New law makes retailers share liability for misclassified truck drivers at California ports

A new California law attempts to resolve a long-r.....»»

Scott Olson/Getty AB5, a new California law that makes it significantly harder to classify workers as independent contractors, went into effect Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, however, .....»»

Retailers would be jointly legally liable for workplace abuses of port truckers at California's busy Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland. Target, Costco, and Home Depot are among the big-name retail .....»»

Next, a technology startup that connects shippers at ports and truck drivers, has secured $97 million to expand beyond Southern California. The series C round of financing was led by Brookfield Ventures, with participation from Sequoia Capital, GLP,.....»»

With the cameras installed, "we have zero privacy and no margin for error," a California-based delivery driver told Insider. An Amazon delivery driver. Patrick Fallon/Getty Images .....»»

David McNew/Getty Images) Truck drivers in Arizona, Texas, and California are protesting rock-bottom rates. The coronavirus has dragged rates in the trucking industry down to the lowest levels seen since 2009. Truck drivers in California will protest .....»»

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Los Angeles and Long Beach officials voted Monday to impose a modest fee on shipping containers moving through the nation's biggest port complex, marking a first step toward helping truck drivers replace their diesel rigs with cleaner models. .....»»

If the everyday use of electric trucks seems decades away, come to Chino, California, where zero-emission battery-powered Class 8 semis silently arrive and depart daily from NFI Industries bound for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. read more.....»»

Volkswagen's TRATON SE truck unit late Thursday offered $2.9 billion, or $35 a share in cash, for the 83% of Navistar International Corp. (NYSE: NAV) it does not already own. 0 read more.....»»

A California court ruled Wednesday in favor of keeping big-rig truck drivers as independent contractors versus turning them into company employees, a decision that could bode well for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates and Instacart in their fight agains.....»»

The state judge's ruling on truckers and California gig worker law AB 5 can be appealed, and other litigation remains. The state judge's ruling on truckers and California gig worker law AB 5 can be appealed, and other litigation remains......»»

Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday informed its California customers that it would switch to providing estimates as opposed to fixed prices for its rides in response to a new law that makes it harder to qualify its drivers as contractors......»»

Chris Hondros/Getty Images Walmart truck drivers are the latest to win in federal court for unpaid rest breaks. The Ninth Circuit, a federal court of appeals, just affirmed that Walmart will nee.....»»

A federal judge has granted truck drivers a temporary exemption from California’s controversial new law for independent contractors. On New Years Eve, Judge Roger Benitez of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California signed .....»»

Good day, Adding to the spate of environmental regulations g.....»»

Some drivers may be forced to leave the state, experts say......»»

Lawmakers in California's Senate have approved legislation that many independent truck drivers fear will drive a stake through their business, forcing them to shut down or move to another state. read more.....»»

Schreiber Foods makes a point of educating its employees about the needs of truck drivers who haul the Wisconsin dairy giant's products, particularly hours of service rules. read more.....»»

California Governor Gavin Newsom released a report on Friday calling for the creation of funds to fight wildfires and proposed that state law should be reformed to reduce liability of utilities, sending PG&E Corp up nearly 12 percent......»»