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One of the issues the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will try to address in the 117th Congress is the repeal of the truck driver overtime exemption in the Fair Labor Standards Act. The organization said it wants drivers to be paid for all of the time they spend on duty.
OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh said repealing the exemption would benefit owner-operators as well as employee drivers.
“For far too long, drivers have had to give their time away for nothing,” Pugh said. “That’s one of the biggest problems in the industry … but that’s become the norm. You only get paid when you’re driving. You don’t get paid when you’re fueling. You don’t get paid for waiting to load or waiting to unload. As a company driver, trucking is the only profession I know where you work 70 hours but you only get paid for maybe 40 of them when you’re driving the truck.