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.
July 11, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor is using its legal firepower to push for worker-friendly interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Here, Law360 reviews six cases where the DOL is getting involved with amicus briefs.
May 03, 2022
The First Circuit is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case that tests whether truck drivers must be paid for off-duty time they spend in their vehicles while a partner drives, drawing the involvement of the U.S. Department of Labor.
April 07, 2022
A freight company pressed the First Circuit to overturn a lower court's ruling that it must pay drivers for rest time in excess of eight hours, saying that time is not beneficial to the company and is not compensable under federal law.
March 24, 2022
The U.S. Department of Labor told the First Circuit that all hours workers spend under employers' control benefit the companies and are compensable under federal law, urging the panel to keep a lower court decision finding truckers are entitled to more than eight hours of paid sleeping time.
March 17, 2022
More than eight hours of sleeping time in a 24-hour shift is compensable working time, a group of truckers told the First Circuit, saying a lower court correctly found they remained under a national freight company's control during their resting time.
January 25, 2022
The nation's largest trucking trade association is urging a First Circuit panel to overturn a lower court's ruling that truckers should be paid for the time they spend resting in their sleeper berth truck cabins, arguing that if the ruling stands, it will considerably disrupt the trucking industry.
January 18, 2022
Truckers should not be paid for rest time on the road because downtime activities aren't work, a national freight company argued in a First Circuit bid to flip a lower court's ruling that the company must pay off-duty truckers for rest in excess of eight hours.