Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act (HR1962)
Current understanding
HR1962 would repeal the Motor Carrier Act exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for truck drivers, extending overtime pay protections to a workforce currently excluded. The bill has been introduced and referred to committee; it has not advanced to markup or floor consideration. Practical effect, if enacted, would be to require employers of covered drivers to pay time-and-a-half for hours worked beyond 40 per week.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-18 — HELP Act: cross-connection with fmcsa-livestock-hauling-hos-eld-exemption: Both bills modify federal working-hour rules affecting commercial motor carrier drivers. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-03-06 — Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act: cross-connection with veterans-transition-to-trucking-act-2025: Both bills target the trucking labor pipeline — one via wage protections, the other via workforce entry pathways. (novelty: 2)