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Should We Pay Truck Drivers a Salary Rather Than Mileage?

Jim Park's Truck Talk
Volume 1 Number 13

Drivers today are losing more productive hours than ever to delays caused by congestion, delays at loading docks, and even at Customs. It's no different in Great Britain. In fact it's worse -- much worse. Drivers, as you might imagine, were mighty unhappy about that, until carriers began switching to salaried pay rather than mileage pay.

When the European Union directive of a 48-hour workweek for truck drivers hit Britain, many drivers left the industry, but the salaried drivers were sitting pretty. Carriers began negotiating deals with shippers where the trucks were hired by the hour rather then the mile, and everyone came out ahead.

Given the changing nature of our industry, is it time to consider salaried pay for North American drivers too?

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