can employer force me to log onduty when im offduty

Proof that truckers don't read.

 

Your right.
You didn't read his post.
He didn't say he was off the clock when he wasn't fueling trucks.
Let's look.

I work for a company that fuels frac sites in the oil/gas industry. I work for about an hour to an 1-1.5hrs at a time making a "round" fueling all the equipment on the site...then i retreat to a heated ice fishing shack and sleep on a cot for around 2 hrs(sometimes longer) before having to do another round..while in the shack my job responsibilities are basically done- im just waiting for my alarm clock or someone from the frac company to wake me..im basically on call if that. Im free to do whatever i want whether it be sleep,eat, use my laptop,etc..by my understanding i should be considered off duty...my employer insists i log the entire time as on duty because "its less work for me when i fill out my logs instead of constantly switching duty statuses"..ive concluded its just less work for the person who teviews our logs-which happens to be the front desk receptionist who has no cdl experience and minimal hos training...are they forcing me to falsify my logs to save their incompetent butts office work...we only have 15 drivers i could review all the daily logs in less than a half hour but guess its too much work....for thrm

He is basically on call but that's not quite true?
He didn't tell the whole story. He probably works a 12 hour shift I'm guessing.
To me, that means he is on duty while he is in the shack.
It's just like a firemans job. He is at the fire house not fighting a fire but he is still on duty until his shift is finished.
In this case the guy is on duty but he isn't working. He is waiting for the siren to go off.
He cannot go to California. He can't go to Paris France during this time.
His company is exactly right. He should not log off duty. He should be on duty not driving.

 

"You're", actually... and yes, I am.

 

The example you're using isn't the applicable one! ^That applies to routine stops during your driving day. \/ This one is for the oilfield waiting time exemption, which fuel trucks don't qualify to use. And even if you could get the DOT to buy that the top one is the correct one, your employer has to release you from responsibility for you to log it off duty, and I'm guessing they aren't releasing you and that's why they want it on duty.