Adequate time off.

if your modifying your driver contract, why dont you talk to the driver and negotiate his home time with him? See what he wants for number of days off.

 

caution, blunt to the point answer incoming: you expect this guy tho stay away from his family for two weeks and don't think it's fair he gets 2 full days off before loading back out? if you're gonna shaft someone that hard you should be buying them flowers and dinner first.
ok now that we understand how I think this deal is for him, it's not like you are holding a gun to his head, if he doesn't like your terms he can find another job.

 

A "Salary" doesn't change from week to week...

You don't just not pay him the same because he goes home for a day or 2... The point of a salary is that you have good weeks and not so good weeks but it all averages out..

I think you have a good thing going with the driver and are treading on a slippery slope with him...

 

The normal is one day off for each week out. Just make it clear if he wants to go home every two weeks it's Sat and Sun off.

You should of calculated that in the salary. You just have to figure 4 days off a month no matter how you look at it. Then you don't seem cheap with a deduction on a salaried employee. It's kind of late to back up now. Just sit down and talk about it. Keep the salary adjustment in mind with the next employee.

What type trailer do you pull?

 

What was the net revenue that you are losing from these days? Perhaps try and get him a pre-loaded trailer that he can leave with on a Sunday evening and try and get one more day out of him that way. Who is responsible for the 2500 / month truck payment? I know it is a new truck but if the plan was for somebody to have to run 28 days a month to make the payment, I would adjust that part as it seems highly likely to not work either through ( DOT Busts, or Driver Burnout, or Driver Errors ) It seems this driver may be a little set in his ways as what he wants off. Maybe a talk about needing more flexibility on the driver side as it relates to running an extra day.

 

If you have a driver getting good mpgs and more importantly not tearing anything up, on time and low maintainance I'd give him every other weekend off...most likely his wife works M to F, his kids go to school and that's when he can see them all for at least a little quality family time. Its only 4 days a month and the guy is working to support his family...not to pay for your truck.
If he's a good no problem driver he's worth trying to keep, there are a lot more jobs looking for drivers than drivers looking for jobs.

I once worked for a guy that #####ed about me having 3 days at home if I got back at 11:30 Friday night and left at 10 am Sunday...don't be that guy, you'll keep good drivers longer.

 

2 off for every 14 out and home time can be on the 15th day. That way he's getting 2 full days home and your getting 14 full days out unless a load brings him back a few hours early. But in his case he is gonna have to sacrifice a little for it all to work out. He makes a $900.00 a week salary plus perks to drive someone elses truck, hell I would stay out a month because most company drivers don't even bring in $700 a week these days, have to pay their own benefits out of pocket and normally only get one day for every 7 out and the minimum to be out is 14 days. He better not complain to much because he's got it good. On the other hand it's not his fault you bought a brand new 2013 truck with payments that are three times as high as a house. You could have gotten a new truck at a much better rate had you bought a glider kit and gotten better quality than factory parts. My next one will be a glider kit. I just couldn't pass up a good deal on a Freightliner Select truck at the time of shopping around. It's gonna have to be some compromise boss on you and the drivers part.