Employer possibly paying me wrong, possibly made to break DOT HOS by termination, public safety??

The laws are it's a right to work state. If he doesn't like the conditions he can leave. He's not being forced to stay. And labor laws only care about you being paid minimum wage for the hours worked. Anything other than that, and they refuse to talk to you. Ask me how I know.

I reported to the US labor board that I was told to drive a truck tired and had PROOF of the conversation. They told me they can't do anything for me, even if driving a truck tired is against the law. He told me "If you didn't want to do it, tell them no. If they fire you, find another job."

 

Don't hold your breath. You live in a right to work state. If you choose to stay that's on you.

 

Except right to work isn't the only labor law there are. Just because they can fire you for no reason doesn't mean they don't have to follow all the other labor laws.

 

What labor law did they break? Specifically? If this guy didn't get paid what he thought he deserved because he didn't ask or didn't read the fine print, that's his problem, not the DOL.

When you sign employment docs, the only thing you can do is sue unless you are not paid federal minimum wage or fired because of the 4 or so reasons listed in federal laws. Other than that, right to work means right to work. It means right to quit, too.

 

Don't know. That's why the advice of contacting a labor lawyer or state labor board is good advice.
It may be none, it may be enough to get them shut down or anything in between.

But saying At Will (Right to Work is actually about being forced to join a union) is a free pass to break all labor laws is wrong. And I've provided you examples in the past so you should know this.

 

You've proved nothing. A right to work state means you have a right to work and you have a right to be fired. Same thing as "at will employment". RTW does lean more towards the whole union thing, though.

Have you EVER spoken to the labor board? I have, on several occasions in 2 different states (the one I work in and the one I live in). They could have been BROTHERS because their wording was EXACTLY the same. Were you paid federal minimum wage, and were you fired due to race, sex, etc? If the answer to the first is yes, and the second is no, they are done.

 

No, actually it doesn't. But keep believing that and it just shows how clueless you are.
At will is non contract employment.
Right to work is being forced to join a union.

Might want to learn how to use Google before looking like a fool.
Right-To-Work Resources

"Under right-to-work laws, states have the authority to determine whether workers can be required to join a labor union to get or keep a job."

 

Yea I said they are used interchangeably. I'm not clueless. did you read what i even wrote? Are you capable? I put "RTW leans towards the union thing".

So rather than arguing my point, you have to stay stuck on wording because you know I'm right. So I'll ask again, have you EVER called a labor board? If the answer is no, please stop giving advice because you don't know what you're talking about.

Thanks for playing.

 

This all being said, nothing stops this individual from suing their employer.

 

So, your friend who is like a brother that’s been there a year and 4 months is, at this moment, still employed there, correct? And the job is ‘nothing to him’, meaning he manages to do what you describe as extremely difficult?

Here’s my problem, hand…I don’t believe your story. Why? Because you speak of how terrible things were, and how mentally and physically exhausting the job is, and that you don’t know how the pay works and whatnot, YET you were such an expert at disaster relief for 5 years and know the ins and outs of a 1099 contract with your eyes closed. But you sound so helpless when dealing with that slave driver boss, right? Doesn’t add up to me. Any man who has held any sort of responsibility in the past would be able to deal with your boss.

“But Six, he sent a coworker to my house!”

Did the coworker threaten to break your thumbs? The first time the money didn’t add up, I would have been out. All of those hours for very little pay? There’s no way in hell the boss would fire you…you’re a goldmine!

@jamespmack I thought about asking you about insurance on the truck if you took the truck home, but like so many other things, it doesn’t add up. I understand why the lawyers hesitate. The story doesn’t sound plausible. I reckon I will get back quiet.