FMCSA to study sexual assault in trucking
Federal regulators are responding to complaints that the government is not doing enough to protect women and minority truck drivers.
Federal regulators are responding to complaints that the government is not doing enough to protect women and minority truck drivers.
DOT’s latest regulatory agenda reveals regulators will be taking no action on a costly new safety equipment proposal for almost a year.
Advocate for female truckers says new EEOC policies are overdue.
The first meeting of federal panel aimed at promoting women in trucking includes shots taken at a study that one member asserted downplays the prevalence of rape.
On this episode of Net-Zero Carbon, Tyler Cole, director of carbon intelligence at FreightWaves, chats with Desiree Wood, founder and president of REAL Women in Trucking, about truck driver issues […]
Anyone can be the target of an employment-related lawsuit; don’t think that because your motor carrier is small or lacks a formal office that the need for insurance diminishes.
Bill would require DOT to make assault and harassment incidents publicly available.
Study would bolster steps undertaken in the private sector to address the problem.
Alleging that Prime Inc. put female truck drivers in harm’s way, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit this week against the carrier, alleging Prime did not take adequate steps to prevent sexual harassment of a female truck driver.