Podcast: Highway bill effort to resolve federal/state legal conflict over...
New court interpretations of the FAAAA introduce contradictions between federal and state law (particularly in California) that challenge percentage- and mileage-based compensation. In this podcast,...
View ArticleDriver voices raised against highway bill amendment to resolve state/federal...
Protection of independent/small-fleet business freedom or "wage theft" from company drivers? A growing conflict over a highway-bill amendment as House-Senate conference gets under way.
View ArticleReader: Do I need to comply with California meal and rest break rules?
Short answer: California's meal and rest break provisions are seeing some litigation after court precedent. Some employers in a defensive posture are requiring the breaks of their drivers, adding...
View ArticlePenske settles with drivers in case over unpaid meal and rest breaks
Penske will pay 344 current and former drivers $15,000 each to settle the now 8-year-old case. The case produced a landmark ruling in 2014 regarding state-level laws regarding drivers' pay and breaks,...
View ArticleATA takes fight over California break laws to U.S. DOT
With Congress seemingly reluctant to take up the issue, ATA has turned its efforts to derail California's break laws to the U.S. DOT. ATA has filed a petition asking FMCSA to assert that federal hours...
View ArticleA small fleet v. the Teamsters
AB Trucking owner Bill Aboudi's more than decade-long battle with union-inspired litigation and other efforts targeting his small fleet at the Port of Oakland: "I told the union, 'I disagree with your...
View ArticleCiting FMCSA policy change, court dismisses suit against U.S. Xpress over...
A federal court in California has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a group of drivers against U.S. Xpress concerning the state's meal and rest break laws, signaling a potential tide change in the...
View ArticleAfter exempting carriers from Calif. meal/rest break laws, Washington state...
FMCSA announced Tuesday that it is reviewing Washington state laws — as they pertain to trucking — that require employers to provide workers with a meal break of at least 30 minutes for every five-hour...
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