OpenAI updated the AI model powering Operator from the previous custom version of GPT-4o to a model based on o3, one of the latest in OpenAI’s o series of “reasoning” models. The o3 Operator was ...

For decades, the trucking industry’s use of independent owner-operators has been a delicate, but successful, dance between the business and personal needs of motor carriers and contractors. Now, the ...

Q Is the new healthcare bill going to make us convert our independent contractors to employees? A There is nothing in the healthcare bill that addresses reclassification directly, but the Coalition ...

I have a soft spot for independent contractors. I spent my first eight years covering the trucking industry for a publication for owner-operators. I was an independent contractor myself for many years ...

Being an owner-operator is an appealing career option for many drivers, but motor carriers that create opportunities through lease-purchase agreements face mounting legal challenges. Motor carriers ...

When I began driving over the road in 1993 as a lease-purchase owner-operator, I often heard company drivers and media talking about the slow death of the owner-operator model in trucking. There was ...

Motor carriers that use owner-operators in California are working to re-evaluate their operations in order to meet strict restrictions on the use of independent contractors, as labor officials at the ...