Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 6
- Latest action
- Mar 6, 2025
What it does
The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 by repealing Section 13(b)(1), which currently exempts certain transportation workers—including truck drivers—from overtime pay requirements. If enacted, the bill would extend overtime protections to these workers, requiring employers to pay time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. The change would affect employees in the trucking and related transportation industries who are currently excluded from federal overtime rules. The bill was introduced by Senators Padilla, Markey, Sanders, Blumenthal, Warren, and Wyden and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and…
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