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Trucking’s exemption from Calif.’s owner-operator test still in place, despite state court opinion
"Regardless of what the state court says," the federal injunction against California's A.B. 5 law as it relates to trucking still applies. More on Overdrive.
December 7, 2020
Business
Record-setting wildfires shut down highways in California, Oregon, Washington
A number of highways are closed in California, Oregon and Washington due to record-setting wildfires in the region. In other news: ThermoKing offers solar panel option in heat units; ITI delivers driver training on the hours changes; free lunch for driver at Tennessee weigh station.
September 9, 2020
Business
Pivotal decision looms in case to preserve leased owner-operators’ ability to work in California
During a high-level federal appellate court hearing, trucking groups argued that motor carriers should remain exempt from California's restrictive A.B. 5 law.
September 2, 2020
Business
Spot market volume fell last week with holiday, third quarter beginning, but rates rose
Average rates increased as shippers pushed freight out the door before the end of the quarter, but look ahead for declining rates through summer. Details here.
July 10, 2020
Overdrive Radio
‘Over the road’ episode 6: Our Punjabi brothers
Binda Atwal leads the Over the Road team through the heavily Punjabi-influenced trucking world around his home base in California. Listen here on Overdrive.
April 30, 2020
Business
News roundup, Jan. 28: Supreme Court won’t hear OOIDA’s challenge to increasing PA Turnpike tolls; little reader support for ABC tests; longtime Talladega trucker passes away
The U.S. Supreme Court denied OOIDA’s request to hear its case against the increasing Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls. A sizable majority of Overdrive readers against the ABC test for the independent contractor classification as too simplistic//broad for trucking.
January 28, 2020
Business
For now, trucking remains exempt from California’s restrictive contractor law
A federal judge on Monday extended an injunction against California’s restrictive, anti-owner-operator law, allowing trucking to remain exempt until further notice.
January 13, 2020
Business
News round-up, Dec. 23: Lawsuit challenges California A.B. 5 construction-trucking provision; New parts lookup site
A new lawsuit from the Western States Trucking Association challenges California’s A.B. 5 stiff construction trucking provisions. Diesel Laptops launches an open-beta parts-lookup tool available free of charge.
December 23, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Death throes for the leased owner-operator model?
Clifford Petersen on the hope for successful pushback against California A.B. 5 and similar laws: “I choose to be self-employed because I like being in control of my own destination …, knowing that my success is based upon my faith, my effort, my ability to learn, and my ability to adapt.”
December 4, 2019
Business
With New Jersey bill on deck, ABC tests could eventually stumble into Supreme Court
Sliding in on the coattails of California’s September passage of a law that has undercut leased owner-operators’ ability to work in the state, New Jersey has introduced eerily similar legislation in its Congress. Attorney Bob Roginson says those laws could eventually be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
December 3, 2019
Business
In lawsuit, state group says more than 70,000 owner-operators could be hampered by Calif. IC law
The California Trucking Association and two independent owner-operators based in the state have filed a lawsuit that seeks to derail California’s test for determining whether a worker should be classified as a company employee or an independent contractor.
November 14, 2019
Voices
POLL: Will California’s A.B. 5 contractor law directly affect your business?
California-based leased owner-operators, or those who haul into California, do you know at this point how the state’s A.B. 5 independent contractor law is going to affect your operation? Too early to say? Still mulling options? Weigh in here.
November 13, 2019
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