Educational Events

With the new entry-level driver training (ELDT) requirements going into effect on February 7, 2022, many motor carriers are working on a plan to be able to provide instruction to their employees who need to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL), upgrade a CDL, or obtain a passenger, school bus, or hazardous materials endorsement.
Join us as we take an in-depth look at all the aspects of a compliant ELDT program, including:
• Theory and behind-the-wheel instructional requirements,
• Instructor requirements,
• The Training Provider Registry (TPR), and
• Certification and recordkeeping.
Time will also be reserved for a live Q&A session.

Keeping your fleet operating legally requires a strong understanding of the IFTA (International Fuel Tax Agreement) and IRP (International Registration Plan) regulations. By following the requirements and properly completing your records, you can prevent fines, assessments, and audits.
This webcast will help you clearly understand:
• How the IFTA and IRP programs work
• What the recordkeeping requirements are
• What triggers an audit and how to prepare
• What other state mileage tax programs may impact you
Bring your IFTA and IRP questions during our live Q&A session!

The FMLA has always been complex and confusing. More often than not, an FMLA administrator does not want to spend precious time pouring over regulations in an attempt to find an answer to a particular situation. The answer might not even be in the regulation or the statute. It might be in an interpretation or a court case. When the topic of the FMLA comes up, questions seem to automatically follow.

If you have FMLA questions, this webcast is for you! We will cover the basics of the provisions, but most of the time will be devoted to answering attendee questions.

Even amid supply-chain disruptions and a global pandemic, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has plowed ahead with regulation changes affecting nearly every segment of the truck and bus industry. If you were distracted by other concerns this year, it’s time to take stock of what FMCSA did in 2021, what it has in store for 2022, and how the changes affect you.

Presented by J. J. Keller senior compliance experts, this webcast examines key FMCSA changes and steps you must take to comply and plan for the months ahead. Now’s your chance to catch up with what you’ve missed, prepare for the future, and get answers to your pressing compliance questions.

Sprains and strains cause nearly half of work-related injuries involving days away or restrictions. Preventing sprains, strains, and back injuries requires an investment, but delivers a positive return in reduced claims, lost time, and workers’ compensation costs. However, an effective strategy to reduce costs must go beyond identifying and addressing the risk factors. Employers need an understanding of OSHA recordkeeping and workers’ compensation to manage incidents in a way that reduces work-related claims and avoids taking responsibility for non-work injuries.
In addition to an overview of risk factors and prevention, this webcast will address:
• How significant aggravation of non-work injuries creates a recordable case.
• OSHA’s interpretation on how work-related injuries that get aggravated outside work can be recordable.
• The importance of documenting and managing non-work injuries.
• OSHA’s interpretation on the distinction between preventive and therapeutic exercises (one is recordable, the other isn’t).
• When you can assign restrictions to prevent a condition from worsening without incurring an OSHA recordable.
This 30-minute complimentary webcast will end with a live Q&A session.

Attend this complimentary event on OSHA Recordability & COVID-19! This highly interactive presentation will explore recent OSHA guidance and how the global pandemic has affected your workplace injury and illness recordkeeping responsibilities. We’ll also discuss OSHA’s severe injury and fatality reporting, including differences in state-plan state reporting and when to report cases of COVID-19. Attend this new virtual event to see what we’ve learned from a year of COVID-19 recordkeeping and reporting. We hope you can join us!

Your company’s policies and procedures can be a preventive tool, the solution to your problems, or the cause of them. Well written and executed policies can help your company operate more effectively and compliantly. On the other hand, poorly written or executed policies can lead to problems, such as poor performance within the company or trying to explain your flawed policy to an outside official.
In this webcast, we'll discuss how to develop effective DOT policies and procedures, and what you need to do with them to make sure they end up helping you, not hurting you.

A live Q&A session will follow the event!

DOT Policies and Procedures: Writing and Executing Effective Polices

Accidents don't just happen. Something causes them, and usually more than one thing. An investigation should identify those causes, but the cause of an accident is not the same as the cause of an injury. Injuries may be caused by over-exertion, falls, and being struck by objects. Factors that caused the accident, however, are more complex. For example, a wet floor may cause a fall, but determining why the floor was wet and why the hazard wasn’t addressed gets at the root causes.
Among other topics, this presentation will cover:
• Preparing and training to conduct effective investigations.
• Tips for conducting interviews and watching for blame-shifting.
• Selecting and presenting corrective actions to decision-makers.
• Addressing behavioral causes such as complacency, resistance to change, and pressure to take safety shortcuts.
This complimentary event will also include a live Q&A session!

If your commercial drivers fail a DOT physical exam, they’ll also fail to obtain their med card, which means you’ll have to invest in recruiting and training even more drivers.
This webcast will help you:
• Understand the FMCSA medical exam requirements
• Gain a clear explanation of the recordkeeping requirements
• Learn common errors supervisors make
• Discover industry best practices
If you have questions on this subject, bring your questions to our live event.

