Why are hours often missing from my truck driver payslip?
Updated on 13 June 2026
The road transport collective agreement (CCNTR) is one of the most complex in France. Between equivalence brackets, amplitudes and expenses, administrative entry errors or deliberate "omissions" by the employer are commonplace.
As a professional truck driver, you spend your days on the road. You conscientiously insert your driver card into the tachograph at every start of duty. This card records the absolute truth: your driving, working, waiting and rest times.
Yet at the end of the month, the payslip that lands in your letterbox almost never matches your calculations. According to field reports, **more than 60% of long-distance truck drivers' payslips contain at least one error in their disfavour**, representing an average shortfall of **€150 to €400 per month**.
1. Actual Service Time (card) vs Hours paid (payslip)
This is the most crucial checkpoint. In goods transport (particularly long-distance, coefficient 150M), the basic monthly reference is set at **152 hours** (the equivalent of 35 hours per week).
- Normal hours (up to 152h): Paid at the basic hourly rate defined by your contract or the CCNTR grid.
- Equivalence hours at 25% (from 152h to 186h): This is the grey area. Many employers stop exactly at 186h in their payroll software to avoid paying hours beyond that, even if your driver card shows you worked 200 hours of effective service.
- Overtime at 50% (beyond 186h): This is the line that counts! Every minute worked beyond 186 hours per month must be paid with a mandatory 50% premium. This is the most frequently observed source of omissions in companies.
2. Supplements: Night hours, Saturdays and Sundays
Working at night or at weekends entitles you to strict financial compensation defined by law and branch agreements. The main points to verify are:
📋 Essential checklist:
- ✔ Night hours: Generally defined as 10 pm to 5 am (or according to company agreement). They must be subject to an hourly premium supplement (e.g. €2.49/h on average under the agreement).
- ✔ Worked weekends: A Saturday or Sunday on the road with driving or other work (loading/unloading) must trigger the daily weekend flat-rate premium (e.g. Saturday ~€59 and Sunday ~€120).
3. Road Expense Allowances (IGD)
Meal, snack and overnight allowances are not salary: they are reimbursements of professional expenses exempt from contributions. They are governed by the CCNTR protocol agreement.
- The snack allowance (morning snack): Due if you start your duty before 5:00 am.
- Lunch / dinner meal allowance: Due if your working amplitude passes entirely through the meal windows (e.g. 11:45 am to 2:15 pm for lunch, 6:45 pm to 9:15 pm for dinner) away from your home depot.
- The overnight allowance (accommodation costs): Due if you take your daily rest in the truck cabin away from your home (rest > 9h).
🛠 How to check all this in 30 seconds?
Doing this calculation by hand every month is an administrative nightmare. That is why we designed **TruckerMaster**:
1. Native card reading
You plug in your USB reader and the application instantly extracts all the real hours from your card.2. Smart OCR scan
Take a photo of your payslip. Our AI Léa extracts the paid hours and compares line by line to deliver the verdict in euros.