I've heard of companies that do but I have never worked for one. Most OTR companies figure it's part of trucking. Just another day of the week.
Holiday pay?
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by bduke, May 24, 2009.
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Christmas only.
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I don't think that there are too many OTR, let alone local companies that pay anything different to the driver for a holiday. Whether they work it or not. Take a look at this industry as a whole. Most companies, mine included, don't really care about the driver. They tell you they care but you need to be pragmatic about it. It has been proven time and again. I am sure that there are quite a few managers/dispatchers/ops personnel who are paid while being with their famalies on any given holiday while the driver receives nothing more. What a positive review for their company.
There are a lot of drivers out there that are paid their rate no matter what day it is. Shippers/receivers are closed on most major holidays. Therefore, the driver sits and waits for nothing. But for the most part, they do that anyway.
Here is how it works for holiday pay at my employer. We get 12 paid holidays per year. If you don't work on a holiday, you get paid 8 hours ($193.12). The catch is, you need to have worked the day before and they day after to be eligible for pay unless your vacation falls during the holiday. In that case, you will be granted 1 additional paid day of vacation. If you elect to work on a holiday, you are paid at double time and a half for your hours worked.
For example, I had nothing going on for memorial day so I chose to work on monday after having my weekend off. I worked 11 hours on Monday. The total gross pay was $663.85. Not too bad for a days work.
I am not the norm, but you didn't ask for that. I hope that if you worked, you were compensated for it.
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If you don't get compensated for your time why work for that employer? Here is how it works at my company for Holidays:
Every driver gets paid 8 hours at their line haul formula pay. If you end up working on any part of the holiday from 6am to 9pm you also get paid hourly pay on top of your mileage pay, stop pay, per diem, pre/post pay, layover pay and any downtime pay that applies.
So say you leave the terminal at 5am on Memorial day and head up to Denver, you get around $20 an hour from 6am to 9pm. 15 hours at $20 an hour is $300, and that is on top of your normal pay and 8 hour holiday pay.
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Some companies offer their company drivers holiday pay and some don't.
What's your opinion when my company has no holiday pay for it's drivers, yet all the salaried office workers have the day off at normal pay. 4th of July was yesterday and they had today off in lieu of yesterday.
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Every company does it different. In the "old days", there wasn't any Holiday pay. Over the years, companies have started to pay for holidays. Some say you must work/drive the day before and after. Some say you must be there 90 days. Some might pay $50, or $75 or whatever. Just don't worry about holiday pay, just drive the truck, make your deliveries and do what you're told. :smt027
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You missed the question. Do you think it's fair the office people get it and you don't??
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Holiday pay!!!! What's that?
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Holiday pay $50, plus home every holiday
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No, it's not fair office prople get it and drivers don't. But, that's 2 different classifications. Office people can call in sick, office people punch out at 5 pm. Office people have 1 hour lunch break, and get to work in an air-conditioned office.
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