Colt & Joe Trucking LLC v. U.S. Department of Labor et al

  1. October 11, 2024

    DOL Says Independent Contractor Case Can't Stand

    A trucking company failed to show how the U.S. Department of Labor's final rule determining whether workers are independent contractors under federal law hurts it, the DOL told a New Mexico federal court, arguing that their efforts to ax the rule are rootless.

  2. September 04, 2024

    Nonprofits Back DOL In Independent Contractor Rule Dispute

    Two nonprofit groups threw support behind the U.S. Department of Labor in a New Mexico trucking company's lawsuit seeking to block the agency's new rule for classifying independent contractors, saying the regulations are key for ensuring employers don't cheat low-wage workers out of the pay and benefits they're owed.

  3. September 03, 2024

    DOL Says Independent Contractor Rule Doesn't Harm Co.

    The U.S. Department of Labor urged a New Mexico federal court to throw out a trucking company's lawsuit that seeks to block the agency's new rule for classifying independent contractors, saying the company failed to show it is affected by the regulations.

  4. August 05, 2024

    Trucking Co. Moves To Nix DOL Independent Contractor Rule

    ​​A trucking company that regularly hires owner-operator truck drivers has urged a New Mexico federal judge to vacate a new U.S. Department of Labor rule for classifying independent contractors, arguing in a motion for summary judgment that the rule makes classifying workers more confusing.

  5. April 26, 2024

    Trucking Firm Sues To Block Independent Contractor Rule

    A trucking company that hires owner-operators wants to stop the U.S. Department of Labor's new independent contractor rule from taking effect, saying it replaces a relatively simple test with an open-ended one that makes it unclear whether workers must be treated as employees, opening employers up to wage violations.