“Nuclear” verdicts by juries in the last decade will cause insurance premiums to go up between 20 and 25 percent when carriers renew their policies in 2020, “even if they are doing an outstanding job,” a speaker told fleets at the CCJ Solutions Summit, Nov. 19 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Insurance companies in the trucking market have been running […]
Evaluating the truck makes and models that best fit a fleet’s operation – and drive the best cost of ownership – can be a long and arduous process, but knowing when to sell or trade that equipment can be just as important. Advancements in new trucks have made studying trade cycle critical for carriers looking to maximize […]
Prime, Inc. and Landstar System, two of the largest contractors of owner-operators in the country, have told their California-based owner-operators they can no longer contract with them unless they move out of state. The fleets are overhauling their California operations to manage the requirements of the state’s Assembly Bill 5 — a restrictive legislative package […]
Ridesharing platforms Uber and Lyft this week began rolling out their plan for trying to convince California lawmakers to exempt them from the state’s new restrictive labor law, colloquially known as A.B. 5. The tech companies hope for relief from a legislative act that could spell disaster for their business model. A.B. 5, just signed by […]
The California Trucking Association and two independent owner-operators based in the state have filed a lawsuit that seeks to derail the state’s test for determining whether a worker should be classified as a company employee or an independent contractor. The so-called ABC test, set in place by the California Supreme Court in April 2018 in […]
Landstar System, No. 8 in the CCJ Top 250 and the largest employer of owner-operators in the U.S., appears poised to restructure its California operations in the wake of a new California law that restricts the use of independent contractors by businesses. According to a letter sent to the company’s more than 10,000 owner-operators, Landstar […]
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Fleets and owner-operators are being asked by the Indiana Department of Revenue to allow extra time for oversize/overweight permits to be reviewed and issued. The department says summer is peak season for both carrier permitting requests and Indiana road construction, causing higher levels of permit volume and complexity. DOR says most basic permits are issued […]
