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Sep 24, 2019

LLN (9/23/19) – California’s effort to create a new definition of who is an employee vs. an independent contractor is now law. So what does that mean, and what’s next? Also, how useful are devices such as Fit Bit and the Apple Watch in helping people track their health? If you have a passenger in the truck and have a crash, you’ll need a separate insurance policy to cover them. And we’ll separate rumor from fact on the switch by large carriers from old-style electronic logging systems to regulation ELDs.

0:00-10:10 – Newscast.

10:10-24:14 – Tracking devices and your health.

24:14-38:43 – Passenger accident insurance; ELD rumors.

38:43-48:21– California’s new definition of employee.