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Workers pursuing Class Action after 100 year old trucking company shutters abruptly without distributing final paychecks or benefits
Employees of an Oregon trucking company are pursuing Class Action grievances after the company shut abruptly without properly compensating them earlier this month. TP Freight Lines based in Oregon notified employees of the closure and shut its doors on August 4th. The next day, the company failed to make payroll. Now, workers are filing unemployment insurance claims, and the Teamsters union…
Woman charged over vandalism of World War II Memorial
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday that a woman had been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism at the World War II Memorial in Washington.Melissa Farris was charged with depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans’ memorials, Pirro said on social media,…
Will Truck Parking Club ever start accepting fuel stop points?
Truck Parking Club has added nearly 6,000 new truck parking locations across the United States, something met with near universal…
Wife of active-duty Army sergeant deported to Honduras
The wife of an active-duty soldier was deported to Honduras on Monday, her husband confirmed.ICE agents detained Cristy Maryori Villafranca…
Why you can tell your attorney anything – almost
Discussions of previous acts, such as speeding or log book violations that went undetected, are generally subject to attorney-client privilege.Max…
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Adjust your cost basis and rates before costs increase
Owner-operator Robert Boyle has been recovering from shoulder surgery since June. Boyle, who lives near Dayton, Ohio, is an experienced truck owner, and a longtime confidant of mine when it comes to business issues. We caught up recently and, in the early steps of returning to driving responsibilities (he’s had…
What you need to know about the Canadian ELD mandate
No. 1 on the priority list, perhaps, is that it’s set for full implementation and enforcement in under a year — June 12, 2021, will be Canada’s Dec. 17, 2019, so to speak. That’s right: Unlike in the United States, where a two-year grace period was given for older-style AOBRD…
Extensions of CDL-related COVID waivers unlikely at yearend
The grace periods for expired CDLs and related credentials, extended repeatedly during the COVID-19 pandemic, are coming to an end, said a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official. The update was given Tuesday by Joe DeLorenzo, director of FMCSA‘s Office of Enforcement & Compliance, during a virtual User Summit hosted…
Does workers’ compensation cover COVID-19 for truckers?
It isn’t clear whether a truck driver will be considered an essential worker, protected by a presumption that any COVID-19 infection occurred on the job. Such determinations could vary by state. Lawyers get asked questions. A lot of questions. Some are easy to answer. For example: Q: Why are you…
Drivers wade slowly into new HOS options, ELD makers report
Anecdotally, users of the Maven Machines’ ELD are still getting acquainted with the split-sleeper options, said Avi Geller, with its customers reporting they’re eyeing their regular schedules for ways to utilize the new provisions. “As people get more comfortable with the regs and what it allows them to do, I…
ELD makers, like drivers, navigating new HOS regs
Operators' frustration with some electronic logging devices in the wake of the hours of service changes has mounted with programmers' difficulty accounting for drivers' intentions when splitting breaks.Several prominent ELD providers have said they’ve issued multiple software updates — with more likely coming — to help drivers manage the new…
KeepTruckin’ reveals Smart Load Board
The KeepTruckin company, more than a year after announcing work toward a freight platform, has finally debuted its Smart Load Board, a freight matching system available free to users with KeepTruckin accounts. Partners in the launch include a variety of brokers and carriers with brokerage wings, ranging from Echo Global…
Enforcement preparation for the new hours of service changes
Since the report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Safety Summit about the agency’s intent to continue down the track — “full speed ahead,” ran a portion of the headline — in implementing the new hours of service rule on Sept. 29, yet more evidence is on offer…