Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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July 2015 | Overdrive | 89 Fleet News Watkins, Covenant, Bay & Bay roll out pay packages WATKINS REFRIGERATED introduced a new pay package for company drivers. The base rate pay structure now includes a 16 percent increase in base mileage rate, increasing from 38 cents per mile to 44 cents, as well as an annual increase of 1 cent per mile through the first five years. Hazmat certification earns an additional 2 cents per mile. Company drivers also are receiving new 2016 tractors. Local drivers for the Lakeland, Fla.-based company received an 11 percent increase from $18 to $20 per hour and an annual increase of 50 cents per hour the first five years of employment. Hazmat certification earns an additional $1 per hour. Detention pay was increased 7 percent and is paid in 15-minute increments after two hours. Southern Pride_OVD0914_PG.indd 1 8/28/14 9:05 AM COVENANT TRANSPORT announced a new pay package for its hazmat over-the-road team drivers. The pay package includes a $1,000-per-week minimum guarantee for driv- ers with at least one year of experience and $850 per week for drivers with less than a year of experience. The new pay package also features guaranteed home time, a company-paid hazmat endorsement, an improvement in earned home time to two days earned for 12 worked, and starting pay for new train- ers increased to 72 cents per mile. Covenant's guaranteed home time policy also pays drivers $100 for each day they are late for their scheduled home time. Rosemount, Minn.-based BAY & BAY TRANSPORTATION introduced its second pay raise this year for its com- pany, lease-purchase and owner-operator drivers. The latest raise brings its driver base pay range to 41 to 45 cents per mile, depending on length of tenure with previ- ous companies. Company drivers can earn an addi- tional 1 to 4 cents per mile in bonuses, again depending on experience.