The majority of owner-operators indicated that they would expect to experience significant decreases in their job satisfaction and annual income if they were reclassified to a company driver, ...
Employee or independent contractor? For many heavy-duty trucking companies that use leased owner-operator truck drivers, the final answer might require a coin toss. On Jan. 10, the Labor Department ...
Owner-operators pushed to allow CDL trainers to self-certify their compliance with federal regs. Now FMCSA seeks to stop that ...
If you are a commercial truck driver who owns your own truck, you may need to maintain several types of business insurance, ...
With economic pressures including record inflation, still-high diesel prices, and volatile freight markets hurting the bottom line of even the largest carriers, owner-operators are having to stay on ...
CarriersEdge recently released a new business training course for new and aspiring owner-operators. The Owner Operator Business Skills course was created to educate current company drivers about the ...
"It's about the only way I would do it. If you operate for all-miles pay ... you're letting the house hold your cards. [When you do that,] the pay's always going to be less." --Owner-operator Henry ...
Being an owner-operator is an appealing career option for many drivers, but motor carriers that create opportunities through lease-purchase agreements face mounting legal challenges. Motor carriers ...
The challenges facing the trucking industry are well-established. A tough job made tougher by challenges in the supply chain has led to driver shortages in recent years. But Rocky River-based trucking ...
TOOELE, Utah (KUTV) — Truck drivers are calling for stronger regulations for training after a severe crash in Tooele on Friday. “Trucker’s offices are the interstate highway so there is no one who is ...
The Port of Oakland last week cleared out the truckers that came from throughout the state to protest AB-5— a state law making it more difficult for truck drivers, and other workers, to operate as ...