Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act

The Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to remove a long-standing exemption that currently allows trucking companies to avoid paying overtime wages to employee truck drivers. Under current law, truckers are exempt from overtime pay requirements that apply to most other workers in the United States. If enacted, this bill would require that truckers receive overtime compensation at 150% of their regular rate of pay for all hours worked beyond the standard 40-hour work week. The bill does not mandate how companies must pay drivers (hourly, by the mile, or by percentage), only that overtime compensation must be provided when hours exceed 40 per week.

Proponents argue the change is necessary because truckers often work 70 hours or more per week but currently receive no additional compensation for those extra hours, unlike workers in nearly every other industry. The bill has bipartisan support and is backed by labor organizations including the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The legislation was introduced in March 2025 and is currently pending in the House Committee on Education and Workforce.