- VR experience to debut at nine U.S. Integrad® facilities this year
- UPS IT team created content that displays on VR headsets
- UPS Integrad technology supports company’s safety culture
We’ve been rated the worst drivers in the nation. To change that, we may have to stop believing the problem is the dope in the next lane.
It may be time to stock up on Forever stamps.
Regulators appear likely to accept the financially beleaguered Postal Service’s request for more freedom to raise the price of mailing letters. It would be the biggest change in the Postal Service’s pricing system in nearly a half-century, allowing stamp prices to rise beyond the rate of inflation.
After a 10-year review, the Postal Regulatory Commission could make its decision next month. It might limit how high prices could go, but the cost of a first-class stamp, now 49 cents, could jump. It’s not known how much.
- Bonuses offered to package handlers and tractor-trailer drivers
- Company looking to hire nearly 1,900 people in Ohio facilities
UPS® (NYSE: UPS) announced that it is offering weekly bonuses of up to $125 for package handlers and $500 for tractor-trailer drivers hired at three facilities in Ohio.
Employees eligible for the bonuses include package handlers in Columbus, Obetz and Toledo, and tractor-trailer drivers across the state. Both new hires, and current employees hired after January 1st, 2017, are eligible.
Shipping Giant’s Rigid Leave Policies Forced Out Employees Who Needed Accommodations, Federal Agency Charged
International shipping giant United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) has agreed to pay $2 million to nearly 90 current and former UPS employees to resolve a nationwide disability discrimination lawsuit filed in 2009 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as well as to conciliate related administrative charges, the agency announced today.
The EEOC charged that UPS violated federal law failing to provide UPS employees with disabilities reasonable accommodations that would enable them to perform their job duties. The EEOC further alleged that UPS maintained an inflexible leave policy, whereby the company fired disabled employees automatically when they reached 12 months of leave, without engaging in the interactive process required by law.
Such alleged conduct violates Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Case No. 09-cv-5291) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.