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TRUCKING INDUSTRY * USA - Worker misclassification bill could affect owner-ops
Washington,DC,USA -Today's Trucking (CAN) -27 April 2010: -- The trucking industry will be closely watching two pieces of legislation that could make it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors... Sen. Sherrod Brown's (D-Ohio) Senate bill and Rep. Lynn Woolsey's (D-Calif.) companion legislation in the House of Representatives is supposed to prevent workers from being misclassified, which could affect the trucking industry's use of owner-operators and lease operators... The Teamsters-backed Employee Misclassification Prevention Act would, among other things, ensure that employers keep records that reflect the accurate status of each worker as an employee or non-employee; increasing penalties on employers who misclassify their employees and are found to have violated employees' overtime or minimum wage rights; and provide protections to workers who "are discriminated against because they have sought to be accurately classified"... In Canada, unions frequently challenge the status of independent owner-operators before Labor Relations Boards in the hopes of unionizing them...* DC - DOT revamping haz-mat permit request process
Washington,DC,USA -Fleet Owner -Apr 27, 2010: -- The U.S. Dept. of Transportation is launching a new application process for its Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The new system takes effect May 1... The online system will allow for a more timely and efficient manner of reviewing hazardous materials special permit requests. Requests may be made 24 hours a day and the new system will provide a tracking number and allow the applicant to attach supporting documentation...* Texas - Verizon to run Ford vans converted to CNG power
Dallas, Texas ,USA -Fleet Owner -Apr 27, 2010: -- BAF has received an order to convert 501 Ford E-250 vans to compressed natural gas (CNG) power for Verizon. The vans, all new and set for deployment later this year, will be powered by BAF’s CalComp System. BAF is a wholly owned subsidiary of Clean Energy Fuels Corp... The vehicles are expected to produce 30% less greenhouse gas emissions than similarly equipped gasoline-powered light- and medium-duty vehicles... (Photo from ruddscars: Ford E250 van)
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