ATRI asks carriers to weigh in on cargo theft
Summary
ATRI’s survey is designed to confidentially and anonymously collect accurate loss data, as well as identify successful counter-strategies used by both motor carriers and freight brokers. The company said the waiver would remove the administrative burden of requalifying already qualified drivers every time they are reassigned among related WMH motor carrier affiliates. “WMH asserts that the existing driver qualification and drug and alcohol testing rules fail to contemplate the types of intercompany driver transfers that WMHs operations necessitate, leading to severe administrative inefficiencies, record duplication, and an inability to respond timely to surges in demand for waste removal, which often occur following natural disasters, public health emergencies (such as the recent COVID pandemic), mass gatherings or events, infrastructure failures, community clean-up efforts, industrial accidents or spills, or regional disruptions,” FMCSA said of WMH’s request in a Federal Register notice publishing Thursday, Aug. 22. Under current regulations, WMH has to require transferred drivers to complete new employment applications, contact previous employers, run new motor vehicle records, query the drug and alcohol clearinghouse, analyze whether pre-employment drug testing is necessary and perform testing if required, and create new qualification files, all of which can take several days to complete and may delay or deter the transfer, the company said. 177) announced this week that Meredith Priestley, Vice President and General Counsel, will take on additional responsibilities with the oversight of the Human Resources Department.