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Podcast: Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
Episode: New Prime v Oliveira (Arbitration)
Description: Send us Fan MailCourt holds an independent contractor truck driver can not be forced into arbitration because the 1925 arbitration act excludes transportation workers who are engaged in interstate commerce. Also holds that âindependent contractorsâ are considered to have signed âcontracts of employmentâ even though they are not in an explicit employer employee relationship.Full disclosure: as a long time truck driver, i have long known companies like new prime, swift, and cr england, to be engaged in preying on brand new truck drivers with their âlease purchase, independent contractorâ agreements.Most of the industry...