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A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would ban predatory lease-purchase programs between motor carriers and truck drivers, which a federal Truck Leasing Task Force called “irredeemable tools of fraud and driver oppression.”
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The New Jersey trucking industry is sounding the alarm on the state’s increasingly stringent policies on independent contractor status.
Read More →In a damning report, the Truck Leasing Task Force assembled by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recommended that Congress ban motor carrier lease-purchase agreements with truck drivers, calling these programs “irredeemable tools of fraud and driver oppression.”
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Many new truck owner-operators may be great drivers, but a lack of business skills often sinks their fledgling businesses. A new course from CarriersEdge aims to help.
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In her All That's Trucking blog, Deborah Lockridge shares a follow-up to last year's story about a FedEx Ground contractor who was very publicly challenging the company about alleged unfair treatment of its contractors.
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TrueNorth's TNTruck app launched as a way for independent contractors to get fast quotes for trucking insurance. Now ICs can use it to enroll and manage coverage.
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The Department of Labor's proposal to change the definition of independent contractor has a provision that will make it harder for trucking companies to demonstrate the independent contractor status of their drivers.
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A preliminary injunction that had barred California from enforcing its AB5 law has officially been lifted — but trucking is not giving up on challenging this law that severely restricts the use of independent contractors.
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Spencer Patton’s company is one of the largest FedEx Ground contractors in the United States — or it was, until his outspoken criticism led him to cancellation of his contract and a lawsuit against his consulting company.
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California’s AB5 law severely restricting the use of independent contractors will soon be enforced against the trucking industry after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the California Trucking Association’s appeal.
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