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  2. Werner Enterprises - Wikipedia

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    Werner's fleet consists of approximately 8,300 trucks, 30,000 trailers and employs 14,300 employees and independent contractors. [5] The company conducts business in more than 150 countries, with offices in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. It is the largest truckload transportation provider serving the Mexico cross-border market. [14]

  3. Owner-operator - Wikipedia

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    In the United States and Canada, the term typically refers to independent contractors who hire out and drive their own semi-trailer trucks.In trucking, an owner-operator is a self-employed commercial truck driver or a small business that operates trucks for transporting goods over highways for its customers. [1]

  4. Contract Freighters, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Contract Freighters, Inc (CFI) was founded in 1951 in Joplin, Missouri by Roy Reed and Ursull Lewellan. The company began with one tractor and two trailers, [1] and generated revenues of $12,000 during its first year.

  5. Independent contracting in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The distinction between independent contractor and employee is an important one in the United States, as the costs for business owners to maintain employees are significantly higher than the costs associated with hiring independent contractors, due to federal and state requirements for employers to pay FICA (Social Security and Medicare taxes) and unemployment taxes on received income for ...

  6. California Assembly Bill 5 (2019) - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer sued several trucking companies, alleging that they were violating AB5 by classifying their drivers as "independent contractors" rather than "employees", but Superior Court judge William Highberger decided that AB5 is pre-empted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994. [56]

  7. New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira - Wikipedia

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    The decision briefly hit the stocks of several transportation companies, as the use of the independent contracting mechanic for employment has been a common practice in the industry; the Court's ruling would mean these companies would need to be able to prepare to treat these contractors as employees, which will impact their operating costs.

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