Driver pay.....

Some states have a labor law that an employee may not be paid a fixed salary unless they are a manager. This is normally defined as having either 2 or 3, or more people under you who are under your supervision.

 

I recently made the switch to running local being paid hourly for a guy I have worked for in the past being out all week getting paid by the mile. I enjoy it this way much better knowing that I am getting paid for any delays, fueling, etc. that goes on throughout the day. I am still learning that there is no need to open the truck up and bury the needle like before.

 

Those laws are usually not a problem when someone is paid a set salary. These people who are not managers are normally only working a set 40 hour week and then if they work more, receive overtime pay.

Not a problem for the most part. However, labor law does not apply to the trucking industry.

 

The last trucking company I worked for paid a guaranteed salary, no matter the miles.

They were not very good about keeping the truck moving. What they did best was finding ways that they could screw the driver out of the guarantee.

Detention pay would change procedures each week. This would make it impossible to comply with the many steps.

So, what really happens is that the driver is empty and they have to find a load. They can wait two days for the load, since the driver is not being paid. It also removes the need for them to worry about the driver since he is not a cost to them until the load is available to move.

No business that I have ever worked on has had such a policy toward employees until I get more involved in trucking. It is one of the reasons that I am not a company driver.

 

You do realize that we have drivers out here who are NOT here to make money.

I've met drivers who utilize trucking for a place to live.

I've met drivers who "limit" their miles, to reduce child support.

I've met drivers who "limit" their miles, to insure they still qualify for food stamps.

I've met drivers who utilize their job as a method of meeting people of the opposite sex. And don't mind "getting sick" for a couple of days once they find a willing party.

I've met drivers (and tried to train one) that needed 14 hours of sleep every day.

I've met drivers who were just plain ###### lazy.

No, I'm thinking we don't need a Union, or a salary.

Just higher pay per mile, combined with a decent hourly pay for dock times.

 

A sliding pay scale would help keep drivers wanting to move.
Millis has such a scale that pays MORE not less as your miles go up

 

I wouldn't want all drivers paid a salary. There are too many who would milk it. I have worked for a company that had a minimum pay though, no matter how bad of a week you had. That was pretty nice.

That being said, I'm paid %26 of load these days. I REALLY like percentage.

 

Oh, okay. I didn't realize where you were coming from with this question. My bad.

I don't think you're going to find a company willing to pay an O/O a salary. I could be wrong there. But I haven't heard of any.