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The driver shortage in the trucking industry continues, and longhaul routes remain the most vexing issue, according to experts.

Discover how celebrating your drivers with a thoughtful, uniform-led benefit program can help jumpstart your driver retention program, increase job satisfaction, and drive your transportation business to even greater success.

Approximately 80 carriers and 2,500 drivers chosen for the #FMCSA study will collect and provide 12 months of data to help determine the frequency and severity of detention time drivers face when making deliveries. 

NEW YORK — Walmart is further sweetening the perks for its U.S. store managers as it seeks to retain its leaders and attract new ones in a still competitive job market.

Program Airs: August 10, 2 p.m. ET Attrition is especially rampant in the T&L industry. In fact, more than half of all new drivers will leave their roles within the first six months. Learn strategies from experts at Hotel Engine and their partners on how to combat attrition through new and creative strategies. 

Host Dan Ronan asked "The trucking industry is struggling to recruit and retain enough professional drivers in this tight labor market. How can technology help companies improve driver satisfaction and retention?" Drew Anderson, Senior Director of Product Development for PrePass, answered. Originally hosted during our first Transport Topics Magazine Series Event - Retool - we isolated the discussion to make it easier to enjoy and to share. 

WASHINGTON — Enhancing recruitment and retention efforts across the trucking industry will benefit the connectivity of the country’s supply chain, American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear told a U.S. House panel March 28.

The majority of truck drivers are not actively looking for a new job, but a robust recruiting environment makes it easy for them to find one should they want to make a move, a recent industry survey found.

RoadSigns produced a special series of podcasts on workforce development in which Transport Topics explored various ways to obtain and strengthen the talents and attributes of employees. Here are some of the issues the leaders of the industry discussed with us.