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Tag: Fair Labor Standards Act
Channel 19
Truckers are classified as âunskilled laborâ? Nope
A new video from TruckerNation effectively debunks this oft-repeated myth. What it doesnât do is highlight whatâs typically happened in my own experience when those invoking the myth are asked for some clarification â what follows, often, is an invocation of the reality of the exemption from overtime-pay protections for DOT-regulated motor carrier employee drivers.
December 19, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Audio: Rich Wilson at MCSAC â âWe need to hear more from driversâ
Though any FLSA reform wouldnât apply directly to owner-operators, some have made the argument that improved pay conditions for company drivers and corresponding rate-dynamics changes would filter positively throughout the industry.
February 15, 2014
Business
Regs review, CSA, driver pay highlight potential highway-bill action items discussed at MCSAC Day 1
What would you tell the FMCSA to focus on in terms of priority issues for the next highway reauthorization? Find here what FMCSAâs Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committeeâs diverse membership thinks.
February 10, 2014
Business
Attention to detention: Solutions to the problem of uncompensated time, part 1
Everyone in the supply chain benefits from uncompensated detention time â except the driver. Some see a shift toward hourly pay as a solution; other solutions are explored in this part 1 of a two-part series on detention.
October 24, 2013
Channel 19
California domestic workers and truck drivers; $1,500 for a few words
Domestic workers making state-by-state inroads on their own FLSA exemption (similar to company driversâ) from the possibility of overtime pay â meanwhile, a friendly, familiar, potentially lucrative contest.
July 11, 2013
Voices
Views: Fair-labor exemption petition, truck driver as DOT secretary
Owner-operator Joe Ammons launches his petition to the DOT secretary to disallow the trucking exemption from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
May 1, 2013
Channel 19
Driver shortage: An economist and a recruiter âround the bar
Owner-operator Jeff Clark, blogging as part of Freightlinerâs new Team Run Smart initiative, breaks down the driver shortage issue in a crafty way: âAn economist and a driver recruiter walk into a barâ andâŚ
March 2, 2013
Channel 19
The forces at work on detention pay
Operators and industry reps weigh in on the problem of uncompensated detention time at shippers and receivers, and what is being and could be done about it. The problem was No. 3 in Overdriveâs 2012 poll of top challenges for owner-operators.
August 6, 2012
Channel 19
Reader: Repeal FLSA trucking exemption
The following comes by way of owner-operator Joe Ammons, who is looking for assistance with a petition for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation (or Congress) to repeal the trucking exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act, which among other things specifies the 40-hour workweek and 8-hour day for employees of companies in other industries â [âŚ]
July 24, 2012
Voices
Speakout
Truckers weigh in on the pay scale model, sleep apnea, hours of service regulations and other issues.
August 7, 2011
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