As Tuesday of this week came and went, truck drivers gained several new benefits from changes to hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. One significant change is the split-sleeper berth exception.

the nature of these activities is restricted by the drivers’ presence in the sleeper berth of a moving truck — a small space, containing only some basic living essentials, that drivers cannot ...

The dispute before the court revolved around what constitutes truck drivers being "off-duty," and whether or not the time drivers spend in the sleeper berth is compensable work under the Fair ...

A decision last month by a federal judge in Arkansas that truck drivers are entitled to compensation for time in the sleeper berth was preceded by two federal cases that resulted in legal rulings ...

The Department of Labor has issued new guidance on compensating truck drivers for time spent in sleeper berths while off-duty. The upshot is DOL now holds that drivers need not be compensated for ...

"The ultimate test of compensable time is whether the driver is relieved of his duties while he is allowed to sleep in an adequate berth," Walker said. "Employers with truck drivers should develop ...

noting “the nature of these activities is restricted by the drivers' presence in the sleeper berth of a moving truck -- a small space, containing only some basic living essentials, that drivers ...

would give truck drivers more flexibility. Specifically, the pilot program would evaluate two options for drivers to divide their required 10 hours off duty in the sleeper berth: a 6/4 split and a ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now seeking public comment on its proposed pilot program to make more flexible the sleeper-berth provision within its hours-of-service rule for ...

The DOL didn’t name the carrier, but the 10-truck fleet provided an example to the agency for a drivers’ weekly sleeper berth time, in which a driver was on-duty for 55.84 hours and spent 49. ...

As Tuesday of this week came and went, truck drivers gained several new benefits from changes to hours-of-service (HOS) regulations. One significant change is the split-sleeper berth exception.