Equipment Battery-electric trucks charging ahead by Rolf Lockwood If you ever doubted that an electric truck or two would soon be in your yard, better revise your thinking. Whether using batteries or a hydrogen fuel cell, they’re coming…
Business Management Covid-19 is bringing lasting change to the truck shop by John G Smith The empty shelves admittedly left me with an uneasy feeling in the early days of Covid-19. Grocery store aisles were stripped bare of staples. Shoppers had hoarded toilet paper of…
Health & Safety Time for a temperature check on mental health by Angela Splinter Trucking HR Canada recently conducted an informal “temperature check” survey of employers and employees about the topic of mental health in the workplace. While the intent was to gather information…
Business Management When safety is punished by Doug Marcello Safe practices are being punished when companies’ post-accident safety analysis is exposed for use against them in lawsuits. It shouldn’t be this way, and doesn’t have to be. The problem…
Business Management Update your fleet’s sales process in 2021 by Mike McCarron As Covid-19 rages, the trucking industry continues to do an amazing job pivoting to new ways of doing business and keeping drivers safe. One area where carriers have been slow…
Business Management 7 steps to comply with new workplace violence and harassment rules by Angela Splinter It’s certainly been an interesting start to the new year. As Covid-19 and divisive politics rage on, the trucking and logistics industry continues to put its collective shoulder to the…
Health & Safety Splitting the difference in drug and alcohol testing by Heather Ness When you have drivers operating commercial vehicles into the United States, you’re likely aware by now that they must be qualified according to U.S. regulations. If they’re also operating certain…
Health & Safety It’s time to address driver burnout by Rolf Lockwood There’s a reason why your rear-facing mirrors are small and your windshield is so much bigger — because there’s not often a good reason to look back and it’s always…
Equipment It’s time for dump truck owners to get SPIF-y by John G Smith There has been plenty of noise on Toronto-area roads in recent weeks, and it’s not limited to isolated cases of road rage. The Ontario Dump Truck Association (ODTA) has taken…
Business Management Revealing the true, ugly cost of driver turnover by Ray Haight In my role as a driver recruitment and retention coach, I have observed that driver turnover usually originates as an offshoot of some extenuating factors from the past. The company…
Business Management A trucking legal review and outlook by Alan S. Cofman On New Year’s Eve 2020, one might have expected to see developments in any one of several “hot” areas of law relating to truck transportation — such as electronic logging…
Health & Safety Let’s focus on what matters most by David Henry It was a fun year, wasn’t it? Who would have thought that in 2020 we would be using the roadside as a bathroom, and that a shower may be performed…
Human Resources Changes coming for trucking HR pros by Angela Splinter As an unsettled 2020 comes to an end, let’s look at what 2021 will have in store for our trucking and logistics workplaces. The modernization of Canada’s Labour Code In…
Regulations 4 wishes for a happier year of trucking by John G Smith It’s hard to believe how radically life has changed in a single year. When the calendar pages first turned to reveal 2020, Covid-19 had yet to emerge in Canada. We…
Business Management Three tips to communicate policy changes to employees by Katrina Pizzino The new year will bring important changes to the Canada Labour Code. Come Jan. 1, 2021, employers will need to ensure they maintain compliance with new Workplace Harassment and Violence…
