In conjunction with fellow attorney Keith Hagan, we are working on developing a secondary practice area addressing wage and hour violations, especially in the trucking industry.  We have represented a lot of truck drivers in consumer matters. Far too many truck drivers are working long hours for too little pay, and that leads them into a variety of financial and consumer problems. We want to go to the source and make sure these drivers get all the pay to which they are entitled.

The starting point is the actions we currently have going involving CDL schools.  Pay issues involving truck drivers can be complicated. For example, truck drivers are exempt from time and a half overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. On the other hand, over-the-road drivers are supposed to be guaranteed at least minimum wage for all the time they spend out on the road minus specific off the clock periods for meals and sleep. We are investigating potential claims involving unpaid orientation and training time.  We are in the early stages if this effort, and we expect that it will be years before it matures.  Nevertheless, if you feel that you haven’t received all the pay that you should have, please call my office at 317-662-4529.  I can only work on cases that have to do with Indiana, but I would like to build up relationships with labor lawyers all over the country.