Transport Topics (January 7, 2021)

Transport Topics (January 7, 2021)

The U.S. Labor Department issued a final rule Wednesday revising its interpretation of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The final rule explains that independent contractors are workers who are in business for themselves as opposed to being economically dependent on the potential employer for work. The agency said, “The rule sharpens this inquiry into five distinct factors, instead of the five or more overlapping factors used by most courts and previously the department.” The final rule says two of those factors — the nature and degree of the worker’s control over the work and the worker’s opportunity for profit or loss — carry greater weight in the analysis than any others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Transport Topics (Jan. 30, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 30, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a new CEO for Schneider this summer, Tennessee and undocumented drivers, and criminal charges agains...

30 Jan 3min

Transport Topics (Jan. 29, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 29, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers first-quarter production plans for VTNA and Mack, FMCSA’s winter storm waiver and the Knight-Swift T...

29 Jan 4min

Transport Topics (Jan. 28, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 28, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a workforce reduction for UPS, Amazon’s food stores and U.S. diesel futures. Learn more about your ...

28 Jan 3min

Transport Topics (Jan. 27, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 27, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a cargo theft conviction, a partnership in the autonomous technology sector and an electrical equipm...

27 Jan 4min

Transport Topics (Jan. 26, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 26, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers a crackdown on cabotage, a possible financial move by Thyssenkrupp, and the weather’s effect on the ...

26 Jan 4min

Transport Topics (Jan. 23, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 23, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers energy loans during the Biden administration, freight tonnage in December and taking the fight again...

23 Jan 4min

Transport Topics (Jan. 22, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 22, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers President Trump reversing his threat of tariffs against European nations, medium-duty truck sales fo...

22 Jan 3min

Transport Topics (Jan. 21, 2026)

Transport Topics (Jan. 21, 2026)

Transport Topics is the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. Today’s briefing covers the international uproar over President Trump’s Greenland threats, the Supreme Court again pausing t...

21 Jan 4min

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