* DC - Proposal will allow the USA Government to order trucking companies to pay drivers for waiting time
-- USA president Barack Obama is seeking new powers to require trucking companies to pay their drivers for time spent loading and unloading freight... The Obama administration’s proposed multi-billion dollar transport plan includes a clause that will, if passed, allow the federal transportation secretary to order trucking operators to compensate drivers for non-driving work at a rate at least equal to the federal minimum wage... The current USA federal minimum hourly wage is $7.25... The USA Department of Transportation says truck drivers are often not paid for time spent waiting for shipments to be loaded or unloaded... It says the proposal to require paid waiting time will ease the economic stress on long-distance truck drivers by ensuring they are paid for the hours they work...
Washington, DC, USA - ATN (Australia), by Brad Gardner - 7 April 2015Labels: trucking industry news USA
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