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President Biden’s attempt to force employers to ensure their employees were vaccinated against Covid 19 went down in flames when a 6-3 majority of Supreme Court justices said the order issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration under a…
Reviving efforts begun during the Obama era, the Biden administration is once again launching full-scale attacks on the legal status of independent contractors, including truck owner-operators. In early January, the Department of Labor and National Labor…
A new study from the American Transportation Research Institute quantifies the impact of small trial verdicts and settlements on trucking. The new report takes a closer look at how verdicts and settlements under $1 million impact the industry. An important…
Over President Biden’s early opposition, an overwhelming majority of congressional Democrats and Republicans joined to pass a bill banning imports of goods produced by Chinese slave labor. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act was signed into law on Dec. 23…
A top official at the National Labor Relations Board announced it will actively promote U.S. labor law protections for illegal immigrants. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued a memo describing actions the board will undertake to help these workers,…
New research shows that 58% of organizations are voluntarily conducting pay equity reviews to identify possible pay differences between employees performing similar work. Conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management, the study found that of those…
In addition to funding highways and bridges, the recently enacted $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act has set ambitious goals for workforce development in manufacturing and the transportation industries. Most notably, the new law targets the…
If there was any doubt remaining that the Biden administration is the most pro-labor in history, it has been thoroughly obliterated by Jennifer Abruzzo, who he named General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. At the end of September, she wrote a…
The minimum wage for federal contractors and subcontractors will rise from the current $10.95 an hour to $15.00 effective Jan. 30, 2022, and will increase each year after that. However, the final rule issued by the Labor Department does not apply…
The American Transportation Research Institute released research that describes what it calls a workable framework for electric vehicle (EV) taxation to support transportation infrastructure. By applying a small tax on the electricity used in transportation,…
Speeding was the top violation for truck and bus drivers during July’s driver safety roadside event held by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance. Called Operation Safer Driver Week, it also drew first-time participation by the Department of…
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched an initiative to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-tech tools used in hiring and other employment decisions comply with federal civil rights laws “Artificial intelligence and…