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The
DOL Has a New Wage Enforcement Auditor...Right in
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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.
Click here for more from the Department of Labor.
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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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
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Upcoming Meetings |
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February 15-17: HTA's trip to Washington
Contact us
if you would like to join us. Wednesday is a travel day, with a strategy
dinner upon arrival. On Thursday and Friday we have meetings with
congressmen and other government personnel to discuss items important to our
membership. Friday afternoon, return home.
This is always an enlightening trip, with an
opportunity to see our government in action. There are a number of high
profile issues we will be meeting about, and having you there is important in
presenting our viewpoint.
NOTE: No February
Member Meeting....
Our Next Member Meeting:
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Reception and Food: 5 PM
Meeting b egins:
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!!
Upcoming events:
HTA PAC Fundraising Gala
March 28, 2012
We've planned an "over the top" event for you
again. This is an opportunity to make your donation to the PAC fund, and
at the same time have a great time. Last year's event featured nearly
$10,000 in prizes. Expect no less this time. PLUS, entertainment,
gambling, food and (of course) hand rolled cigars.
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Recent News |
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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.
Click here to
read the story.
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.
Click here to
read the story.
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.
Click here to read the story.
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.
Click here to read the story.
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.
Click here to read the story.
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.
Click here to read the story.
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?
Click here to read the story.
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