Is 21 Days Mandatory???
- Thread starter armin88
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I believe your misunderstanding 21 days out. Some outfits will ask for 21 days a month. It's not necessarily 21 days in a row. Go out maybe 12-15 days. Go home 3-5 days (if your close). Plenty of time left in the month to give them the required 21 days.
Most want you to be in service 70% of the time. That equals 21 days a month.
We were just out for 11 days, came home for 8 due to three coolant leaks that needed repairs.
Going back out on Monday and planning to stay out 3-4 weeks again.
Some stay out longer and some go home more often.
We were just out for 11 days, came home for 8 due to three coolant leaks that needed repairs.
Going back out on Monday and planning to stay out 3-4 weeks again.
Some stay out longer and some go home more often.
The answers in this thread vary by company and contract. The only way you can be sure is to read and understand the contract before you sign.
Monty
Expert Expediter
If your carrier of choice REQUIRES anything of you that does not affect safety, (which they are responsible for under Federal rules), then you are NOT an independent contractor, you could, (In my book), be deemed an employee.
Have I said it before I like Landstar! They have zero requirements for days of service. If you do not work, you do not eat. Landstar is your business partner, not your nanny!
Have I said it before I like Landstar! They have zero requirements for days of service. If you do not work, you do not eat. Landstar is your business partner, not your nanny!
AMonger
Veteran Expediter
That's how it should be. But someone on another list was saying, "Hey, you sign a lease requiring you to wear a punk tu-tu, you got to wear a pink tu-tu."
Or, if there is no real negotiation but they just hand you a lease agreement, take it our leave it, that sounds like an unenforceable adhesion contract.
