Tag: denham amendment

Business

Carriers, drivers exempt from California break laws, FMCSA rules

In a significant decision that rebukes a major 2014 ruling by a federal court, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has said that carriers do not have to comply with California laws requiring employers to provide workers with regular meal breaks and paid rest breaks.

December 21, 2018

Business

Denham, top recipient of trucking campaign dollars and ATA ally, loses re-election bid

Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.), the top beneficiary of trucking industry political campaign contributions for the 2018 midterms, has lost his seat in the U.S. House. Denham had been a strong ally of ATA’s in the fight against California’s meal and rest break requirements.

November 14, 2018

Voices

POLL: Which issue would you describe as the biggest in trucking today?

Which of these major issues of discussion in trucking gets your vote for the most pressing today?

October 30, 2018

Business

ATA takes fight over California break laws to U.S. DOT

The American Trucking Assocations has turned its attention to the Dept. of Transportation in its quest to relieve carriers operating in Calif. from break laws.

October 2, 2018

Business

Drivers for Pepsi fleet agree to $5M settlement in case involving California break laws

A federal court is set to consider a $5 million settlement proposed by California-based drivers for Pepsi’s private fleet. The issue of California’s break laws has bubbled over in recent years, with carriers being hit with large court-ordered payouts for not complying with the state’s laws.

July 12, 2018

Business

FMCSA boss Martinez tells Congress ELDs a first step toward adding hours flexibility

Ray Martinez, head of the FMCSA, thinks so and expressed to Congressional lawmakers how the ELD mandate should lead to hours of service flexibility.

May 30, 2018

Business

House DOT bill further delays ELDs for livestockers, blocks state-mandated driver breaks

If the House DOT bill passes, it'll delay ELDs for livestock and bee haulers until Sept. 2019 and block state-enforced carrier paid breaks for truck drivers.

May 16, 2018

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD delay, trucker break laws on Congressional docket in coming weeks

A few prominent trucking policy reforms could be on tap in Congress in the coming weeks and months as lawmakers return to Washington from their annual August recess. Most prominently, lawmakers could take up a bill — or a rider to a must-pass spending bill — to delay the compliance date of the looming electronic logging device mandate.

September 5, 2017

Business

As cow haulers applaud ELD exemption in DOT funding bill, legislation advances

A bill that would exempt carriers from state laws requiring paid meal and rest breaks for drivers and, at least short term, exempt livestock haulers from compliance with the federal electronic logging device has been passed by the House Appropriations Committee’s transportation subcommittee.

July 13, 2017

Business

DOT bill would nix state-mandated breaks for truckers, exempt livestock haulers from ELD mandate

The House’s 2018 DOT funding bill would bar states from requiring carriers to give drivers paid meal and rest breaks, spur FMCSA to adopt CSA reforms and exempt livestock and insect haulers from ELD compliance.

July 11, 2017

Business

Trucker pay reform efforts at state level could be stymied by revival of Denham Amendment

Congress is again considering legislation that would block state-level efforts to dictate driver pay reforms and hours of service restrictions. The so-called Denham Amendment, first brought to the table by Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) in 2015, seeks to reassert federal authority over hours of service regulations and the industry’s standard per-mile driver pay model.

July 5, 2017

Business

Aviation bill would reemphasize federal authority over states’ regulation of truckers’ hours, pay

A bill unveiled in the U.S. House’s Transportation Committee this week seeks to restrict state’s ability to regulate truckers’ on-duty time, such as required rest breaks, and could have an impact on driver pay reform efforts being conducted at state levels.

February 4, 2016