matthew leffler

Judge rules TQL owes thousands of former employees overtime pay

A federal judge has ruled that Total Quality Logistics  — the second-largest freight brokerage in the U.S. — violated federal law and owes overtime pay to thousands of former employees who worked more than 40 hours a week.

Judge Michael Barrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued his ruling on Sept. 26, almost 18 months after a 12-day bench trial ended in early March 2022. He ordered TQL to pay overtime wages to the employees but also ruled TQL must pay an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/judge-rules-tql-owes-thousands-of-former-employees-overtime-pay

Breaking down the Supreme Court ruling on the EPA

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce regulations that aimed at reducing carbon emissions from power plants.

And according to a Reuters article, the court’s decision could “hamstring the administration’s ability to curb the power sector’s emissions, about a quarter of U.S. greenhouse gases.”

“The question in this case was did the EPA have the authority to implement the Clean Power Plan?” said Armchair Attorney...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/breaking-down-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-the-epa

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