problem. Now more than ever, it’s imperative to ensure that your workforce is paid correctly and that wages are calculated accurately.

Currently the app is only available for iPhone and iPod Touch users so breathe a sigh of relief if your workforce are heavy android users.

 

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Dana Smith, Senior Account Executive
Exalt Resources LLC


Truck Drayage Productivity Guide
TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 11: Truck Drayage Productivity Guide is designed to help improve drayage productivity and capacity while reducing emissions, costs, and port-area congestion at deepwater ports.

The guide includes suggestions designed to help shippers, receivers, draymen, marine terminal operators, ocean carriers, and port authorities address inefficiencies, control costs, and reduce associated environmental impacts of truck drayage.

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Our Mission

Harbor Trucking Association (HTA) is a coalition of Los Angeles and Long Beach intermodal carriers who's purpose is to advocate, educate and promote strategies with other goods movement stakeholders and policy makers that will sustain emission reductions, provide a dialog for intermodal truck efficiency, and to return cargo and jobs to Southern California ports.

Upcoming Meetings

Wednesday January 25, 2012  

Monthly Member Meeting

Shoreline Yacht Club of Long Beach

386 East Shoreline Drive, Long Beach CA 90802 

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Meeting Sponsor:  Maxum Petroleum

5:00PM Reception and appetizers  

6:30PM Program begins

Our next General Membership Meeting will be extremely important!!!  The HTA will be rolling out a new fuel incentive program for HTA members, Michael Sills of Maxum Petroleum will be present to provide the details.

In addition, our first endorsed candidate for the US House of Representatives, Gary DeLong, will be present to update us on the status of the race and his views of transportation issues impacting our members.

Lastly, Blake Christian, one of the most nationally recognized experts on Enterprise Zone Tax Credits, will provide us with his update on State law regarding tax credits / incentives for trucking companies and other transportation stakeholders.

Parking is provided courtesy of the HTA

Registration: 

Non-Member registration: Click here to register @ $25 each 

 


Mark your Calendars:

NOTE:  No February Member Meeting....

 

Our Next Member Meeting:

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Reception and Food:  5 PM

Meeting begins:     6:30 PM


Special Member meeting following the TPM Conference:

Shoreline Yacht Club of Long Beach

386 East Shoreline Drive, Long Beach CA 90802 

Each year, following the TPM Conference, we gather some of the key visitors to discuss their view of the Harbor Trucking industry, and our issues.  This year, we have several distinguished guests that you won't want to miss:

 

Steve Rubin, Principal of InterPro Advisory, will be presenting the findings of the study commissioned by the National Freight Research Program on the impact of the changes in chassis ownership. 

 

Jonathan Gold, VP Supply Chain and Customs Policy for the National Retail Federation will be with us again to give us thoughts from his membership.

 

Stay tuned for others that will be joining us!!


 

Recent News

Occupy Protests Calls for West Coast Ports Shutdown
The Occupy Movement is calling for a shutdown of all West Coast ports on Dec. 12, but they will have to pursue their goal without the cooperation of the powerful International Longshore and Warehouse Union. The movement's declaration comes about three weeks after thousands of Occupy Oakland protestors halted nighttime operations at the Port of Oakland on Nov. 2. The ILWU voiced support for the Oakland protest, but a letter from the ILWU Coast Committee in San Francisco to all longshore locals on the West Coast shows a position shift.

 

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Port of Long Beach Container Volume Drops in October
Container trade volume at the Port of Long Beach dropped 20.5% in October from a year ago due to a departure of a major operator and due to retailers taking a cautious approach to the holidays, according to a port report issued on Thursday. Imports were down 20.8% and exports fell 21.4%, representing the largest overall percentage drop so far this year comparing monthly periods from a year ago.

 

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Long Beach bridge Jobs Sought for Local Workers
Construction workers, port authorities and city leaders are working on a sweeping proposed labor agreement covering the $950 million Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement project, with a vote by harbor officials expected Dec. 12. Construction on the new span, scheduled to begin in mid-2012, is forecast to employ more than 4,000 engineers, builders, painters, electricians, ironworkers and others annually through late 2016 or early 2017.

 

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Long Beach World Trade Center Sale Stalled
Plans by the Port of Long Beach to buy the Long Beach World Trade Center office complex have stalled. The due diligence period of the planned transaction expired last week without the Board of Harbor Commissioners agreeing to complete the $130-million deal, effectively killing it.

 

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California Tightens Class 7 Truck Emission Rules
The California Air Resources Board’s order of all Class 7 drayage trucks to meet the same emission standards that have been in effect for larger Class 8 trucks is intended to close loopholes in the state’s clean-truck regulations.

 

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Trucking Companies Sue EPA Over Emissions Regulations
Four small California trucking companies are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over new emissions regulations. The suit comes despite approval of the regulations by the trucking industry’s largest trade group, the American Trucking Associations.

 

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A Hard Turn: Steering Away From Bad Diets

After driving hundreds of miles, the last thing Roy Williams, a truck driver from Denton, Tex., wanted to do was exercise. After a day trapped in the cab, stopping only to gorge on greasy fare at truck stops, who could think of working out?

 

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