how much is your layover pay?

That's exactly the way we do it. Most of our trucks are day cabs. We pay by the hour.
A typical run is out one day, unload, lay over, and head back home the second day. When the driver lays over, the first ten hours are at no pay, just like they'd be if he was home.
We pay motels and meals. Each driver carries a company credit card. When the layover starts he can start using the card to pay for his meals. The next day, after his layover, he can charge meals on the way back to the yard. This does not mean that he can stop ten miles from the yard and have another meal before he comes in. Most of the guys understand that.
We'd rather the drivers didn't stay at the Hilton but we don't want them staying in some flea-bag either. On the meals,we've never had a driver actually order steak and lobster but I'm sure they've thought about it. Same as the motel, don't get fancy but don't eat junk either.
At the end of ten hours the hourly pay kicks back in so, whether the truck is moving or not, the driver get's paid. It's up to us to keep that truck moving so we're not incurring any dead loss due to lack of miles. But...if the driver is sitting, away from home, and he's sitting because we didn't arrange to keep him moving, we pay the bill.
With that kind of incentive we'll very rarely let a truck sit for any length of time. One of the benefits of being a local/regional company is that a lot of times we can run the truck back empty rather than waiting around for a cheap backhaul.

 

That gave me good laugh. How 'bout drooling in your sleep and having the drool drip down under the horn button and shorting out the contacts and giving you a good zap in the mouth.
I remember those days. I'm not sorry to see them gone.

 

Thanks. Most of the companies I know, small companies in our area, work things pretty much the same. If you want to keep good people you have to treat them right.
On the driver's side, most of the guys have had enough bad jobs that they recognize a decent one when they see it. That helps.