There are more than 3.5 million interstate truck drivers in the U.S. and over 8.7 million regulated commercial drivers, according to FleetOwner’s 2023 Trucking by the Numbers.

Truck driver contract. CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit reversed a ruling in favor of nationwide trucking company Schneider in a dispute with a truck driver over its purported violation of minimum wage ...

NEW ORLEANS - Upset over wages, fuel costs and anti-union laws, hundreds of independent truck drivers went on strike at several U.S. ports Monday, slowing the movement of cargo containers that can ...

Truck driver shares ‘painful’ decision to leave California for the sake of her business California's AB5 law makes it difficult to be an independent contractor in the state ...

A new Department of Labor rule adopts an “economic factors” test for companies to follow to determine whether a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee.

A group of Republican senators have released legislation that would make it easier for companies to provide benefits like ...

A late truck driver was working as an employee, not as an independent contractor, and was thus entitled to compensation for injuries sustained at an accident, a panel of the Workers’ Compensation ...

Independent truck drivers who fail to properly review their contracts might find themselves exposed to steep repair bills after a collision. It’s a lesson Manpreet Singh learned the hard way. Singh ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Less than 24 hours after the International Longshoremen’s Association packed up their picket signs, having reached a tentative agreement with the US Maritime Alliance ...

Independent contractor Dee Sova moved her trucking business to Missouri after California passed its AB5 law. (American Trucking Associations) Being an independent truck driver empowered me to run ...

Patrick Bailey says he spent about $37,000 on fuel last year as a truck driver. This year, he’s already hit $60,000. Dustin Nordy used to work for himself.