The Trucker Newspaper - September 15, 2018

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TCA, CarriersEdge open nominations for 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For competition
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The Truckload Carriers
Association and CarriersEdge, which since
2008 have sought to identify and recognize the
top tier carriers and what makes them so successful,
have opened nominations for the 2019 Best
Fleets to Drive For contest.
For a company to be eligible for the contest,
a professional truck driver must nominate a forhire
fleet with 10 or more trucks operating in the
United States or Canada. TCA membership is not
required. The nomination period is open through
October 31.
To nominate a fleet, drivers can go to http://
bestfleetstodrivefor.com/nominations.
“Our industry is rapidly embracing innovative
technologies and best practices that are making
fleets safer and making life easier for our
professional truck drivers,” said TCA President
John Lyboldt. “This contest showcases the most
forward-thinking companies and steps they are
taking to retain their skilled workforces.”
Once a company accepts the driver’s nomination,
CarriersEdge will contact them and have
them complete an electronic questionnaire detailing
aspects of the company’s workplace environment
such as compensation, safety practices,
benefits, equipment and training.
The questionnaire is supplemented by a telephone
interview with senior management and a
survey of a random sampling of the company’s
drivers and owner-operators. The information
gathered through this process reveals the key innovations
that help to attract and retain skilled
personnel in the trucking industry.
Part of what has propelled Best Fleets to Drive
For to grow and thrive is that each year’s findings
provide new information and best practices that
can be explored in the following year’s program.
“Last year, we highlighted some new questions
about how companies make drivers feel like
equal partners in the business, and some maintenance
and equipment questions,” said CarriersEdge’s
Chief Executive Officer Jane Jazrawy.
“This year, we’ll be expanding on the ‘driver as
valued partner’ subject, digging further into how
companies communicate on a day-to-day basis
and processes for addressing driver questions and
resolving problems.”
CarriersEdge and TCA will also continue
exploring how fleets build an inclusive culture
by looking at how diversity is represented in the
management team, committees, and other public
parts of the business.
“On the ever-important subject of compensation,”
Jazrawy said, “we’ve been exploring guaranteed
pay programs over the past few years, but
a new compensation tool has popped up as well
— stock options.”
She said that as more fleets have gone public
recently, more of them are offering stock options
to their drivers as a result.
The top 20 finalists will be identified as Best
Fleets to Drive For and will be announced at the
end of January 2019. From this pool, companies
will then be divided into both “small” and “large”
categories, and two overall winners will be recognized
March 10-12, 2019, at the TCA Annual
Convention in Las Vegas.
In late October, companies that have been
nominated (or believe they will be nominated)
and are considering participating are invited
to learn more about the survey requirements
through a free webinar outlining the questions
that surveyors will ask, data requirements, and
methods for collecting better information. 8
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