It's now a rule of the road, so to speak -- the Department of Labor's six-factor independent contractor test for contractor/employee determinations under the Fair Labor Standards Act went into effect ...
What’s on owner-operators' minds in today’s ever-changing regulatory landscape within the trucking industry? While each owner-operator is different, a few topics consistently rank among the top. With ...
The role of independent contractor owner-operators (“ICOOs”) in the trucking industry has a long history as a business model and also as a lightning rod for scrutiny. At the start of 2025, the popular ...
If you are a commercial truck driver who owns your own truck, you may need to maintain several types of business insurance, including commercial auto, workers’ compensation, general liability and ...
I’ve recently had a few conversions with other truck owners who, like myself, have their own operating authority. Each conversation took me back 25 years to my earliest experiences and challenges with ...