Many truck drivers have been treated as independent contractors to avoid the costs and complexities of tracking their hours and paying hourly wages, including, where applicable, overtime pay, and also ...
The trucking industry has strong opinions about regulators’ independent contractor classification rules. But how important are these rules? The classification concerns a regulation that has little ...
Lawyers representing ride share drivers have argued for years that their clients are being misclassified as independent contractors under federal and state laws. They have attained little success, ...
Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...
As with most things involving the government, regulations take time to finalize, opening the door for criticism and comments from those who are or will be affected. There has been negative feedback on ...
Canadian fleets that misclassified drivers as independent contractors are scrambling to change their payroll models as a wave ...
On July 25, 2024, the Supreme Court of California upheld a state law permitting ride-sharing apps to continue classifying their drivers as independent contractors, rather than employees. The ruling is ...
A new U.S. Department of Labor rule announced Jan. 9 adopts a multistep “economic factors” test for companies to follow to determine whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor ...
NEBRASKA LAWMAKERS GIVE FIRST-ROUND APPROVAL TO A BILL THAT CLASSIFIES RIDESHARE DRIVERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I’M JULIE CORNELL. I’M ROB MCCARTNEY. WHILE IT ADVANCES WITH ...