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How to file a coercion or harassment complaint
Filing a coercion complaint can be done via the FMCSAâs National Consumer Complaint Database in the âDriverâ section. Also here, a look at the concentration of coercion complaints, by state, over the four years the Coercion Rule has been in place.
December 19, 2019
Business
Righteous whistleblower or âdisgruntled employeeâ?
A dispute between 30-year veteran driver Kevin Hosea and the small-fleet employer who fired him earlier this year shows the complexity of coercion-related cases. The fleet owner denies allegations of coercion.
December 17, 2019
Business
Cracks in the system: Blowing the whistle on coercion
In the more than four years since FMCSAâs driver protection rule took effect, results have been indirect at best, minimal at worst, when drivers report theyâve been pressured to violate regs.
December 9, 2019
Business
Truck operator fired for refusing to drive amid HOS concerns could get $275k from carrier
NFI fired the driver in 2012, a day after he refused to deliver a load to its original destination. OSHA says severe weather, flooded roads, traffic and crashes caused the trip to take much longer than anticipated. Per OSHA, the driver âbelieved he lacked sufficient time to complete the deliver and return home without violatingâ hours regs.
June 10, 2016
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: STAA driver-whistleblower protections explained
With the proposed anti-driver-coercion rule from the FMCSA now in a public comment period, the added legal protections it would bring for those blowing the whistle on unscrupulous motor carriers brought to mind the sometimes overlooked protections that already exist in the STAA.
May 15, 2014
Business
New Prime Inc. ordered to pay $100k to driver it allegedly retaliated against
New Prime Inc., part of mega fleet Prime Inc., has been ordered to pay a former driver $100,000 after OSHA deemed it submitted damaging information about the driver to DAC in retaliation. The carrier is appealing the ruling.
January 8, 2014
Business
Carrier ordered to pay back wages, rehire driver fired for refusing to drive over hours
A federal agency has ordered a Massachusetts carrier pay a driver $131,533 after firing him for refusing to drive after reaching the federal limit on hours.
July 25, 2013
Business
Motor Carriers Road Atlas
The 30th Edition Motor Carriers Road Atlas includes revised state and province maps, with updated mileages, additional suburb, town and small city names and better urban area representation. The maps have updates that show trucking-designated highways from the Surface Transportation Assistance Act. Changes in the truck-specific state contact information include operating authority contacts, emergency police [âŚ]
August 3, 2010
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