February 07, 2023
A worker's responsibility to load and unload large trucks, regardless of the care with which goods were loaded, put him under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Transportation Department rather than the U.S. Labor Department and exempted him from federal overtime pay rules, an Alabama federal judge ruled.
April 06, 2022
A ground cargo transportation company can't dodge a proposed collective action claiming it improperly denied workers overtime pay, an Alabama federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying the company failed to show that it falls under an exemption to federal overtime requirements.
May 13, 2021
A cargo ground transportation company should be allowed to escape a proposed collective action claiming it improperly denied workers overtime pay because of a carveout to federal overtime requirements for certain motor carriers, the company argued in an Alabama federal court filing.