Wages when being paid by percentage as a company driver?

I doubt there is a legal precedent
BUT I wouldn’t work for anyone who doesn’t
I owned trux for years….and ALWAYS included the rate-con to the driver before they ever loaded and a copy always went in w/payroll
I’m now semi retired and drive a truck for a friend….and I’m always included in any decision and rate
I do not know of anyone that doesn’t do this
It’s the proper responsible way to conduct business
So IMHO if owners are not willing to show you up front…they’re hiding something

 

If they won’t give/show you copy of original rate-con
They’re cheating you…,any decent owner wouldn’t do it any other way
Did this for years

 

I alway say this and Believe this through experience. Whether you're a O/o or a Driver. For example, 70% or 80% etc. Of what??. I've asked Company Owners this, Fleet Managers, Safety & Compliance departments, Dispatchers etc. ALL have gotten right up on the defense guard aggressive as though they were agitated. This speaks volumes regarding the truth behind it. Now, if they show you the original negotiate rate con from the Broker the carrier ships with or the direct shipper invoice rate sheet fine. But 98% won't. 98% will become belligerent right from the doubt you have regarding the (%) they promise you. A crook comes in my forms and schemes in many ways. The best guarantee is a rate per mile which diminishes doubt on one's pay.

 

A good company, an honest company, will show you what the rate is. If they're reluctant to share that information they're probably skimming.
If they're skimming off the top, you just took a pay cut, ready or not.
When we used sub-haulers the rate was there for everyone to see. We could get and keep a better class of help that way.
Your company thinks you're gullible. Don't prove them right.

 

Watched a co-worker who also owned several trucks that he paid on percentage and his statement had copies of the carrier's invoices.

His units [he had tankers too] did mostly the work he brought to the table, rinse and repeat.

His oldest driver [over 15 years!] quit because his percentage never increased after 'all these years' BUT pressure from competition had caused the carrier to reduce the rate at least twice and the owner took the hit to keep his 'guys' paychecks the same....

After all those years, the driver never asked to see the rates....