Department of Labor Proposes Withdrawal of Its Independent Contractor Rule
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The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed withdrawing a rule adopted in the waning days of the Trump administration that was generally perceived to be favorable to motor carriers’ use of independent contractors.
The rule, which revised the agency’s interpretation of independent contractor status under federal law, was set to take effect May 7.
“Among the reasons the Department is proposing to withdraw the rule is that, upon further review and consideration of the rule, the department questions whether the rule is fully aligned with the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s text and purpose or case law describing and applying the economic realities test,” the DOL said in a March 12 Federal Register post.
JOC Rankings: Truckload carriers trimmed fleets in 2020 as revenues slid
| Mar 16, 2021 1:14PM EDT
As the market careened downhill in the first half of 2020, many of the largest truckload carriers began reducing their fleets, and many did not begin adding trucks when demand returned and capacity tightened.
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Mar 15, 2021
Demographics show the driver shortage will become more pronounced in years to come. Nearly 57% of all truckers are over 45 and 23% are over 55.
Is the US logistics industry really facing a dire shortage of commercial truck drivers? This question is up for debate after the global health pandemic of 2020 reshuffled the labor deck.
On Monday, Coyote Logistics and Emsi released an in-depth research report, “Drivers Wanted,” that covers the present and future of the truck driver labor pool. The report combines labor market data with on-the-ground insights from the transportation and logistics industry.
Coyote Logistics is a third-party logistics (3PL) provider with a global network of over 70,000 carriers and 14,000 shippers. Emsi is an economic data and analytics firm based in Moscow, Idaho.
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