April 02, 2024
A transportation company and its subsidiary said they won't challenge a First Circuit ruling that time long-haul truckers spend in sleeper berths is compensable, agreeing to shell out a $2.5 million judgment on top of an already approved $12.5 million deal.
December 13, 2023
Time that a long-haul truck driver spends in a sleeper berth beyond eight hours is compensable, the First Circuit held in a collective action against motor carriers CRST Expedited Inc. and CRST International Inc. in which the parties previously reached a $12.5 million settlement.
June 21, 2021
CRST International Inc. wants the First Circuit to undo part of a Massachusetts federal court ruling after a $12.5 million settlement ended class and collective claims that the trucking company improperly took money from drivers' paychecks for training, the company said in a filing Monday.
February 23, 2021
The U.S. Department of Labor signaled a return to its expansive view of compensable time with its decision to withdraw Trump-era guidance that said truck drivers aren't owed pay for non-driving hours they spend in their vehicles, wage and hour experts told Law360.
December 15, 2020
CRST International Inc. has agreed to pay $12.5 million to end a certified class and collective action from thousands of drivers who said the commercial trucking company illegally deducted money from their paychecks for a training program, the drivers told a Massachusetts federal court Tuesday.
September 06, 2019
CRST International Inc. must face most of a certified class and collective action from thousands of truck drivers alleging they were duped into a company training program that illegally deducted money from their paychecks, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled Friday.
May 25, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge late Thursday surgically parsed a proposed class and collective action brought by truck drivers who say they were not fully compensated by CRST International Inc., granting class and collective certifications to a 15,000-member portion of them, according to class counsel.
April 23, 2018
A federal judge in Massachusetts indicated Monday she was leaning toward certifying a group of people who enrolled in what CRST International advertised as a "free" program to become commercial truck drivers, but which they claim instead cost them thousands of dollars in fees and lost wages.
January 30, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge on Tuesday rejected CRST International Inc.'s attempt to toss or transfer a proposed class and collective action accusing it of failing to fully compensate its truck drivers.