* California - Launches amnesty deal for trucking firms that misclassified drivers
--- California is offering an amnesty deal to trucking companies working its ports that misclassified employees as independent contractors... It has been a problem in the state. Since 2011, truckers have filed 799 wage claims due to employee misclassification, the California Labor Commissioner’s Office said. More than $35 million has been awarded to drivers in 302 cases... In December, the Southern California port trucking firm Pacific 9 Transportation was ordered to award 38 drivers nearly $7 million in back pay after the state Labor Commissioner’s Office ruled they were improperly treated as independent contractors and should have counted as employees... The state is accepting applications from companies that offer drayage services—the transport of goods over a short distance to railheads, warehouses and distribution centers in a port region — under the Motor Carrier Employer Amnesty Program... If accepted, the company must pay back wages to misclassified drivers and change their work status from independent contractor to employee. When that happens, the firms will be relieved of any liability that may result in fines and other penalties...
(Photo: Aerial view, Container Port of Long Beach in the mist, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA) -- Sacramento, CAL, USA - Truck.com, by CARINA OCKEDAHL - May 6, 2016Labels: trucking industry news USA
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