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Waiver Goodbye – Continued FMCSA Preemption Of Meal And Rest Periods For California and Washington Drivers

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In 2023, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) under the Biden administration started accepting public comments about the many petitions for waiver that key stakeholders, including the California Attorney...more

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Federal Regulations Trump California’s Meal and Rest Break Rules For Short Haul Drivers Too

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Employers in the trucking industry have repeatedly tried to challenge the applicability of California’s stringent meal and rest break laws to their workers, in light of the practical difficulties of complying with those rules...more

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FMCSA Issues Order Preempting Washington’s Meal and Rest Break Rules as Applied to Commercial Truck Drivers

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an order this week that Washington State’s meal and rest break rules are preempted as applied to property-carrying commercial...more

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Keeping Pace with Truck Driver Drug and Alcohol Testing During COVID-19

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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced on March 13, 2020, that, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, exemptions for some regulations were warranted for certain motor...more

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Despite Recent Challenges, California Meal and Rest Break Remains Pre-empted, While Briefing Closes in the Ninth Circuit Case

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Department of Transportation dismisses the California Labor Commissioner’s Petition for Reconsideration of California’s Meal and Rest Break Rules. While briefing in the Ninth Circuit closes, oral Argument in Intl Brotherhood...more

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Compliance Reminder: U.S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse For Commercial Drivers Takes Effect January...

Employers of drivers who hold commercial driver’s licenses (CDL) have been subject to U.S. Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing requirements for over twenty-five years....more

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U.S. DOT FMCSA Update on Distracted Driving

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently rolled out Our Roads, Our Safety, a national safety campaign to raise awareness about sharing the road safely with large trucks and buses....more

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InterConnect - Fall 2017

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Many outside of over-the-road motor carriers are taking notice of the looming Electronic Logging Device Mandate (ELD Mandate). We are seeing raised hands with many questions and some confusion at this very moment from a wide...more

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Transportation Employers, Can You Survive The Federal Audit “Tag Team”?

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are tag-teaming transportation employers. They’ve signed a Memorandum of Understanding in which they agree to share...more

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Six Days on the Road and I'm Gonna Park My Truck to Comply with State Laws Tonight

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My apologies to Dave Dudley. The song “Six Days on the Road” just doesn’t stand up to the changes we would have to make after the Ninth Circuit’s decision that the state meal and rest break laws are not preempted by federal...more

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