摘要: |
How to mandate rest and meal breaks has been a contentious issue among truckload fleets ever since California determined in 2018 that it would consider petitions for waivers from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) regulations. At issue is the agency rules that were preempted with respect to commercial drivers subject to federal hours-of-ser-vice regulations. In response, ATA president and CEO Chris Spear blasted FMC- SA's action, saying a "patchwork" of state rules cannot work in interstate commerce. "Ensuring a singular, national standard of work rules for professional drivers is crucial to both safety and the supply chain," Spear says. "Congress first addressed this issue decades ago... and the Department of Transportation's authority to pre-empt state rules was unanimously reaffirmed in a 2021 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit." |