An 84-year-old law prevents truck drivers from getting overtime pay

A noble truck driver… perhaps not earning overtime pay. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Truck driver Dominic Oliveira’s last paycheck from Prime Inc., the 15th-largest trucking company in the U.S., was $712. 

Oliveira needed that money during his job change to a new trucking company. But he said Prime refused to pay up, so he got lawyers involved to see if he could secure the cash. 

The Massachusetts native soon encountered a batch of decades-old labor laws that treat truck drivers differently than other...

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