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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Transportation
They are talking about this topic: Industry Trends
The quotes below are about this issue:
Both the automotive repair and commercial driving sectors have been affected by various federal policies and insurance company requirements; these policies and requirements often make it more difficult to hire new employees. For instance, recent federal requirements state that interstate trucking employees must be at least 23 years old, and insurance policies require a clean driving record for technicians. (Technicians who do not have a clean record are not able to move cars brought in for repair.)
| "Typically [insurance companies] go back three years, but they continue to go back further and further. They'll go back six years and see a DUI or something along that line, or excessive driving, they're very, very stringent." | Southwest |
| "[W]e have a number of employers out of dealerships that call our shop for future employment. One of the first questions is whether or not they have a DUI and [if they do], they can't hire them because their insurance company will not cover them." | Southwest |
| "Some of the trends that will hurt us will be some of the stringent federal [regulations]." | Southwest |