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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMay 2, 2025

Labor Department Won't Enforce Biden-Era Independent Contractor Rule

What the federal government considers an independent contractor vs. an employee is once again changing based on the change in administration.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 27, 2024

HDT's Top 10 News Stories of 2024

What were the important trucking stories of 2024? Here's a rundown of the top 10 Heavy Duty Trucking news stories that attracted the most audience in 2024.

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ArticlesApril 23, 2024

How Trucking Fleets Can Use Custom Apps to Preserve the Owner-Operator Model

Fleets can use digital tools to automate workflows and avoid overstepping control boundaries to protect truck drivers' independent contractor status. Find out how USA Truck used a custom driver app.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeMarch 18, 2024

Judge Denies Latest Challenge to California’s AB5 Independent Contractor Law

A California federal judge on March 15 rejected trucking’s latest legal challenge to block the state’s enforcement of its Assembly Bill 5 law that severely restricts the use of independent contractors.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeJanuary 10, 2024

New Rules on Independent Contractors Could Affect Trucking's Owner-Operator Model

Is that driver an employee or an owner-operator? Complex new rules from the U.S. Department of Labor set out a multi-factor approach to determining when a worker is an independent contractor.

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Newsby StaffAugust 25, 2022

Teamsters, Universal Settle Labor Dispute

A southern California drayage company will have to make all its independent contractor drivers into union employees under a settlement of a longstanding labor dispute.

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Videosby Deborah LockridgeAugust 9, 2022

The Broader Freight Impact of California’s AB5 [Video]

If you think California’s AB5 law won’t affect you because you don’t run in the state or don’t use owner-operators, you might be surprised.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeAugust 5, 2022

Port of Oakland Sues AB5 Protesters

After an independent trucker protest brought the Port of Oakland to a crawl the week of July 18, the port responded with a lawsuit against protesters seeking to keep it from happening again.

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Articlesby Deborah LockridgeJuly 29, 2022

Trucking Looks for New Owner-Operator Strategies as Independent Contractor Model is Threatened

Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet AB5's strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors.

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Newsby StaffJuly 26, 2022

Port of Oakland Reopens After Trucker Protests, but Questions Remain About AB5

The Port of Oakland is back in business this week, after five days of protests against California’s AB5 law hampered and even forced the closure of port operations.

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