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Hourly driver pay, insurance increase part of Senator’s truck safety bill
A bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate would if passed require employers to pay truck operators for all hours worked, rather than solely per-mile pay, and double the minimum amount of liability insurance required to be held by motor carriers.
July 13, 2015
The Senate’s Truck Safety Act would require carriers to pay drivers for all time worked, including hours spent at shippers and receivers.
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Opposition expected against restart rollback on Senate floor this week
As the Senate resumes work this week on its 2015 DOT-funding bill, the American Trucking Associations said it expects an attempt will come on the Senate floor to undo work by the Senate Appropriations committee to halt certain provisions of the current hours-of-service rule.
June 17, 2014
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