Trucking salaries confuse me

In regards to that; If your a yard dog, who previously worked at a plant, was getting OT after 40, worked under the company, but then the job was outsourced to a trucking company, and the trucking company says "no overtime, but overtime work is mandatory", and we never leave the state, much less the lot, are we entitled to OT or since we were employed by the trucking company now, we're considered OTR drivers and henceforth, no OT? FLSA confuses me.

 

FLSA is simple, there are two parts to it. First is the company and the other is the driver/helpers/etc. ...

FSLA says that the company can choose not to pay OT for the driver/helper/etc. ... if they are an interstate carrier, however ... the driver does not have to be paid OT if the driver drives interstate, intrastate drivers who never cross the state lines get OT.

I have to pay all my intrastate drivers, including those who are on dedicated routes hourly plus OT, everyone else is 1099.

 

It really depends on where you are located in the country... In my part of the country $50k is decent money, not great but decent.

As an example... Welders in my local area start out at aroumd $16/hr to $25/hr depending on experience and type of shop one works for... But even with 20 years experience its difficult to get a job welding for more that about $20/hr without being required to travel long distances to job sites.