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Not âengaged to waitâ while in the sleeper? Readers respond to federal labor opinion on driver compensation
More readers than not agreed with commenter Jason McCarter that, âif you are in your truck at any time, you should be paid,â even if off-duty in the sleeper. Find other views, including those contrary, in this round-up of voices with poll results about sleeper time and pay for employee drivers.
August 8, 2019
Business
Trucking employment slipped again in June
Juneâs trucking jobs dip comes amid an otherwise solid month for employment for the U.S. economy, which added 222,000 jobs in the month. The countryâs unemployment rate was 4.4 percent.
July 7, 2017
Business
Truckers Fund/Fastport retraining initiative
The SCFâs new partnership with Fastport offers referral opportunities to apprenticeship programs to be trained in other transportation jobs for SCT beneficiaries unable to return to driving.
March 28, 2017
Channel 19
âOne out of every six Americans killed on the job is a truck driverâ
Thatâs directly from a Department of Labor blog post about workplace-death stats, explored here. And: One operatorâs reliable truck is anotherâs âdream gearâ â one driverâs wisecrack âcomment of the weekââŚ
August 18, 2016
Business
Congress eyes employee misclassification
U.S. and state officials have investigated misclassification in recent years, with industries such as trucking and construction drawing more scrutiny.
June 18, 2010
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