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Calif. lawmakers proceeding with bill that imperils owner-operator model
Despite ongoing challenges against its root court decision, lawmakers in California are pressing forward with a bill that its opponents say threatens the traditional owner-operator model in the state.
July 8, 2019
Business
NLRB’s updated guidance on independent contractor status focuses on drivers’ operational freedoms
Transportation attorney Jack Finklea says the new guidance focuses on “the freedom to accept or reject particular loads, the freedom to start operating when they want or stop operating when they want, or not work at all on a particular day, week or month,” and more.
January 29, 2019
Business
Federal judge’s opinion presents a twist in California’s independent-contractor status conflict
A new judgement in a federal district court interprets the strict ABC employee/contractor test as pre-empted by federal law when it comes to truck transportation, bucking an April ruling by the California Supreme Court.
December 18, 2018
Business
Truckers, contractors to rally Wednesday at Calif. Capitol to urge for legislative protection for independents
Workers rally to improve legislative protection for independent contractors at California state's Capitol building. Get the details on Overdrive.
August 14, 2018
Business
California Supreme Court: Law favors employee driver classification over independent contractor status
The California Supreme Court on Monday issued a ruling outlining loose criteria by which carriers should determine whether a driver is an employee — and thereby entitled to certain benefits and  protections granted by California labor laws — or an independent contractor, and thereby not subject to requirements like minimum wage and meal and rest breaks, among other benefits.
May 4, 2018
Business
LA-area truckers end strike by picketing at City Hall
Truckers working in drayage operations in Southern California ports held a week-long strike last week to protest what they say is employee misclassification and the costs of compliance with area ports’ emissions reduction plans. They marched to LA City Hall last week to air their concerns to the city’s government.
June 26, 2017
Business
Owner-operators for CEVA deemed contractors, not company employees
Owner-operators leased to CEVA Freight were rightly classified as independent contractors, an Oregon appeals court ruled. The carrier challenged the state’s labor department’s assertion that they should have been classified as company employees.
July 27, 2016
Business
Truckers sue Amazon, claim online retailer denying them wages by classifying them as contractors
The truckers claim Amazon and carrier Scoobeez operate in “clear abuse of the independent contractor” model, part of a system they say allows the companies to skirt minimum wage laws and break requirements set by California labor laws.
October 28, 2015
Business
Truckers strike continues for 10th week at CA ports, more join
Truckers picketing Pacific 9 Transportation have been joined by drivers from two other Southern California drayage companies as Pac 9 enters its 10th week of strike.
September 15, 2015
Business
Trucker awarded $180k in back wages and more over classification as contractor
A California judge has upheld the state labor commissioner’s decision that a trucker misclassified as an independent contractor is owed back wages and expenses totaling nearly $180,000.
August 4, 2015
Business
Port truckers strike again over wage theft claims, feds intervene in port deal
Truckers at California’s Pacific 9 have begun what the Teamsters have described as an “indefinite strike,” aiming to be classified as employees instead of independent contractors.
July 23, 2015
Business
Court again sides with drivers in classification case against FedEx Ground
Upholding a Kansas Supreme Court ruling made last year, the federal appeals court agreed with the driver plaintiffs, saying they should have been classified as company employees, not contractors.
July 13, 2015
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