Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Public Citizen, the Truck Safety Coalition and two truck drivers filed a lawsuit on Feb. 23 challenging the new FMCSA rule on hours of service for commercial drivers.
Employer Must Pay Unemployment Benefits, Court Says, After Driver Loses License and Is Terminated
While holding a valid driver’s license is a requirement for the job, because the employer did not discharge the employee on the day it found out about his license suspension, but instead helped the employee get his license reinstated, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled in Lentz v. Home Security of America that the employee has all rights to unemployment benefits.