OSHA Raises Civil Penalties
In January, OSHA announced a 5% increase in the civil penalties assessed for violations of its regulations, but worse may be yet to come if certain legislative…
In January, OSHA announced a 5% increase in the civil penalties assessed for violations of its regulations, but worse may be yet to come if certain legislative…
When National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced late last year the board’s new policy favoring union organizing of college football and basketball players, she…
An alliance of OSHA and industry groups has revised the official federal safety manual used for managing industrial robot systems. OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety…
The Department of Labor and American Trucking Associations signed an agreement making ATA an official registered sponsor of the federal agency’s new apprenticeship program The signing ceremony…
The Departments of Transportation and Labor announced expanded efforts to improve truck driver training, recruitment and retention. This includes expansion of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s…
President Biden’s attempt to force employers to ensure their employees were vaccinated against Covid 19 went down in flames when a 6-3 majority of Supreme Court justices…
Reviving efforts begun during the Obama era, the Biden administration is once again launching full-scale attacks on the legal status of independent contractors, including truck owner-operators. In…
A new study from the American Transportation Research Institute quantifies the impact of small trial verdicts and settlements on trucking. The new report takes a closer look…
Over President Biden’s early opposition, an overwhelming majority of congressional Democrats and Republicans joined to pass a bill banning imports of goods produced by Chinese slave labor….
A top official at the National Labor Relations Board announced it will actively promote U.S. labor law protections for illegal immigrants. NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued…