A highly anticipated decision granting a preliminary injunction preventing California from applying its new independent contractor test to motor carriers was issued by Senior U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez on January...more
Good news for the motor carrier industry … for now. A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the state of California from enforcing a strict independent contractor misclassification law against...more
In 2014, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Dilts, et al v. Penske Logistics, Inc., et al that California’s employee meal and rest break rules (MRB Rules) applied to motor carrier drivers, despite the defendant’s...more