If your company meets the thresholds for any of the federal, state, and local environmental reporting requirements, you need to prepare and file the appropriate reports each year. Failing to do so can be costly. During this webcast, you’ll learn about the various environmental requirements so you can accurately file the proper reports—typically due in the first quarter. Annual reports covered include:
• Tier II Reports
• Waste Reports
• Air Reports
o Semiannual Deviation Reports
o Annual Compliance Certifications
o National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) Reports
o Emission Inventories
o Greenhouse Gas Reports (federal and state)
This complimentary event will also include a live Q&A session.

From costly DOT violations to serious on-the-road accidents, the risks associated with non-compliance can jeopardize your business. But you can reduce your exposure and protect your company from fines, lawsuits, and litigation by taking the right proactive steps.

Attend this complimentary webcast to learn where the regulations meet your operational risk — and what you can do about it!

The risks associated with non-compliance can jeopardize your business. Attend this new complimentary DOT live virtual event to learn how to maintain compliant driver qualification files, best practices to reduce your exposure and proactive steps to protect your company from fines.

If an OSHA inspector knocks on your door to conduct a safety inspection, would you know why? Or how you could have prevented it? During this information-packed webcast you’ll discover:
• How to know if you’re at risk for an inspection
• What the OSHA inspector wants to know
• What to expect during the inspection
• How to help the inspection go smoothly
• What your company’s rights are
• How to deal with citations
• How to prevent an inspection in the first place
Be sure to bring your questions to have them answered during a live Q&A session!

Attend this complimentary virtual event to learn how OSHA is significantly shifting priorities under the new administration. Interact with our live presenters virtually on this engaging presentation where we’ll look at upcoming regulatory changes and enforcement trends that will impact your business.

We’ll explore several rulemakings and enforcement initiatives, including:

• COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standards and updated guidance
• Major regulatory changes on the horizon, including e-reporting of OSHA Forms 300/301
• 2021 Top Violations and other enforcement data
• A new OSHA administrator and how that will shape agency priorities

Maintaining compliant Driver Qualification files is complicated and challenging. Mistakes could result in violations that put your Driver Fitness BASIC score in alert status.
Join us for expert guidance on:
• The top Driver Fitness BASIC violations & DQ audit risks
• How to use the Safety Management Cycle to prevent a DOT audit
• Driver qualification File basics
Spend some time with us and ensure your drivers and DQ files are compliant. We’ll wrap up with a Q&A session. Register today!

Attend this complimentary DOT Virtual Event to learn how to identify and mitigate the Top 5 DOT enforcement triggers so you can prevent your fleet from becoming a liability target!

Gain Expert Insights*: Delivered by J. J. Keller® transportation experts, this seminar will help reduce your exposure by providing key regulatory insights related to:

• Roadside Inspections: Selection process & violation overview
• Crash Analysis: Post event testing requirements and legal impact
• Drug & Alcohol: Policy requirements, and how to respond to a positive test
• Data Management & Security: Protecting your fleet data including ELDs, safety performance history, driver qualification, and more
• DOT Audit Prevention: 6 factors of an audit & understanding your safety fitness rating

Once an investigator has begun an audit or review, there’s little the carrier can do to influence the outcome. What can be discovered likely will be. However, a carrier can impact the result before the official notice is received and there is much to be done after the investigation is complete. Even if a satisfactory rating is received, there is risk that needs to be mitigated. There’s always room for improvement.
Rather than focusing on the review itself, this webcast will hone in on:
•The difference between a new entrant audit and a compliance review
•Understanding the three primary triggers of a compliance review
•What to do between getting a USDOT number and the auditor arriving
•Realizing it is not whether violations will be found, but of what type and severity
•A review of the new entrant audit automatic “fails”
•How to improve your processes and reduce your risk regardless of the outcome
Time will also be reserved for a live Q&A session.

The same regulations show up every year in OSHA’s list of top ten violations, and most include training requirements. In fact, the specific paragraphs that mention training are among the most-cited provisions. Those standards include hazard communication, fall protection in construction, powered industrial trucks, control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout), and machine guarding. Although the machine guarding standard doesn’t mention training, employers must rely on workers to avoid citations for things like removing guards.
To help you avoid violations while keeping your workers safe, this presentation will cover:
• The specific training provisions that OSHA most commonly cites.
• Standards that don’t explicitly require training but imply a need for it.
• Determining when refresher training might be needed (even if OSHA doesn’t require it).
• Using training to protect your workers and your company.
This complimentary event will include a live Q&A session!

On November 4, 2021, OSHA released its emergency temporary standard (ETS) requiring private employers with 100 or more employees to ensure that employees be either 1) vaccinated or 2) be tested weekly and wear face coverings.
On November 6, 2021, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay, and on November 14, that stay was reaffirmed after hearing from both sides. What does all that mean for employers?
This webcast will identify where the ETS stands and what its future might be; what its chances are. In light of these events, we will also look at what employers should be considering, such as:
• Policy decisions,
• Company culture,
• Risk assessment,
• Identified future steps should the ETS stand legal challenges, and
• More!
Attendees will also have the opportunity to pose their questions.