DETENTION TIME PAY

How do companies handle detention time between the shipper/receiver and carrier. In a previous reefer post , I saw someone say that they do not like to ask detention pay from their DM because it comes from his operational budget :WRONG. In every carrier-shipper/receiver contracts I have seen, all of them do address detention time. You will always see DETENTION TIME : first 2 hours free then between $50.00 to $70.00 per hour there after. So when those guys on reefer deliveries take their god given time? They do so knowing that your company is getting paid while you are sitting around, no company will let their truck sit for hours if it is not making money. So just know that all your companies get paid during your detention time

Prime requires drivers to use a detention stamp where we fill in appt time, arrival, and departure as well as the seal for a record.

For every stamp that is not imprinted, our FMs are now being charged a "fine".

I don't keep a record of where I should get detention and how much. I know drivers who are meticulous about that. I see it as extra money that gibes me a nice surprise every now and then. I hot $200 for one place. Nice surprise lol

My companies computer system calculates detention. If we arrive early before a scheduled appointment, then that time doesn't count. First 3 hrs for us are free, then it is $20 an hour to a max of 7 hrs. It is paid in 30 min increments after the first paid hour.

They require those detention stamps so that they can bill the company for it. So the FM gets fined because Prime could not bill for the detention time which simply means they lost money. In all the contracts I have seen detention starts after a 2 hrs wait. So If the driver had sat down for 5 hours that means 3 of those hours were detention time @$60.00/hr = $180.00 so now you can understand why the FM will get fined lol. 9hr somewhere is 7hrs detention that is $420 if prime pays 105 @15/hr or 140@ $20/hr to the driver , they are still making money out of that detention. So go after your detention money guuurrrlll... that cat behind you needs gourmet food. Just remember most detention start after 2 hrs.

Prime requires drivers to use a detention stamp where we fill in appt time, arrival, and departure as well as the seal for a record.

For every stamp that is not imprinted, our FMs are now being charged a "fine".

I don't keep a record of where I should get detention and how much. I know drivers who are meticulous about that. I see it as extra money that gibes me a nice surprise every now and then. I hot $200 for one place. Nice surprise lol

They pay you $20 but charge the shipper/receiver an arm and a leg lol

My companies computer system calculates detention. If we arrive early before a scheduled appointment, then that time doesn't count. First 3 hrs for us are free, then it is $20 an hour to a max of 7 hrs. It is paid in 30 min increments after the first paid hour.