At that time, it said that during the study, participating truckers who regularly use a sleeper berth to accumulate their required 10 hours of non-duty work status would have the option to split ...

The pilot program would tap commercial drivers who have trucks equipped with a sleeper berth, and use it regularly. The focus group would consist of drivers from small and large carriers ...

The new HOS rules in the U.S. limit commercial drivers to 14 hours on duty (versus ... the following are included in calculating the14 hours: on-duty time, non-sleeper berth off-duty time, sleeper ...

BOSTON — In a case of first impression, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that long-haul truckers driving as a team are entitled to be paid for “sleeper berth time” in excess ...

It’s unclear how the sleeper berths might be offered to passengers. Decisions on how to market and sell such options are typically left up to airline customers. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY ...

Dillon Transportation, a 103-truck fleet that runs mostly team operations, has asked for an exemption to allow its drivers to split their required sleeper berth time into two segments of at least ...

which requires drivers to split sleeper-berth rest segments into two periods, one of which must be eight hours.Studying compliant and non-compliant driving scenarios, a group of sleep experts and ...

In a recent decision, a federal judge in Arkansas has said that drivers should be paid at least minimum wage for time spent off-duty and in their sleeper berths. The ruling doesn’t institute any ...

A bill introduced by House Transportation Committee Chairman Don Young (R-AK) to postpone the enforcement of the sleeper berth exemption ... affairs with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance ...

“We note that the parties have not identified, nor have we found, any published circuit court decisions addressing whether sleeper berth time constitutes compensable work for the purposes of the ...