Could More Owner Operators Be Entitled to Work Comp? Let’s Hope So!

Over the years, trucking companies pushed to classify employees as owner-operators. The reason us simple - to avoid paying truckers workers' compensation benefits. Trucking companies and other employers usually only have to pay workers' compensation benefits to employees (company drivers).  They generally are not required to pay benefits to owner-operators because they are considered "independent [...]

MISSOURI TRUCKERS AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE)

Right now there's a lot of information (and misinformation) floating around about the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare).  And all of this is complicated by the difficulties with roll-out of the www.healthcare.gov federal website .  Understanding The Affordable Healthcare ActIt's almost a full-time job figuring out what's true, what the available option are, and [...]

Understanding Recent Changes to Health Care Law

This is the final segment on our series on health insurance.  Our first two segments discussed How We Pay for Health Care and Understanding Health Insurance Coverage.  In this segment we discuss The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”) signed by President Obama in 2010.  Understanding Health Insurance CoverageThe PPACA has been the subject of [...]

What You Need To Know About No Fault Automobile Insurance

On our recent appearance on Truth About Trucking Live, we were asked about "No Fault" automobile insurance and how it impacts the rights of truckers injured in highway accidents.  This is a common question that deserves an answer. Most states follow a traditional fault based automobile insurance models.  In these states, your state mandated liability insurance [...]