United Transport Inc reviews

United Transport Inc. witholds driver pay at $100 over 10 weeks to cover expenses and repairs of vehicles and equipment the driver does not own or lease. They deduct wages for 'escrow' but do not provide escrow information to the driver, such as bank name, account numbers, or anything to prove where the money is or whether or not interest is being earned. Once a driver leaves the company, they hold the escrow an additional 90 days then send an email to them of an estimate for repairs of damages not caused by the (former) employee. The estimates are not signed by a mechanic and the work has probably not been done. If/when they do get around to fixing the equipment, they will then write off the expense on taxes. They do not pay the driver for equipment breakdown. When the truck broke down I was stuck in a hotel for a week without pay. The breakdown was not due to driver error. That week without earning wages put me behind on my bills, and I was not free to leave the truck and go to another company. I requested another truck to be towed for me to drive on the first day of breakdown, but they declined. I was available to drive, and they should have paid a flat rate for each day I was stuck. My next move is to contact the Department of labor in Indiana, and then we're off to small claims court. As it has been over 90 days, I will sue for double the amount of my $1000 'escrow' withholdings, plus interest and expenses for filing and traveling to Indiana for court, and for a week of sitting in a hotel without pay while waiting for truck repairs.