Even in the new Administration, motor carriers must continue to routinely scrutinize and update their driver models, lease agreements, and day-to-day operational practices.

An FMCSA task force is pushing Congress to ban carriers’ lease-purchase agreements. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Leasing Task Force submitted its final report to ...

On January 10, 2024 the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a final rule (29 CFR 795) revising the DOL’s guidance on how to analyze who is an employee or independent contractor under the ...

According to OOIDA, the bill could jeapardize equipment-decision-making independent by spurring more carriers to require ...

Trucking news and briefs for Friday, June 28, 2024: DOL funding bill would roll back independent contractor rule Appropriations action for fiscal year 2025 continued Thursday with the House ...

The Biden Administration’s Department of Labor on Jan. 10 finalized a rule that rolls back a Trump-era rule offering guidance on determining employee or independent contractor classification ...

“For decades, the independent contractor business model has been widely favored by intermodal motor carriers and drivers,” said IANA President and CEO Joni Casey in a statement.