Category: UPS News

An Army reservist accusing UPS Inc. of improperly denying paid leave for employees who serve in the military advanced his lawsuit under the federal law giving job protection rights to servicemembers, according to a Washington federal court ruling.

Pay during an absence from work is a “right and benefit” protected by the “broad” statutory language of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Judge Salvador Mendoza Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington said Thursday.

And deciding whether short-term military leave is comparable to the other types of leave UPS gives its workers requires a “fact-based determination” that can’t be done at the motion to dismiss stage, Mendoza said, declining to dismiss the proposed class action.

Logistics company to gain network, storage and compute capacity to help it analyze new data coming from initiatives such as RFID chips on packages.

United Parcel Service Inc. is set Tuesday to announce an expansion of its 2019 deal with Alphabet Inc.’s Google Cloud as the logistics company rolls out new data initiatives.

As part of the expansion, UPS will receive increased network, storage and compute capacity. It will continue using Google’s artificial-intelligence and machine-learning tools to analyze its incoming data, which is expected to surge with the introduction of initiatives such as putting radio-frequency identification chips on packages.

During Shoptalk, UPS and ESW (formerly eShopWorld) announced an agreement that will allow brands integrated international e-commerce and shipping capabilities to further accelerate direct-to-consumer expansion and enable a more effective way to reach global consumers through cross-border e-commerce.

“UPS continues to innovate on behalf of customers, offering new capabilities to grow their businesses,” said Bill Seward, president, Americas region and global customer solutions at UPS. “This alliance with ESW offers UPS e-commerce customers the ability to sell and ship seamlessly around the world, with the confidence that they are delivering a great shopping experience.”

According to data from ESW’s Global Voices 2022 survey, cross-border d-to-c consumers saw an increased number across all age groups between December 2020 and July 2021. Younger Millennial and Gen Z consumers were driving this trend.

United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE:UPS) has appointed Jim Joseph as president of UPS Airlines, effective June 30.

Brendan Canavan, who currently leads this division, is planning to retire. Joseph will manage UPS’s global air operations as well as UPS Worldport, the company’s global air hub in Louisville, a news release said.

“We’re excited to have Jim assume leadership of UPS Airlines,” Executive Vice President and President of U.S. Operations Nando Cesarone said in the release. “He has a long track record of industry-leading service results. He played a major role in the expansion of our weekend service offerings, time-in-transit improvements and the deployment of multiple operational technologies that bolstered our capabilities in service to our customers,”

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