Labor/Employment
Dec. 10, 2010
Study Finds Port Truckers Lack Benefits
More than 80 percent of the nation's 110,000 port truck drivers are classified as independent contractors - a job designation that authors of a new study say could be a ruse to not pay benefits.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A new report estimates that more than 80 percent of the 110,000 truck drivers who deliver goods to and from the nation's ports are classified as independent contractors - a job designation that seldom includes health benefits or workers' compensation, and at times pays minimum wage.
The National Employment Law Project, the workers' rights group that authored Wednesday's report, claims...
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