Mileage Matters | June 14, 2022 |
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ATA Dispatch- The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced plans to issue a new rulemaking on independent contractor versus employee status under the Fair Labor Standards Act in a blog post from Jessica Looman, acting administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division.
DOL is holding public forums to hear from those who may be affected by employee or independent contractor classification:
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Employer Forum: June 24, 2022, from 2:30 – 4:30 pm ET - RSVP HERE
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Worker Forum: June 29, 2022, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm ET - RSVP HERE
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MTA held its annual Truck Driving Championship Saturday, June 11. Forty-nine drivers demonstrated their driving prowess in nine categories, including our first step van competition!
Winners include:
- Grand Champion: Chad Williams, Old Dominion Freight Lines (photo)
- Rookie of the Year: Mark Sanderson, FedEx Freight
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Thank you Truck Driving Championship Sponsors |
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Freight Waves- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is moving closer to settling a controversy over how to define freight brokers while also clarifying the level of financial penalties for unauthorized brokerages.
In a notice published in the Federal Register, FMCSA is asking the public for responses to a series of questions “to inform future guidance on the definitions of broker and bona fide agents,” the agency stated.
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Commercial Carriers Journal- With fatalities involving commercial motor vehicle crashes increasing sharply, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that it would award more than $463 million in grants to states to reduce CMV-involved crashes, fatalities and injuries through commercial vehicle-focused safety programs.
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Transport Topics- A top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration says a proposed rulemaking for fully automated heavy trucks is targeted for later this year.
Automated truck testing is ramping up fast, advancing to 28 states. Across these tests, more than 100 trucks have been retrofitted with self-driving technology, and all use safety drivers.
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Transport Topics- For the past two years, Pavan Pidugu, chief technology officer for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has quietly been working behind the scenes to conduct a sweeping transformation of many of the agency’s admittedly decades-old technology systems.
Pidugu already has put his stamp on new user-friendly IT systems to streamline roadside inspections, the motor carrier registration process and the agency’s medical examiners registration website.
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CVSA.org- The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced August 21-27 as the dates for this year’s Brake Safety Week.
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The Trucker- The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has updated, improved and re-released its emergency declarations website.
Previously, the emergency declarations website focused just on emergency relief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations § 390-399. It has now expanded its offerings.
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Heavy Duty Trucking- While more than half of professional truck drivers aren’t currently looking for a job, those that are say the most influential factor when choosing a carrier to drive for is online reviews from other drivers, according to a recent survey.
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Commercial Carriers Journal- High schools across the U.S. have over 1,200 career technical programs for woodworking, over 1,400 for automotive and over 3,000 for construction -- but only around 180 diesel technology programs and just nine with CDL programs.
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Trucking is part of the solution
Detroit News- Because so many consumers enjoy the convenience of shopping with the click of a button, criminals have found it lucrative to target unsuspecting online consumers with stolen or counterfeit goods.
A proposal recently approved by the Michigan Senate and under review by the Michigan House of Representatives could greatly help by requiring online marketplaces to track who is selling products on their platforms.
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