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Payroll for trucking and hauling companies
A driver’s settlement calculation needs supporting work records even when pay is described by the mile or load. Tidwell helps trucking businesses organize payroll from the compensation arrangement and worker treatment established by their advisers.
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General information, not legal advice.
Document how the driver earns each pay component
Collect the written pay method and approved records for driving, loading and other assigned work. Identify reimbursements separately from wages. Ask the employment adviser to resolve coverage or classification questions before applying a payroll formula; ownership of a truck does not settle those decisions.
Flag piece-rate arrangements for a separate review
Where California piece-rate rules apply, rest and recovery pay is separate from piece earnings. Other nonproductive time also has its own treatment. Provide the relevant time records and approved calculations rather than assuming a mileage or load total includes every compensable activity.
Sources: DIR - AB 1513 FAQs
Make dispatch corrections reach the payroll deadline
A missing timecard does not excuse paying known wages late under California’s payday guidance. Set a dispatch cutoff and an escalation path for incomplete trip records. Keep late corrections tied to their original period and confirm the established pay frequency with the adviser.
Sources: DLSE FAQ - Paydays
Keep covered hauling identifiable
If a hauling assignment has confirmed public-work reporting requirements, preserve the project and worker references needed for a separate certified payroll review. Reconcile its pay inputs to the ordinary payroll run without assuming every load has the same reporting treatment.
Sources for driver compensation records
Fleet bookkeeping and covered hauling
Review the dispatch-to-payroll handoff
Tell us which records need attention and who approves the next steps.
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