This is a common occurrence here that drivers are not getting paid for being on the side of the Road the Company has a contradictory Policy! If your on the side of the road you are considered on Duty and there for by company policy be paid for all ( ON DUTY ) time!
It includes all time you are
working or are required to be ready to work, for any employer. It includes the following activities:
• All time at a plant, terminal, facility, or other property of a
motor carrier or shipper, or on any public property, waiting to
be dispatched, unless you have been relieved from duty by the
motor carrier;
• All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning any truck,
including fueling it and washing it at any time;
• All driving time, as defined in the term driving time;
• All other time in or on a commercial motor vehicle other than: (i)
Time spent resting in or on a parked vehicle, except as otherwise
provided in Section 397.5 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations; (ii) Time spent resting in a sleeper berth; (iii) Up
to 2 hours riding in the passenger seat of a property-carrying
vehicle moving on the highway immediately before or after a
period of at least 8 consecutive hours in the sleeper berth;
• All time loading, unloading, supervising, or attending your
truck; or handling paperwork for shipments;
[b]• All time taking care of your truck when it is broken down;
• All time spent providing a breath, saliva, or urine sample for drug/
alcohol testing, including travel to and from the collection site;[/b]
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30 Nov 2023 - 01:31:18
Edited 30 Nov 2023 - 01:31:42 by Mailrunner
// Uniting Drivers against being ripped off!