LTL ...Hours And Overtime
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How are they paying??? Under FLSA its screwy but that doesn't sound right!
For city freight, it's hourly.
-mountain girl
Overtime is always after 40 hours in America. They probably meant you work 60 hour weeks?
Phil
The transportation industry gets an exception to the 40 hour rule. In the transportation industry above 60 hours is overtime. It's that way for those who work in the airline industry as well. I know ticket agents and gate agents that experience this first hand.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Ahh I didn't know that, my job is after 40 hours I get overtime. I take it you didn't go for that scale operator job MJ?
Phil
One company I spoke to recently spelled out hours and pay for me and I'm pretty sure they said they pay overtime after 60 hours. Does that even sound right to you guys? That seems like a lot of freaking hours before over-time pay would start ...
-mountain girl
Yep. But take a look at what they might be paying compared to another company that pays overtime sooner - might be a wash. Non union trucking companies typically do overtime at the 60 mark, it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. I wouldn't get hung up on it.
... ... I wouldn't get hung up on it.
-6 String
Nope. You're right. Not gonna'.
-mountain girl
... I take it you didn't go for that scale operator job MJ?
-Phil
Yanno'? I didn't. I wanna' drwive trwucks! (insert Elmer Fudd voice here) The company is cool, they got it goin' on, but I'd be sitting in a big booth and the truckers would be leaving me behind all day, to go drive off and have their fun. Newp. And like my CDL school administrator said, in 6 months I'd be no more experienced at driving than I am now, so why did I bother going to school, right?
-mountain girl
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.
The transportation industry gets an exception to the 40 hour rule. In the transportation industry above 60 hours is overtime. It's that way for those who work in the airline industry as well. I know ticket agents and gate agents that experience this first hand.
-Matt
This is good to know. Thanks. Where in Philly are you from?
-mountain girl
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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One company I spoke to recently spelled out hours and pay for me and I'm pretty sure they said they pay overtime after 60 hours. Does that even sound right to you guys? That seems like a lot of freaking hours before over-time pay would start ...
-mountain girl