Trucking news & briefs for Tuesday, July 21, 2020:
Large truck stop chain to require masks at all locations
Beginning Wednesday, July 29, Love’s Travel Stops will require customers to wear face coverings at all of their Love’s Travel Stop, Love’s Country Store, Love’s Truck Care and Speedco locations across the country. Love’s operates some 520 locations in 41 states.
The new requirement is intended to help protect customers, team members and local communities from the spread of COVID-19, according to a statement from the company Tuesday.
Customers who don’t have their own face mask or covering can purchase them at Love’s.
The company’s statement said the company is continuing to prioritize the health and safety of customers and team members by performing vigorous and frequent cleaning and disinfecting measures, practicing social distancing and requiring all team members to wear face coverings.
Love’s mask requirement comes as many states are seeing increases in new cases and deaths from the coronavirus. The U.S. has reported a total of 3.8 million COVID-19 infections and almost 141,000 deaths related to the coronavirus since the first reported case in late January.
Fleets owners advised on contractor compensation reporting for 2020
Owner-operator business services firm ATBS is advising fleet owners contracting with owner-operators that the Internal Revenue Service will return to use of Form 1099-NEC (for “Non-Employee Compensation”) for payments made during the current, 2020 tax year. The change will require fleet owners to issue a different form to their owner-operator independent contractors, rather than the Form 1099-MISC that has been customary since 1983.
