can ltl not pay you ot after 8/40 in all states?

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  1. Old

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    If I am a professional why are they trying to pay me minimum wage. Lol
     
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    Unskilled labor is something you can learn in a few hours. Like how to work a cash register or how to make a subway sandwich. I cant think of any human being on earth that can go from never driven a truck to hooking up a set of doubles and taking them 200 miles away, break em up, put em to their doors and break the freight and then go back to base.
     
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    We as professional driver's are not covered under the federal fair wage and labor act. trucking company's can pay us how/what and when they want. this has been like this since it's inception in the 1930's. my dog has more right's than I do. what a shame!
     
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    I worked city delivery and 100-mile-radius jobs, both union and nonunion. They all paid time and a half over 40, and the union jobs paid it over 8. Only mileage and percentage pay does not pay overtime.
     
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    I get time and a half after 8 hours, but I am union. I wouldnt work anywhere that didnt pay overtime
     
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    If they dont/ wont pay overtime tell them your done at 8/40..
     
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    Washington State and one other (can't remember which one) that I know of.
     
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    yah! good luck with that train of thought. let's see how long you keep that job.
     
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    That is true just have to read the labor code rules. In Canada some rules are different.
     
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    I am Non-Union, and get paid Time and a half after 8 hours. My average day is 12 or 13 hours. If I did not get paid OT, I would vote for that with my feet, and go work somewhere else.