Brokers, carriers try new tricks on truckers

LLN (7/13/21) – Trucking always gives you problems to solve. Some can’t get a new rate confirmation from their broker when a receiver turns them away, some have trouble getting their escrow back when they change carriers, and some wonder what their options are when a carrier hands them a 1099 when they should get a W-2. We’ll offer some advice. Also, it’s back to the drawing board in Missouri when it comes to towing reform. And the exclusion of truckers from the Fair Labor Standards Act is an old source of many industry challenges. We’ll discuss that – plus what’s causing some members of Congress to flip their votes on important bills.

0:00 – Newscast.

10:15 – Common trucking problems.

25:07 – Towing reform dead again in Missouri.

39:57 – Why can’t truckers be paid by the hour?