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FedEx Ground Contractor Association Disbands

The Trade Association for Logistics Professionals (TALP), formed in August, was designed to advocate for fleets contracted with FedEx Ground.

New Logistics Association to Launch No-Confidence Vote of FedEx Ground CEO

FedEx Ground contractor Route Consultant and its CEO Spencer Patton have been under fire by the delivery company, facing a late August lawsuit. Now, Patton and the Trade Association for Logistics Professionals are asking for a vote of no confidence against FedEx's CEO John Smith.

FedEx Ground Lawsuit, Termination: Spencer Patton Responds

The owner of Patton Logistics and Route Consultant says that FedEx Ground is ignoring systemic, networkwide problems and is attempting to silence its contractors.

Should My Company Mandate and Promote Driver Vaccines?

This legal roadmap for transportation businesses examines employers’ obligations regarding vaccinations and employees’ right to refuse them. Related issues such as potential liability, contract worker status, ADA disabilities, and privacy are also explored.

Trucking Group Challenges California Independent Contractor Law

The California Trucking Association and two California-based owner-operators filed a lawsuit challenging the "ABC" employment test mandated by the state's new independent contractor law, which the group says threatens the livelihood of independent truck drivers and is pre-empted by federal law.

California Governor Signs Law That Threatens Independent Contractor Status

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 18 signed Assembly Bill 5 into law, a measure that trucking interests in the state say will wipe out the ability to use owner-operators.

Lawsuit Challenging California Independent Contractor Rule Dismissed

A federal judge has thrown out one of two trucking association lawsuits challenging the California Supreme Court’s Dynamex decision last year restricting the use of independent contractors by transportation companies in the state.

Supreme Court Turndown Not the End of California Independent Contractor Battle

On March 18, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in a case involving the alleged misclassification of California owner-operator drivers as independent contractors rather than employees – but it's far from the end of the battle over employee misclassification in the state.

Supreme Court Rules Truck Owner-Operators Can't Be Forced into Arbitration

Trucking companies that use owner-operator independent contractors may not be able to rely on arbitration clauses to protect them from lawsuits in the wake of a new U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Trucking Group to Challenge California Supreme Court's Independent Contractor Ruling

The Western States Trucking Association plans to challenge a California Supreme Court ruling that it says will effectively end the use of trucking owner-operators in the state.

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