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Trump Administration Pauses Commercial Driver Employment Visas

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The Trump administration has paused the processing and issuance of employment visas for commercial truck drivers. The announcement was made on August 21, 2025, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and aims to limit foreign...more

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English Language Enforcement - Changes coming to FMCSA rules for truck drivers

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President Trump’s recent Executive Order (EO) on “Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers” raised questions across the trucking industry and in the media. Many were left wondering whether there has...more

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Lost in Translation: Trump Administration Overhauls Compliance Requirements for English Language Proficiency

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On April 28, 2025, President Donald Trump published an executive order (“EO”) requiring the secretary of transportation to overhaul the compliance process of certifying a commercial driver’s English proficiency. As set forth...more

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Got Commercial Drivers? New Executive Order Seeks to Ensure They Can Speak and Read English

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An executive order titled, “Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road For America’s Truck Drivers” focuses on English proficiency standards for regulated drivers. Executive Order 14286 follows President Trump’s March 1, 2025 EO...more

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English Language Regulatory Requirement - Coming Enforcement for Truck Drivers

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Recent headlines about President Trump’s Executive Order on “Enforcing Commonsense Rules of the Road for America’s Truck Drivers” (“EO”) raised questions across the trucking industry and in the media....more

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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

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August 2014 Monthly Independent Contractor Compliance and Misclassification Update

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This month’s headline development are the seismic decisions, issued on August 27, 2014 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, concluding as a matter of law that FedEx Ground had misclassified over 2,300 drivers...more

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