Company force Deducts bridge ticket!!

When you filled out all that paperwork and signed that contract when you hired in you MAY have agreed to allow the company to deduct tickets and fines from your earnings. Now take into account that every state has their own laws governing the % that can be witheld from your check each time. Wage and hours for your state can give you that information. Also in some states you can not sign away away your legal rights, like Michigan where I live. If you did not give your employer singed permission to deduct fines from your check then you still need to call wage and hours and file a legal complaint against then. IF ALL THAT FAILS THEN TELL THEM TO STICK THEIR JOB.

 

In Georgia, an employer cannot withhold anything from your paycheck except taxes and what you give written approval of. Did you sign anything in orientation giving them permission? If not, check your state laws.

 

Well you probably Don't wanna here this BUT the companydid NOT DRIVE OVER THE RESTRICTED BRIDGE--
YOU DID

 

Re-read your contract if there is nothing about deductions and your company didn't inform you or had you sign saying it was ok to deduct from your check they may have violated the law. If unsure I would contact a lawyer or your local labor board either one can help.

 

Ok one sec, this driver had only been in the seat for 8 days. I would agree because he was driving he got the ticket but truth be told....think back to when you first started driving how much did you know, what was in text books? What you learned in school? Ultimately there was a big fail here and the one that should bear the burden of paying the tickets should be the trainer not the student.

The student doesn't know better and is told to follow his teachers instruction which the student did.
in 8 days of training most students are still working on staying between the lines and watching mirrors and making sure they don't miss exits.

This is something that happened today a trainer told his student to do a u turn in grass at a company student followed teachers direction end result property damage and truck / trailer stuck to bottom of fairings in mud, tow truck needs to be called out. Who would you think is at fault? If we would agree that trainer should have known better then how can one just put all the blame on the student who has the most experience in either situation the trainer or the student?

 

How much driving experience do you have?
Several good companies hiring out of Tampa.

 

The fine surely does suck, and I would have quit were I in your position. You were driving, but your "trainer" should have manned up and taken at least some responsibility. I went over that bridge a couple of months after I started driving, and I was given a ticket for $80, I believe. I saw the detour signs, but misread them. At that point, I think the detour was US 1, not 295, and there were several prominent signs - I just misread the first one and ignored the others. Lots of trucks went by as I was on the shoulder with the trooper, just like you. That's one mistake I won't make again. Sorry, but I can't help with your legal question. Companies dock pay for many reasons - some legitimate, some not. I don't know what recourse you have. Good luck.