Weak oversight, regulatory loopholes let predatory trucking firms run roughshod over vulnerable drivers

The Globe and Mail: The findings are stark:Only a fraction of the thousands of trucking firms analyzed by the Globe have ever received an in-depth safety audit by provincial transport authorities. Firms routinely violate labour laws without penalty.

And while long-haul trucking is the largest source of workplace complaints in federally regulated industries, the federal government has penalized just a handful of employers and collected a sliver of the millions of dollars of unpaid wages it ordered trucking firms to pay drivers…

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