Tag: Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Business

UPS Freight fined after firing driver who refused to drive without a required ELD

OSHA ordered UPS Freight to pay the driver $15,273 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in punitive damages and approximately $2,700 in back wages plus interest. The unnamed driver was fired for refusing to drive without an ELD, and his termination was later modified to be a suspension, according to OSHA.

December 11, 2019

Business

Trucker ordered to receive nearly $200,000 after being fired for refusing to drive in bad weather

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered Kentucky-based Freight Rite to reinstate a box truck driver and pay him $31,569 in back wages and interest, $100,000 in punitive damages, $50,000 in compensatory damages and reasonable attorney fees.

July 1, 2019

Business

Proper Inflation

Maintaining the ideal air pressure is the most important step in keeping tires in peak operating condition.

July 1, 2011

Business

Agency orders whistle blower driver reinstated

The U.S. Department of Labor ordered a Florida trucking company to reinstate a driver fired for refusing to drive two unsafe trucks.

October 27, 2010