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Trump Executive Order Targets Trucking Industry With English Proficiency Requirement for Drivers

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President Trump has instructed the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to reinstate federal enforcement of English-language proficiency requirements for commercial truck drivers — a move that could lead to significant...more

Rodemer Kane Attorneys at Law

Does a DWAI Show Up on a Background Check in Colorado?

Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI) is a serious offense in Colorado that can have far-reaching consequences. Many individuals who face this charge wonder about its long-term impact, particularly when it comes to employment...more

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EEOC Sues Schuster for Sex Discrimination

Trucking Company Uses A Strength Test That Discriminates Against Women Truck Drivers, Federal Agency Claims - Sioux City, Iowa - Schuster Company is violating federal law by using a strength test that discriminates...more

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JBS Carriers to Pay $250,000 and not Resume ErgoMed Screening to Settle EEOC Discrimination Suit

Trucking Company Used Post-Offer Screen That Screened Out Applicants On the Basis of Disability, Federal Agency Charged - DENVER - National trucking company JBS Carriers, Inc. will pay $250,000 and furnish other...more

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Drivers Management and Werner Enterprises Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination In Hiring

Nebraska Trucking Companies Also Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Qualified Deaf Driver, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS - Drivers Management, LLC and Werner Enterprises, Inc., truckload carriers headquartered in...more

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Werner Enterprises Sued by EEOC For Disability Discrimination in Hiring

Nebraska Trucking Company Also Made Unlawful Pre-Offer Disability-Related Inquiries, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS - Werner Enterprises, Inc., a truckload carrier headquartered in Omaha, Neb., violated the Americans...more

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EEOC Sues Hirschbach Motor Lines For Disability Discrimination

National Trucking Company Used "Back Assessment" to Screen Out Job Applicants It Regarded as Disabled, Federal Agency Charges - PORTLAND, Maine - Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. violated federal law by using a pre-employment...more

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What Pretext? The Tenth Circuit Shows the Value in Trucking & Transportation Employers Citing to Safety and Customer Complaints to...

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On March 10, 2017, the Tenth Circuit in Henson v. AmeriGas Propane, Inc., no.: 16-7057, declined to revive a discrimination and wrongful discharge lawsuit in finding that the lower court was correct in its holding that that...more

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Covenant Transport To Pay $30,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Trucking Company Refused To Hire Applicant Because of Inability to Provide a Urine Sample Due to Medical Condition, Federal Agency Charged - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Covenant Transport, Inc., a trucking company based in...more

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Covenant Transport Sued By EEOC For Disability Discrimination

Trucking Company Refused to Hire Applicant Because of His Disability, Federal Agency Charges - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- Covenant Transport, Inc., a trucking company headquartered in Chattanooga, Tenn., violated federal law...more

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The EEOC's Battlecry: Cracking Down Hard on Religious Discrimination

On the heels of the biggest religious discrimination case in years, and in line with the EEOC's "hottest litigation trend" (according to David Lopez, General Counsel of the EEOC), the EEOC continued its charge against...more

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Jury Awards $240,000 to Muslim Truck Drivers In EEOC Religious Discrimination Suit

Star Transport Fired Truckers for Refusing to Transport Alcohol, Federal Agency Charged - CHICAGO - A federal jury in Peoria, Ill., has awarded $240,000 to two Somalian-American Muslims who were fired from their jobs as...more

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EEOC Sues Vita Plus for Disability Discrimination

Agricultural Company Fired Driver Due to His Diabetes, Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Vita Plus Corporation, an agricultural company with a facility in Gagetown, Mich., violated federal law by discriminating against...more

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Jury in EEOC Suit Says Old Dominion Freight Line Must Pay Former Driver $119,612 for Disability Bias

Trucking Company Fired Pickup and Delivery Driver Who Self-Reported Alcohol Abuse, Federal Agency Charged - FORT SMITH, Ark. -- A federal jury has found that Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc., a trucking company...more

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Federal Judge Rules Prime Trucking’s Same-Sex Training Policy Violates Federal Law

New Prime's Driver Training Program Discriminates Against Women, EEOC Charged and Court Agrees - ST. LOUIS - A federal judge ruled August 14 that New Prime, Inc., one the nation's largest trucking companies, violated...more

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