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Read about the pros and cons of potential solutions motor carriers can take to keep using independent contractor drivers under California's AB5 law, outlined during an American Trucking Associations educational session.
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Trucker protests at the Port of Oakland went into a fourth day Thursday, with some saying they wouldn’t stop until the state government does something about AB5, a new law that severely restricts the use of independent contractors.
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Close to 1,000 protesters slowed the operations at the Port of Oakland to a crawl on July 19 as they tried to draw attention to how the controversial AB5 law will affect truck owner-operators in the state.
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FTR's Avery Vise explores how trucking employment, truck order backlogs, fuel prices, motor carrier failures, and the attack on the independent contractor model all tie together.
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California’s AB5 law, which would largely eliminate the traditional owner-operator model for trucking in the state, could go into effect as soon as sometime in June — if the Supreme Court takes the advice of the U.S. solicitor general.
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The debate over who is and who isn’t an independent contractor continues, as a federal judge in Texas negates an early Biden administration action to undo a new Department of Labor definition.
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The California Trucking Association plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to consider its case against the state’s new worker classification law.
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In a widely expected move, the U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn a rule published in the last days of the Trump administration that changed the definition of independent contractor.
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An appeals court panel has reversed a lower court’s preliminary injunction protecting California’s trucking industry from the state’s onerous AB5 law – a law that many believe virtually eliminates the traditional trucking owner-operator model in the state.
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In a widely expected move, the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed to withdraw a rule published in the last days of the Trump administration that changed the definition of independent contractor.
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