by Andrew Buchanan | Sep 27, 2015 | insurance, Trucker rights, Workers Compensation
Over the years, trucking companies pushed to classify employees as owner-operators. The reason us simple – to avoid paying truckers workers’ compensation benefits. Trucking companies and other employers usually only have to pay workers’ compensation...
by Andrew Buchanan | Jun 14, 2012 | Attorney General, medical care, Tips, Trucker rights, Uncategorized, World Health Organization
You probably knew that diesel fumes could be bad for your health. But now it’s official. The World Health Organization has declared that diesel exhaust does cause cancer, and placed it in the same category as “passive smoking”. The risk of getting cancer from...
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 13, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Payments, Trucker rights, Uncategorized
In our last post, we we discussed Social Security Disability (SSD) as a way for hurt truck drivers to pay bills when they cannot work. In this segment of “Paying Bills After An Injury”, we discuss a similar program called Supplemental Security Income...
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 5, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Federal law, Injury Claims, insurance, Payments, Trucker rights
In our prior post on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed private disability insurance. We continue the segment in this post discussing Social Security Disability benefits. Many people think that Social Security is just a retirement program. That is not the...
by Charles Buchanan | Mar 2, 2012 | Benefits, Federal law, insurance, Payments, Personal Injury, Trucker rights, Workers Compensation
In our last segments on “Paying Bills After an Injury,” we discussed workers’ compensation and workers’ compensation benefits. We continue the segment in this post by discussing disability insurance policies. Disability insurance policies are sold by...
by Charles Buchanan | Feb 28, 2012 | Accidents, Attorney, Benefits, Employment law, Health, Injury Claims, insurance, medical care, Payments, Personal Injury, Trucker rights, Uncategorized, Workers Compensation
Has anyone else come across a trailer with this message? We recently snapped this picture just outside of Joplin, Missouri. The trailer has an important message – truck drivers really are the most valuable resource of any trucking company. Without truck...
