AD’s Center for Independent Distributor Leadership announced the launch of the second cohort of its Leadership Experience Program, a four-year certification program designed for current and next-generation executives of AD independent distributor member-companies.

The House Education and the Workforce Committee voted 21-13 along party lines to advance H. J. Res. 116, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the Department of Labor’s SWACCA-supported independent contractor final rule.

The Wage and Hour Division’s SWACCA-supported final rule making it harder to misclassify workers as independent contractors took effect on March 11.

AD announced on Feb. 17 the launch of the Center for Independent Distributor Leadership, a development program designed to prepare the current and future leaders of independent distribution with the competencies and experiences to build long-term, sustainable success for their companies.

AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group, announced the merger with IDC-USA, effective January 1st, 2019. This merger brings together two independent Bearings & Power Transmission buying/marketing groups in the United States.