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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ScaniaLW, post: 11926591, member: 230197&quot;]A Michigan congressman thinks truck drivers ought to receive overtime pay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rep. Andy Levin recently introduced a bill called Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, which would undo truckers&#039; exemption from the Fair Labor Standards Act. That exemption dates back to the 1930s and was originally enacted as a safety issue to keep drivers from working too many hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Levin&#039;s bill has several Democratic cosponsors. Jefferson Van Drew of New Jersey is the only Republican to add his name to the proposed legislation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Removal of the exemption was included as a suggested action for the Department of Transportation in its <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2022-03/EO%2014017%20-%20DOT%20Sectoral%20Supply%20Chain%20Assessment%20-%20Freight%20and%20Logistics_FINAL_508.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2022-03/EO%2014017%20-%20DOT%20Sectoral%20Supply%20Chain%20Assessment%20-%20Freight%20and%20Logistics_FINAL_508.pdf" rel="nofollow">Supply Chain Assessment of the Transportation Industrial Base</a>, itself based largely on stakeholder input taken amid disruptions that exposed vulnerabilities in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the document noted as an action item a policy recommendation for the DOT to &quot;urge Congress to eliminate the Fair Labor Standards Act motor carrier exemption. Under the current exemption, employers are not required to pay overtime to many truck drivers.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you guys are going to make even more money.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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