Leveraging its nationwide network of more than 7,000 attorneys, TVC has a high success rate reducing or dismissing citations.
FMCSA new authority approval at record high from spot rates and tight capacity The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is setting records. New motor carrier authority approvals are at an […]
President Biden has ordered companies of 100 or more employees to require workers to be vaccinated or tested weekly.
Retaining drivers — not increasing the driver pool — is the way to address supply chain disruption, OOIDA asserts.
Trucking companies outbidding each other for drivers using salary and per-mile wage increases are leaving themselves vulnerable when the next economic downturn hits, the American Trucking Association’s chief economist warns. […]
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels says, “Communication between a driver and their fleet manager or safety department should be an open line for expressing what you want from them, but also what should they expect from you?”
The use of hair tests to detect drug use among truckers is one step closer to reality.
Chris Henry writes about the true costs of “unseated” trucks and what carriers can do to keep their number of unseated trucks as close to zero as possible.
February is National Heart Month. Truck drivers’ health is a key issue; here are some tips to get healthier!
Learn about nine different types of truck driving jobs that are available.
The gig economy is one more challenge for truck drivers.
Consistently meeting expectations goes a long way toward keeping drivers on board.
The operating realities of long-haul, for-hire trucking translates into working conditions that require both employee and independent contractor drivers to be away from home, and alone for days and sometimes weeks at a time. This combined with transit delays (both on the road and at customer facilities), and lifestyle-related health pressures (sleep deprivation and poor eating choices) are the primary causes of both short and long-term turnover.
Understanding all of your options when it comes to improving driver comfort
Sandeep Kar has written a thought-provoking article about changes in trucks and how those changes affect truck drivers. He also writes about what the future may hold for truck drivers in the coming years.
Workhound bridges the gap between fleets and drivers by actually listening to what drivers want and translating that into real-time actionable insights for fleets to help them reduce turnover.
One aspect of increasing driver retention is to recognize the strong correlation between turnover and quality hiring.
The JOBehaviors Assessment helps carriers identify applicants who possess the behaviors, core values, and attributes of top performing truck drivers. Fleets who implement the assessment see higher productivity and lower turnover.
Truck tonnage rose in August and driver turnover jumped in the second quarter according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations.
The trucking turnover rate at truckload fleets remains near historical lows, but it did tick up a bit in the first quarter of 2017, said the American Trucking Associations.
