US Department of Labor’s OSHA…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a proposed rule to update the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to ali...
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Court Upholds FMCSA Exemption of…
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 2018 determination that interstate motor carriers are exempt from California’...
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U.S. Department of Labor Announces…
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule on Jan. 6, 2021 clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards A...
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U.S. Department of Labor Announces…
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced adjustments to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2021. I...
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FMCSA Seeks Comments on Rear…
FMCSA proposes to amend the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to include rear impact guards on the list of items that must be examined as part of the required annua...
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FMCSA Seeks Public Comment on…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hopes to clarify regulations about “yard moves” — movement of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) on private property —...
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Sam Graves Selected to Return…
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) has been selected once again by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to serve as th...
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FMCSA Updates SMS Website
FMCSA has updated the SMS Website with the Oct. 30, 2020 results. Complete SMS results are available to enforcement users and motor carriers that are logged into the SMS Website. ...
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Higher Standards for H-1B Visas…
Federal agencies announced on Oct. 6 long-expected reforms to the H-1B visa program for high-skilled foreign workers that will raise the bar for qualifying for the popular visas. ...
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