Regulators may use waivers to give California and Washington more power over truck driver work rules that the Trump administration found were preempted.
FMCSA hours-of-service exemption weighs heavily in a court decision rejecting wage claims against XPO Logistics.
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office has fined Green Messengers and Amazon.com Services a total of $6.4 million for what it said was wage theft from delivery drivers.
A judge denied the request by truckload carrier Western Express to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a driver seeking meal- and rest-break pay.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, Heartland Express announces an operating income improvement in its Q4 earnings. Plus, an appeals court says California can’t regulate a truck driver’s meal and rest breaks, and Daseke’s board chairman talks the future of the company.
Three-judge panel upholds determination by FMCSA that the agency preempts California’s meal/rest break rules
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Spear says the ATA is spending $2 million to litigate Rhode Island truck tolling.
State laws are preempted by federal hours-of-service regulations, agency finds.
Nashville-based truckload carrier also wants to move case from Washington to Tennessee.
Company seeks stay from federal court while it considers Supreme Court appeal.
“No decisions” on next steps after appeals court ruling on sleeper berth petition.
Walmart argues that jury took things too literally in awarding back pay to California drivers
Funding bill leaves out protections sought by U.S. House.
Chances considered strong for federal hours-of-service preempting state law.
TIA, ATA and OOIDA call provision to make CSA scores public “dangerous”
Measure also seeks to keep 30-minute rest break, ag hauler ELD exemption.
A California federal court dismissed part of a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) that claimed the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload carrier violated the state’s meal and rest break laws. […]
California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have filed petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the preemption of the state’s meal and rest break rules for interstate truck drivers.
Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.
FMCSA has ruled that California can’t dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations.
Just weeks after a federal judge sided with the company and decertified a class of about 11,000 current and former drivers who filed suit, J.B. Hunt has reportedly reached a $15 million settlement with the drivers.
Under California law, drivers making their way through the Golden State are entitled to a 30-minute meal break for every five hours worked.
FMCSA Administrator Martinez and his officials listened to truck drivers and fleet owners as they asked for more flexibility in the hours of service. The usefulness of split sleeping and breaking up the mandatory 30 minute break were brought up most frequently.
The long-anticipated Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill is up for a vote and it does not include the controversial meal-and-rest break provision that the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other industry forces were seeking.
