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Is the 30 minute break going to be paid at least?

We where told last week that we now must take a 30 minute off duty break, before the start of our 12th hour on duty.

It had been 20 minutes before.

Nothing like wasting a hour of my day in a parking lot, instead of being at home a hour earlier.

I don’t think we’re close to the bottom. Maersk laying people off and then the JP Morgan CEO just sold off a million shares of his stock. Could be wrong but that certainly can’t be a good thing. Few wars going on, job numbers down, national debt increasing. If shipping businesses like Maersk are suddenly cutting back I’d say a deep recession is coming.

It's getting rough out here. Brokers continue spiraling out of control, and now shipping behemoth Maersk reveals a 94% plunge in 3rd quarter profits.

Hang on tight - we're nearing the bottom of this mess.

It’s slow right now man. It’s not just you. Companies are being extra picky right now on who they are hiring. And from what I’ve seen and heard this is especially true with local companies. We’ve had local drivers on here get furloughed this year because of how slow it was.

From everything I’ve read violations are “supposed” to fall off after three years. Crashed after five. But I’ve talked to someone who said violations have stayed on their psp after three years.

Harvey…

If California has a much higher minimum wage requirement than the federal wage requirement than it’s meets federal wage requirement and it does not need to be enforced. Otherwise it would be. Weed is legal in California is it not? It is Illegal across the board for truck drivers.

And I can post the links if you like in regards to the California rest law. It’s not required. But Marten maybe paying to err on the side of caution.

Yes, that is a great point Bruce.

Isn’t this a similar situation to the marijuana laws where federal law supersedes state laws for truck drivers?

From what I’ve just found Harvey. Multiple websites pretty much saying the same thing….

“As a result of these decisions, the law is clear that if a truck driver is subject to the FMCSA, that driver is not subject to the California overtime, or meal and rest break laws.”

It’s gonna be the same for Illinois.

Man there are so many ways you could go with this. If Illinois is saying all drivers based in the state have to take these breaks no matter where you are what’s stopping them from saying all drivers coming across state lines have are now subject to this law like Bill asked?

They are essentially saying their law supersedes our already put in place federal regulations. Doesn’t make any sense to me.

That makes even less sense to me that your team truck drivers would have to follow it. If they were to get pulled over in say Nebraska.

Will Nebraska DOT say hey you’re based out of Illinois.So the HOS doesn’t apply to you only Illinois labor laws so you’re in violation for not taking that 30 minute break before that five hour mark?

Here’s another interesting thought. Since HOS laws say the 30 minute break can be taken on duty not driving. I don’t see how this really affects us since those are federal regulations. I would think this rule really only applies to non driver positions. But that’s just my take on it.