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Senate FAA bill skips language on state regulation of truckers’ hours, pay reform
The Senate’s Commerce Committee late Wednesday unveiled its version of a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that, unlike its counterpart in the House, does not include trucking-specific language on state regulation of truck drivers’ hours of service and pay.
March 10, 2016
Channel 19
An hourly future for driver pay?
There’s evidence that legal and other pressures could lead to more prevalence for a time-based pay model, particularly for company drivers. Should a state-to-state patchwork of enforceable labor laws be the way forward?
February 9, 2016
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
Channel 19
Driver voices raised against highway bill amendment to resolve state/federal legal conflicts
Protection of independent/small-fleet business freedom or “wage theft” from company drivers? A growing conflict over a highway-bill amendment as House-Senate conference gets under way.
November 16, 2015
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: Highway bill effort to resolve federal/state legal conflict over carrier services, driver wages
New court interpretations of the FAAAA introduce contradictions between federal and state law (particularly in CA) that challenge incentive-based compensation.
November 2, 2015
Business
Clean Ports bill floated in Congress
The Clean Ports Act, introduced for the third time in as many years in Congress, would give states and local jurisdictions more authority over interstate commerce.
August 29, 2013
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