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For the employer who is in the right position to use it, an alternative to expensive health insurance might be a form of self insurance called Reference- Based Pricing (RBP). Typically, under RBP an insurance carrier is not involved, nor does a provider…
Although ecommerce has been cast as the fatal threat to bricks-and-mortar stores, retailers are discovering that stores help forge a valuable connection with customers in ways that online experiences cannot, a consultant argues. Erin Jordan, vice president…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a permanent crash preventability determination program to gather data identifying possible safety risks involving trucks and busses. The crash preventability program examines the feasibility, costs…
Research has come up with hard dollars-and-cents numbers to help assess the costs of making truck drivers wait to load or unload freight. The new data was released by the American Transportation Research Institute, the independent research arm of American…
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration issued a proposed change to the truck driver hours of service regulations intended to create greater flexibility. “This proposed rule seeks to enhance safety by giving America’s commercial drivers more flexibility…
It may surprise you to learn that there are circumstances where Occupational Safety and Health Administration will pay your attorney’s fees – but only in cases where the employer is found to be in the right and OSHA in the wrong. In a situation where your…
The stereotyped image of the overweight, unhealthy truck driver stubbornly persists in the public’s imagination for good reason – almost a third of American truck drivers display medical characteristics that fit the cliched image. That is the conclusion of a…
A task force made up of Surface Transportation Board staff has suggested that the agency embrace a series of initiatives intended to simplify and speed up the process that allows shippers to challenge railroad tariff increases. The Rate Reform Task Force was…
A trucking industry economic report shows for-hire trucking boomed in 2018, with total revenues of $796.7 billion compared to $700.1 billion in 2017. Trucks also carried 11.49 billion tons of freight in 2018, which amounted to 71.4% of all freight hauled in…
Because of changing consumer habits, mounting competitive pressures and forecasts of a further ecommerce “explosion,” the grocery industry is expected to face tremendous transformation over the next 10 years, reports CBRE, the global industrial real estate…
As students gear up to go back to school and college, families plan to spend more than ever on supplies ranging from pencils and backpacks to computers and dorm refrigerators, according to the National Retail Federations annual survey conducted by Prosper…
A federal appeals court has confirmed the federal exemption from state laws of truck drivers in interstate commerce, even if they handle only one leg of the goods’ journey. The decision is vital because it upholds the Motor Carrier Exemption (MCE) contained…