I've heard about some law that congress is trying to pass or has passed that will require the carriers to pay their drivers their fuel surchage from the day they hired on with the carrier. So if you hired on with a carrier on 8/2006 they are required to pay you from 8/2006 to present day the money they kept in fuel surcharges. Not sure how true it is but was curious if anyone else has heard of this?

 

This was posted in another forum...this bill has no enforcement mechanism and therefore counts as "feel good legislation".

Your liberal Congress making you think they're doing something that will benefit you.

 

The bill had nothing to do with drivers unless they owned the truck and purchased the fuel. It basically stated that whomever purchased the fuel would get all of the fuel surcharge. The basic problem is as stated by HWD, is the enforcement. There wasn't any teeth in the bill. If you found a broker or carrier who kept part or all of the fsc then you would need to take them to court. The only way something like this would work is to make it a criminal offense with mandatory jail time. It was a piece of useless legislation and a waste of our resources. The only ones who made money out of this were the lawyers who drafted the bill.

There is another bill called TRUCC that basically calls for transparency in the billing process. In other words, the shipper and broker would be required to put the total charges of shipping including the fsc on the bills. I doubt that this will get any further than the previous bill. Without consequences, this type of bill is just another piece of "feel good" legislation.

 

Ahh I see, I didn't get all the details and what I explained in the OP was all I knew about it.

 

What a novel concept! :shock:

 

You mean I get PAID for this?

 

True.

Would have helped an acquaintance that worked for Triad Transportation. He was percentage and was supposed to be getting 26% of the load (roll-off). He happened to see an invoice on the customer's desk - over $2,500 for a one-day load. Needless to say he wasn't getting 25% of that.

-p.