A Fort Worth-based trucking company must rehire and pay a truck driver who was terminated for raising safety concerns, federal officials say.
On January 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that Texas trucking company Balkan Express LLC must “reinstate and compensate a worker who was terminated after reporting safety concerns.”
Balkan Express was ordered by the DOL’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to pay the fired driver back wages, interest, compensatory, and punitive damages totaling more than $100,000…