more work same $ - legal to pay driver by the load in NJ?

There's many local jobs that pay "day pay". They pay you "X" amount to get the job done each day. The amount of work or length of time doesn't matter as long as it's within DOT guidelines. Welcome to trucking.

 

Want to show me were it says that local drivers have a 24 hour restart? We have a 34 hour restart like every one else. Also, it is 60/7 or 70/8, depending on how the company runs thier trucks. Companies that run M-S can only allow the drivers to run 60 hours. Those that run truck Sun-Sat can do 70.

 

I've never seen anything in the FMCSA regs that discusses how drivers are paid. Companies can pay by mile, by hour, by load, or randomly. Unless you sign a contract the company can change basis of payment at will just as driver can change companies at will.

 

Transportation workers have been EXEMPT from fair labor law since "fair" labor laws have been on the books. Same for Agricultural workers and some others. There is NO requirement to pay for overtime, how much per hour, or whatever. It is what the employee agrees to. Been that way for a long, long time.

Now, one has to decide if what they are doing is worth the compensation they are getting. If not, move on. Either way, there is no law, unless your state has some law adressing the issue. There is no minimum wage standard that applies to transportation workers.

 

Is this some sort of trash or aggregate type haul? If so those kind of hours are about the norm, I regularly start my day between midnight and 2 but I certainly don't work until it's dark outside. I log my 14 if I have to then I'm gone, if Saturday work is required I only run if I have time on my 70, I'm a local driver but as a fleet we log on the 70/8 schedule. I like it because it doesn't allow anyone to push the issue of running over hours, the company I work for is good about keeping up with the standards of safety. BTW I get paid by the load here in Florida, it averages itself out usually, but if I were to break down the hours involved in the money I make it would leave me scratching my head, but this is trucking and I've been with this company almost 4 years now so I don't let the hours worked and the money involved play head games with me, I'm happy doing what I do and get treated pretty well so that's about all I ask for.

 

He's going to need a log book because under the local air mile exemption if he does not return to the normal work reporting location within 12 hours and released from work, he needs a log book for the entire day.

 

is(nt) there a Railroad Commission exempt for that ?

 

Good questions for the State Labor Board.

 

State doesn't regulate the RRC,as much as one would like to "think"
there are several loop holes that really jack a truck driver

 

Don't cost anything to to ask them.