Company decided to blame us for a breakdown 5 weeks old a day after we quit

go to the labor board.companies fear labor boards. Ive had great success using them and they'er free. good luck

 

wow, thats dirty pool. they seem to be depending on two things. one: they have all the proof, and two: you arent likely to pursue it (big hassle). morally, id say take em to court and give em heck. the fact that you dont have proof is a bit daunting in reality, but the fact is THEY would have to prove to a judge that YOU were at fault. they already owe you the money...they are claiming that you also owe them money for the breakdown. and if i were the judge, it would begin very badly for them, as they acted like it was not your fault when they paid for your hotel room during the breakdown, and was not until you quit that they claimed otherwise. bottom line is, (and this is the part they count on) is it WORTH the moral victory to you to take them to court and lose probably as much or more money in lost work time to get your moral victory? so sorry for your loss, and you are a better person than me. i wouldve told everyone here who they were, including not only the company name but specific names of people involved in the scam.

 

It's play a hunch that they are in North GA....near Dalton lol

 

USXpress has Driver Tech, not Qualcomm...unless there is another company there that has QC.

If it is them, they say I still owe them money for bobtailing from Chicago to the Olive Branch terminal because they wouldn't get me home when I was supposed to be so I could fly to my new job the next day. Even turned me into a collections agency. I laughed in the guys face when he called and said "do you pay your company you work for for working?"

 

Legally, they cannot withhold from your pay unless you signed a statement approving them to do so. They had the right to refuse to pay the hotel bill, but once they paid it, no right to take it out of your pay. If they wanted to play that game, they should have had you pay the hotel with the understanding you would be reimbursed. They also have no right to your pay for truck repairs, period. It's their business and their truck, not yours. If they have any problem with how you operate it the only avenue they have is termination, not withholding pay for work done.

 

Excellent breakdown, and touche!

 

I ditto that ; well done. I worked for A small company , only 3 semi-dumps and every single time there was any equipment problem the owner went after the driver. It didn't matter what it was , circumstances , how much you went the extra mile to get it remediated and complete the run , you had to listen to his whining. We had Mack tractors , 460 HP engines , all Mack components. Had an injector blow out of the block , I 77 , S , A couple of years ago. I was in A construction zone , smelled the diesel fuel spraying on hot surfaces as the engine got rough, and pulled into A rest area to get A look. It was -14 F , but there was A heated service center there , so not A bad place to be. Called the owner who was about an hour away. He showed up in 3 hours with the mechanic , both of them loading up on Micky D's lunch. None for me. The injectors had been A service bulletin issue from Mack. The bolts were too short and and had A tendency to stress crack. The fix was to remove one bolt and tap the hole to the bottom. Install A longer bolt with loc-tite and torque. Then do the 2nd.bolt. The day ran 14 hours as I rode back to the shop with the owner, waited for A wrecker to tow another tractor down to the rest area? I wanted to simply drive tractor #2 down , pull #1 out from under the load and take the load of scrap to the customer;end of story. Nope, had to ride with wrecker driver and tow # 2 down. The wrecker driver even rolled his eyes , but said he'd be happy to take the money. I stayed with everything and finished the run;all the while hearing noise about " what this is costing , seems funny truck made it all the way to rest area and what if I had damaged the engine driving it blah blah ". No I was not " charged" directly for anything , but was not compensated for the time spent completing my assigned task that day. No " atta' boys " either. Just racket from some cheap owner who most definitely could not have completed the task himself. No good deed goes unpunished. We are people who take our responsibilities seriously. We commit to A task and complete it. Whatever it takes. Look up " A message to Garcia ".

 

If you are a member of OODIA, Give them a call and they can help you find a lawyer.
Just make sure you can prove your facts. Emails, letters etc.
Good Luck