vacation and statutory holidays

yeh, your right on that: not paid. Just a week of vacation offered.

Most trucking companies offer payment in lieu of time off.

My bad. Been taken payment last few years instead of time and your fact slipped my mind. Thanks

 

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not require payment for time not worked, such as vacations, sick leave or federal or other holidays. These benefits are matters of agreement between an employer and an employee (or the employee's representative). http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/workhours/vacation_leave.htm

Here you go, right from the Department of Labor website. Google is just an amazing tool, it took 30 seconds to get the answer. Most employers offer some type of paid time off in order to be competitive.

 

I have no idea how it works in Canada. Having said that, there are many junk OTR companies here in the US that try to say that certain amount time is factored into your CPM. A smart driver knows that is all BS! Just another way for companies to keep their costs to a minimum. It's kind of like a sweatshop on wheels.

Where I work, we get vacation, holiday and sick pay. Holiday and sick pay come out to 8 hours of pay ($210.32 per day). We have 11 holidays and 12 sick days per year. Vacation is paid at 1 5/2 of your last years gross pay ($335.48 per day). I get 4 weeks vacation now.

Don't fall that "It's all rolled in there" line.

 

seeing where you live im surprised you get .42 cpm that area is famous for low paying driver jobs.. we canadians are told that we dont fall under the fair labor standards act unless we are hourly but lately some magazines are reporting different

 

Crap Magoo. If you cross a border you fall under the Federal Labor Act and OT after 60. If Provincial only then you fall under the Act of the Province you work in. OT after 40 - 44- 45, varies by Province. The law is in place but not many drivers know it or have the desire to do anything about it and keeo working for peanuts.

 

I have never been paid in miles

 

Right on the money. I work for a large LTL company in Canada, we get 11 stat holidays a year, OT after 60 hours. I'm on line haul, had to fight to get the OT, but it is law. As for vacation, all depends on how you are paid.

 

Straight from the federal labour law:
http://www.labour.gc.ca/eng/standards_equity/st/trucking.shtml

 

We pay 6% of gross revenue for Vacation Pay plus 8 hours for 11 Holidays a year. We have guys that gross over $100,000.00 so they get $6,000.00 plus for their Vacation pay.