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Federal judge’s opinion presents a twist in California’s independent-contractor status conflict
A new judgement in a federal district court interprets the strict ABC employee/contractor test as pre-empted by federal law when it comes to truck transportation, bucking an April ruling by the California Supreme Court.
December 18, 2018
Business
Class of FedEx Ground independent contractors deemed employees in Kansas Supreme Court
FedEx response to the ruling expressed commitment to protect “the rights of thousands of independent business owners to continue owning and operating their own businesses.”
October 7, 2014
Voices
The undeclared war on owner-operators
Reclassification, hours of service rules, increased equipment costs and state and local regulations on idling, parking and noise are smothering the owner-operator, writes Greg Fulton.
July 30, 2013
Channel 19
Some L.A. port truckers voting for union representation
Employee unions can be tools toward giving workers a stronger basis in decisions regarding their collective interests, just as small-business associations can help to give collective voice to small business interests. Where the line between the two is blurred, however, there may well be unintended consequences of legal moves in either or the other direction. […]
April 9, 2012
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