Business Management Is your consultant actually an employee? Ontario rules are changing. by Carole McAfee Wallace Worker misclassification disputes are nothing new in the trucking industry. The engagement of owner-operators and other independent contractors who provide things like safety consulting services is commonplace. For the most…
Business Management Trip planning tips for professional truckers by David Henry How many drivers who went through a driver education program are ready for the open road? It’s incredible to me that spending $10,000 for training doesn’t prepare you for your…
Business Management Reasons to be happy after another year in trucking by Mike McCarron What a roller-coaster ride the last 12 months have been. Let’s welcome 2023! At this time last year, the trucking industry was riding the tailwinds of the biggest freight boom…
Business Management Tell the full story in driver recruitment ads by Michael Zelek I was recently looking for an experienced truck driver for a run based in the city of Elmira, Ont. Calling it a city might be a bit of a stretch…
Business Management Preparing your drivers for deposition by Doug Marcello Your driver is to be deposed. They are to be thrust into a foreign world for which they have neither any experience nor concept. And out the other side of…
Business Management Can the owner-operator business model survive? by James Menzies I know better than to predict the death of the owner-operator. The business model has been declared dead many times before, but that resilient bunch keeps proving the naysayers wrong.
Equipment Woeful education system full of misguided thinking by Rolf Lockwood If there’s anybody out there who can say with confidence that our society at large is not comprehensively screwed up, please rise and state your case. Right, I see nobody…
Business Management Truck fleets can thrive in a down market by Chris Henry There are many provocative terms bantered about in the trucking media to suggest the sky is falling and that everyone needs to just weather the storm. Those who have been…
Equipment Learn to chain up before it’s too late by Leo Barros As winter approaches, tire chain-up regulations start popping up in some jurisdictions. If you drive into British Columbia or Newfoundland and Labrador, you better be carrying chains and using them…
Business Management How to become a “driver-centric” carrier by Michael Zelek You would be hard pressed to find a trucking company that does not claim to be “driver-centric”. Take a look at recruiting ads and you will see that there are…
Business Management Our industry’s people problems are global in scope by James Menzies It’s incredible what can be learned at trucking conferences. Bring together decision makers at the highest levels, as the American Trucking Associations does at its annual Management Conference & Exhibition,…
Business Management Can joining the Retention Council help your business succeed? by Ray Haight In my company, we had a saying that went like this: 1+1+1=7. It reflected the notion that one person throws an idea out to the group, and the majority discounts…
Business Management Today’s spot market includes unique dynamics by Mike McCarron For a long time “spot” was the dirtiest four-letter word in freight. Loads went to load boards and brokers after every carrier in the shipper’s routing guide had given them…
Business Management Hourly pay best way to deal with wait times by David Henry “Remember that time I went to deliver at XYZ Company and it only took 20 minutes, and they were happy to see me?” That is a real-life occurrence, but quite…
Business Management ATRI survey highlights trucking concerns by Rolf Lockwood Sure, it’s a study looking at trucking in the U.S., but I think the American Transportation Research Institute’s latest Top Industry Issues survey has relevance here too. Not least because…
