Trucking trainer company faces accusations of improper time and attendance management
A class-action filing by a group of truckers who had been trained at a Wisconsin company has been brought to U.S. District Court.
The lawsuit claims that trainees weren't fairly compensated under the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to industry source Land Line Magazine.
The former employees under training alleged that they had worked as many as 70 hours per week but their pay didn't equal the state and federal rate of $7.25 per hour. Instead, they were paid a flat rate between $300 and $500 each week, they claim that employee tracking for hours and pay wasn't used.
The class-action portion of the suit is set up to include any trainee who participated in the company's program since 2011. For its part, the company denied any wrongdoing and claimed it did pay an hourly rate in line with the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The FLSA includes one major exemption for truck drivers, an exclusion from employers having to pay overtime. By custom, many trucking companies pay a per-mile rate instead of an hourly rate. As long as the overall payment is equivalent to the minimum wage, such a pay structure is legal.
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