The federal government’s push on English language proficiency for drivers now has the Department of Labor in the mix.
The Department of Labor rule on joint employers will need to be watched by trucking companies.
The Trump administration is moving to replace the Biden administration IC rule through a rulemaking process.
Two recent developments on independent contractor law are headed in different directions.
The ping-pong question of how the National Labor Relations Board defines independent contractors is on hold, for now, in a key trucking case.
A New Mexico carrier came up short in its lawsuit against the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule.
The Department of Labor has clawed back hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay owed by Transair, a Hawaiian cargo airline that is no longer flying.
ATA and OOIDA are at odds in a very public way over the Biden administration independent contractor rule.
The U.S.-flag subsidiary of shipping leviathan Maersk has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. government over the termination of a seaman who alerted authorities to potential unsafe conditions on a cargo vessel.without first notifying the company.
The key court battle to block the Biden administration’s independent contractor rule is in Louisiana, and a request for an injunction against the rule has been taken a step up in the federal courts.
A lawsuit that goes back to 2010 and opened the door for the ABC test in New Jersey has been settled.
The freight recession may ease earlier than expected, according to recent comments from Morgan Stanley analyst Ravi Shanker. In a call to clients on Monday, Shanker said, “Shippers continue to remain on reorder ‘strike’ while they wait for stronger signals or more favorable conditions on macro but while destocking at the same time, which could lead to everyone wanting to restock at the same time, when the coast clears (or they run out of inventory).”
After truck parking and broker transparency grabbed headlines in 2023, experts see independent contractor status and truck emissions as top issues next year.
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking nearly 1,400 Arizona drivers owed $5.6 million in back pay and damages after they were misclassified as independent contractors.
A request by the Department of Labor in an ongoing legal appeal suggests its independent contractor rule won’t be made until August or September.
The so-called Olson case over AB5 draws interest from well beyond California.
Truckers Integral to our Economy starts with handful of members but very clear target.
Nearly 1,400 delivery drivers will split $5.6 million following an eight-year investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor, which found that Parts Authority Arizona LLC and Diligent Delivery Systems misclassified its employee drivers as independent contractors.
Two key provisions in the Department of Labor’s proposed independent contractor rule could pose problems for transportation companies.
Two listening sessions in the next two weeks will kick off the Biden administration’s effort to create a new federal definition of independent contractor status.
