Comment on This very important strike you probably haven't heard of has now been going on for about 6 months

bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JamesFire@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  (Assuming you’re in the US)

  Yeah… that’s illegal. There doesn’t appear to be any rules about hours per day, but there’s definitely rules about hours per week. You are legally entitled to overtime pay after 40hrs in a week,.

  www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/overtime

  You can contact the DOL here www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact

  If you can get more employees to report, it’ll make it more likely they’ll do something.

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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wrong, I’m a truck driver and therefore exempt.

    I work in the office 99% of the time… but once or twice a month I do have to drive.

    www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/…/19-flsa-motor-carrier

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    • Vqhm@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Log book rules are a tiny complicated for most to understand.

      However, FLSA ISN’T that complicated. If you don’t cross state lines, if you’re not driving a truck that weighs at least 10,000+ Pounds all the time then you’re likely intitled to OT. The Motor Carrier Exemption isn’t really for every office joe that happens to have a DOT medical because they sometimes move a box truck.

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      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah but I am driving a 53’ semi and could reasonably be asked to go across state lines so I would still be exempt.

        (generally us office staff would only cover shorter stuff if a driver calls out, but it could reasonably happen)

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• heavyladder63@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d recommend you join a union so you can change your conditions at work, but you’ll have to know a thing or two about getting your coworkers onboard to make meaningful change.

  Here’s a list of which unions to join - join-a-union.github.io

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