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In March I worked 124 hours and slept in the truck 2 night only. The rest of the time i slept at home. My meals on the road were paid for by the carrier. I get paid to do a pretrip, fuel, load, wait, unload, load, permits, etc. If I spend any time doing anything, I get paid for it. I only work part time and my March revenue is $4,960.00


So if you're going to be away from home 250 days a year for $60,000., you're being raped by the carrier. 50 weeks at 70 hours a week on the clock and $60,000. = $1,200. week or $200. a day and $17.14 per hour. I get the feeling that you Work 100 Log 70 and get paid for 50 only.

I should add that I was also paid $110. for time spent washing the truck (3 washes).

 

Foreign worker program rules get tougher next week


03/25/2011

OTTAWA, Ont. -- Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Programprotect workers and limit them to four years of work, says the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council.

The changes, which are related Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, and come into force on April 1, will address several issues, such as genuineness of job offers, compliance reviews, and duration of employment.

Employers will be assessed based on their ability to meet the terms of a job offer and whether it is actively engaged in the province in which a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) is submitted.

Reviews will also determine that employers and third-party agents acting on their behalf have a history of complying with employment and recruitment laws.

As well, regulators will ensure that wages and working conditions have, over the two years preceding an LMO application, been "substantially the same" as the original job offers to temporary foreign workers.

Rates will also have to be inline with Canadian "standards."

Employers will be barred from the program for two years (and names will be made public) if there are any discrepancies, although fleets will have the opportunity to justify any differences.

Employers will also be are responsible for ensuring temporary workers who do not become permanent residents don't work more that the four-year limit.

There's more: Employers need to sign a contract with employees to outline wages, duties, and conditions related to the transportation, accommodation, health and occupational safety of the foreign workers.

They also must cover recruiting costs; consult with the local union if the position is covered under a collective agreement; help find suitable and affordable accommodations; pay the worker's full airfare to and from their home country; provide medical coverage until the worker is eligible for provincial health insurance; and register workers through provincial workers compensation or workplace safety insurance plan.

Fleets that want to change a Temporary Foreign Worker's terms of employment should contact HRSDC/Service Canada.

The CTHRC's Guide to Human Resources: Volume 2 and other literature includes modules that provide the tools and templates to comply with the changes.



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okay captain ######## that worked only 124 hr paid 5000 whats the name of your lucky charm carrier I've worked oil patch and logging in leduc drayton west pembina rocky grande prairie whitcourt grande cache are my whole life. I want to know the carrier you work for that is paying over 40 an hour for a slacked jawed driver such as yourself.

 

I'm going to guess you hardly work so you'd do something like wire lining and your the crew boss that fires everyone every other month when there is no work. .

 

I'm sorry if I come accross as a little brash. That's what happens when I call ########. I will However accept an extreme few will be paid for the job you describe but that's for extreme or specialised services. And thus does not include extensive driving but when one does drive one may drive like he's watched too much ice roads truckers thus think he knows what the hell he's doing. So continue wrapping your lips around that auto gear shift. But I do apologise if I'm wrong but prove me wrong by stating your position employers name and carrier so I may sell my trucks and get hired on with the company you work for. I'm absolutely certain they'd want me on there team with my experience education and a can do attitude.

 

Obviously, you're not an OTR driver. And obviously, you're in a specialized area. I have friends who work in the oil field crap out there, and every company over charges whoever has hired them, so what you make doesn't mean anything to a normal, OTR driver. You're in an area that gouges and screws its' customers, so higher than average wages are the norm.

As for your feeling about what I drive, log, etc, it's just that. Your feeling. I don't need to work 100, and log 70, to make my money or my miles. I also don't only take off 2 weeks a year. It's usually more like 6-8 weeks.

 

Yes I ran the patch and specialized in centrifuges.

2011 Pete with 40 ton winch and 2011 Aspen scissorneck.

And no, I won't name the carrier (4 trucks only) on an internet site. I can tell that he would never want a big mouth johnnnygunn on the payroll.

 

$40.00 an hour on winch tractor and $50. to $55. an hour on picker is not out of line in the patch.

 

Exactly. And that has nothing to do with the payscale for OTR. No one driving OTR is getting paid for running a picker, as there are no pickers that need to be ran when driving and loading and unloading for a normal OTR job.

 

Have ypou ever thought that maybe, just maybe, your employers paid you what you're worth, and that may not be a hell of a lot.