FEBRUARY 2008 OWNER-OPERATOR CLASSIFICATION ALERT AVAILABLE ON TRUCKLINE

An updated Owner-Operator Classification Alert on state legislative activity affecting independent contractors is now available on the ATA Truckline website. The Alert can be found under the Priority Policy Issues bar on the Truckline home page and is accessible only to ATA members.

State legislative sessions are now in full swing and things are heating up quickly on independent contractor issues. The Feb. 2008 Alert provides new updates on 23 different legislative proposals from 17 states. Unfortunately, most of the provisions focus on alleged employee misclassification problems and the creation of greater scrutiny of independent contractor status. Other provisions of interest include an Illinois proposal defining independent contractor status specifically in the trucking industry and Miss. legislation that eliminates the general presumption of employee status in applying the State’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Contact Robert Digges, Jr. at (703) 838-1889

or rdigges@trucking.org.—Mary Lou Rajchel, President & CEO of The Florida Trucking Association.

This alert was copied and reprinted from Florida Trucking Association’s NEWSCLIPS of 2/29/2008