Courts hear truckers' case against Calif. gig economy law
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California Court Delivers Trucking Company a Meal/Rest
Kefid · The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled in an employment class action regarding misclassification of trucking industry owner-operators as independent contractors.
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Federal Regulations Eliminate Independent Contractor
Drivers, including independent contractors, are now legislatively deemed "statutory employees" of motor carriers and, as such, motor carriers can no longer escape liability through the use of linguistic gymnastics. The carrier's fate is now inextricably intertwined with …
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CEO of Trucking Org: I'm Already Short 80,000 Drivers
Liming · If it is allowed to proceed amid court challenges, President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate will make America's supply chain issues worse, according to a major figure in the trucking industry. Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations, outlined the damage the mandate could do during a Wednesday hearing of the House
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Liming · The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California recently ruled in an employment class action regarding misclassification of trucking industry owner-operators as independent contractors.
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TransAm Trucking wins two class-action lawsuits | Overdrive
Liming · Sep 4, 2018. Updated Sep 5, 2018. A federal judge recently ended two class-action lawsuits brought against TransAm Trucking, siding with the fleet. The rulings are not expected to be appealed. One
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Federal judge ends two lawsuits against TransAm Trucking
Kefid · Updated Sep 5, 2018. A federal judge recently ended two class action lawsuits against TransAm Trucking, siding with the fleet. One case alleged misclassification of drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. The court also denied the drivers' claims regarding minimum wage. Judge Eric F. Melgren in the United States District
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Trucking Companies …
Kefid · On January 15, 2019, in the case of New Prime Inc., v.Dominic Oliveira., Slip Opinion No. 17-340, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that trucking companies are not able to rely on arbitration clauses in agreements with independent contractors to avoid lawsuits from drivers.Under the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), courts are required to enforce private …
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Uncertain Trucking Industry Faces New Labor Laws, Court
Kefid · The issue: Since 2011, California's labor office has received more than 1,000 port trucking wage claims and issued 448 decisions in favor of truck drivers. It found that more than $50 mil-lion
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California Trucking Association v. Su, No. 17-55133 (9th
Liming · California Trucking Association v. Su, No. 17-55133 (9th Cir. 2018) The Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 does not preempt the California Labor Commissioner's use of a common law test, the Borello standard, to determine whether a motor carrier has properly classified its drivers as independent contractors. The Ninth
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Independent truckers' arbitration exemption could raise
Kefid · A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that holds independent contractor truck drivers are exempt from having to go through arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act could lead to increased defense and
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Federal Regulations Eliminate Independent Contractor
Federal Regulations Eliminate Independent Contractor
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Supreme Court Rules That Interstate Trucking Company
Kefid · New Prime, Inc. is an interstate trucking company that hired Oliveira and other drivers as independent contractors. Oliveira and a class of …
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California trucker group files first challenge to AB5 law
Liming · The court found that Dynamex misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors rather than employees and that all California-based companies that use independent contractors must use the "ABC test," a three …
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What's at stake with Supreme Court hearing AB 5 case
Liming · At stake is the ability of California truck drivers to decide their own future. A CTA study released in 2015 found owner-operators earned about 40% …
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Drivers Put Trucking and Logistics Companies in Cross
Kefid · Six of the nine cases reported below from July 2020 involve drivers' class action lawsuits alleging independent contractor misclassification against transportation and logistics companies. They include three settlements, the largest of which could cost the defendant trucking company as much as $28 million. The fourth and fifth cases involve conflicting decisions by key …
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California trucker group files first challenge to AB5 law
Kefid · The court found that Dynamex misclassified delivery drivers as independent contractors rather than employees and that all California-based companies that use independent contractors must use the "ABC test," a three …
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Supreme Court Rules That Interstate Trucking Company
Liming · New Prime, Inc. is an interstate trucking company that hired Oliveira and other drivers as independent contractors. Oliveira and a class of …
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Trucking Insurance Market Facing Challenges from New
Kefid · The transportation industry is considered a barometer of the U.S. economy. If freight is trending up, so too is the U.S. economy. But capacity constraints for trucking - including a shortage of qualified drivers, low truck supply and the rising costs of doing business - are squeezing trucking firms.
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