Detention Pay: And I thought I had 18 hrs of detention coming? Played!

i never look to see if i got detention or extra stop pay
i get a nice check every week in my account
didnt ask the rate when i got hired
but i drive from green bay to the wrong coast and back 3 times a month and get 2-3 days off in between
the rest is just something to worry about driving down the road
i spend my time worrying about my last place red sox

 

I see it like this. If I don't wait. I don't get no load. I can't scream Yeeee hawww while driving down the road.

 

many knock the union but after reading this Im glad my contract states bottom line paid at $22.01 hour...

 

Good for him on quitting if more did the same we would be getting paid fairly. You are the kind of person who is afraid to stand up for yourself and deserve to be screwed . You have no balls you are sheep that will always follow!!!

 

Ya if more did the same. We would make even more money and have tons of loads to haul!!! Gotta love Job security!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Try being a steel hauler sometime! I've waited up to 12 hours for a load. But! I got paid to sleep, too. My current carrier takes detention and layover very seriously. Truck sits, NOBODY makes money. Detention and layover are the best tools in a carriers toolbox to keep trucks and drivers productive, and to retain drivers. GOOD companies know this and utilize it whenever appropriate.

 

Don't know who said it, but it goes something like this; " If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything ".

And....in the last few weeks I've been "retired", it's to the point I don't dare apply for a new position yet, because with my very good, and difficult sometimes to retain, almost spotless CSA,MVR,PSP ,etc, carriers are wanting me for an immediate start date. Gratifying no doubt, but more importantly, I am absolutely up front about why I left the last job.

Maybe the worm is starting to turn. I dunno.

 

I would quit over detention, but only if it was so common and uncompensated that it affected my income.

 

According to the Dept of Transportation the 2 hr detention applies anywhere you load or unload. Just most companies do not press it for fear of losing a customer. You're right about receiving, you can only collect detention from the appt time forward. You cant bill a shipper or receiver for the time you sit there before the appointment time. D.O.T has no specifications on layover pay so its paid just according to how the company wants to pay it, if they even pay it. Which, really, its the same with the detention. The rule only says that trucking companies can charge shippers or receivers for detention if their truck sits there for more than 2 hours. Don't say anything about they have to pay the driver.