Overtime laws in MA.

They didn't even have to pay you time and a quarter. They could have just paid straight time for all of your hours and you still wouldn't have had a claim.

 

^^^^^^^^
Yep, I've only had 1 employer pay me OT as a driver. And the base pay was lower to compensate...

Whether I'm being paid by the day/ton/mile/hour I always just calculate by "straight hourly pay" from the time I close my car door to the time I'm heading back home. Current job is only about 14.50/hr, but it's the easiest driving job I've ever had.

 

Are we still considered UNSKILLED LABOR ?

 

I know in Missouri most ltl's are paid time and a half after 45hrs. Never heard of time and a quarter. And @ExOTR i would tell anyone that wanted to pay me 14.50 hr to get bent. I'm sure you worked hard to get your cdl, you should be getting paid better for it.

 

Yes

 

When I was a State Trooper in Ohio back in the 70's. Ohio had a law that no state employee could make more than $8.00 an hour on overtime. At the time my hourly rate was $7.00 hr so I only got $1 more for overtime and supervisors had to take a pay cut to work overtime.
I am certain the pay has increased a bit since then but only mention it to show that overtime pay is not a right. An employer can work you as much as they want and pay you regular wages if they desire. However, you don't have to work for that employer either.
The only requirement for employers are rest periods depending on local state laws and such.

 

Just watching they way some people drive it is obvious that many are unskilled.
But, I believe there should be a rating system for drivers based upon driving experience and driving record.

 

...and the skill level to do this job is rapidly declining. ABS removed the need to know how to properly apply the brakes. Power steering no longer required physical strength. Automatic transmissions mean you don't have to know how to shift the gears. Lane departure warnings, adaptive cruise control, stability control and emergency braking features make it less important to remain alert. Hell, it's only a matter of time before the trailer assist feature found in pickup trucks will make its way into big rigs so that even the least competent "driver" can bump a dock. Hell, you don't even have to know how to work a log book or manage your time because elogs do all of the thinking for you. Trip planning means following your GPS. Fuel planning means stopping where the company tells you and pumping as many gallons as they say to pump at that stop.

They've made the job so easy that anybody CAN do it, so they can hire anybody TO do it. Forget training, because the truck compensates for the skills the drivers of today lack. No skills needed, and no thinking necessary. Then they wonder why wrecks are increasing and big pileups are frequently in the news.