Heartland Express - I was asking for it.

Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by kid_cardiac, Jul 31, 2014.

  1. DTP

    DTP Road Train Member

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    Guy I worked with used to drive for them. Pulled into the terminal in Iowa City and they fired him, gave him no bus fare, $, etc and he had to find a friend from where he lived in Southern IL to drive up to pick him up and take him home. This was when they paid .$50 a mile. He said that part was true but averaged 1400 miles per week...
     
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  3. crzyjarmans

    crzyjarmans Road Train Member

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    I'm so sorry to hear your mom passed, hope you and your family are doing ok, I understand the felling you have on Heartland, I left my last company "Western Distribution" out of Denver for inhuman compassion when my mother in law past last dec.,and was told "to bad, but you can't go home and help your wife", good luck with your next company, again, condolences
     
  4. tahokid

    tahokid Light Load Member

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    This is the real world of what most all carriers will do. We are all sheep to them.
     
  5. Jerry12

    Jerry12 Heavy Load Member

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    This is after the fact: but, you had an option, take time off under the FELA, Family Emergency Leave Act. During this time of great personal reflection i would of contemplated over alot of my previous life experiences: Family, Friends, Company...the direction of my own personal life with regards how much time i dedicate to this or that...
     
  6. mtgmaker

    mtgmaker Light Load Member

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    Or FMLA Family Medical Leave Act. However you only qualify for FMLA if you have been with an employer 12 months or more.
     
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  7. bzinger

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    ha reminds me of when i drove for h@m in omaha , after my 2 weeks notice was up i came into omaha and cleaned out my truck and said my goodbyes thinking we were parting on good terms ....that was when they informed me i was on my own for getting home 600 miles away ...luckily i have a friend in omaha who came and got me and put me up for the nite .
     
  8. Victor_V

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    I didn't even ask Gordon for any help when I left, despite that home was in Indiana and departed truck in Rancho. Worked out just fine for me, had visit with 93-year-old Mom, living with a sister at the time in nearby Riverside. To get to Rancho, traded loads in Colorado with another driver. When Dispatch came in the next morning, Pacific had approved the swap and I was hell-bent for California! Took city bus from Rancho terminal to Airport. Whoosh!! Thankfully, car in Gordon lot in Indy started right up.

    Ha ha ha!!
     
  9. bzinger

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    glad it worked out for ya and merry xmas !
     
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  10. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Working for smaller carriers, you don't deal with the politics like that and 49 people to go through
     
  11. Jerry12

    Jerry12 Heavy Load Member

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    FMLA Act:
    Employees are eligible for leave if they have worked for their employer at least 12 months, at least 1,250 hours over the past 12 months, and work at a location where the company employs 50 or more employees within 75 miles. Whether an employee has worked the minimum 1,250 hours of service is determined according to FLSA principles for determining compensable hours or work.

    Myself, i've been retrained on the FEML application for use.

    attch, is to determine type of qualifying hours:
    http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/whdfs22.htm
     
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