“America’s truck drivers need and deserve fair leasing agreements, and this work will help ensure that leasing is above board," said Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about the new Truck Leasing Task Force.
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.
In a widely expected move, the U.S. Department of Labor has withdrawn a rule published in the last days of the Trump administration that changed the definition of independent contractor.
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.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule that aims to clarify who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which could be good news for some trucking companies using owner-operators.
The U.S. Department of Labor now holds that truck drivers need not be compensated for any time in which "drivers are relieved of all duties and permitted to sleep in a sleeper berth."
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