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bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 months agoWrong, 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.
Vqhm@lemmy.world 6 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.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 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)
Pika@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
The last time I looked into the salary exempt restrictions it had to be your primary job for the exemption to apply, if you are averaging most of your work time not doing exempt things you should file a complaint, worst case scenario is they say ‘yea tough shit it’s exempt’
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
Seems pretty clear cut unfortunately. “Employees performing such duties meet the duties requirement of the exemption regardless of the proportion of “safety affecting activities” performed”