If my employer doesn't pay me after I quit?

I am sorry to say this - you are the reason why we have such a problem in this industry with crap drivers and pos fleet owners.

Yes I will get pissed about it, I have to compete with these pos fleet owners for both resources and revenue sources, they take advantage of drivers who become a problem for all of us when drivers start not caring about what they do, they become more of a commodity as a driver for these pos fleet owners than they are with megas and the revolving door.

1099 drivers who work for pos fleet companies are slaves, they are normally abused and there is no flexibility.

Those who work under a proper agreement, are treated right, those fleets pay the drivers FIRST, then the bills but they always pay the driver FIRST.

 

Not worth the effort. Goodbye=Ignore

 

You’re not relevant, but look what happened in California. A bunch of 1099 people who were misclassified employees cried to the government and now you can’t even be an owner operator leased to a carrier in that state, and more states want to do the same thing and the dem’s want to push it on a national level. It’s a case of those who cut corners ruin it for people who are legit contractors. And people like the guy who owes you money don’t have to pay the normal expenses one would have with a W2 employee so they can operate cheaper than those who do things legit. They save on taxes and they save by not having to carry work comp insurance. You might be irrelevant but you’re failing to see the big picture of how all the fake 1099 employees can damage an industry.

 

I think you are trivializing the problems that many of us have with these pos fleets and the revolving employment door they take advantage of.

WTH are you talking about, 1099 drivers are slaves unless the fleet follows the legal guidelines on how to treat them and it is all contractual.

I know a bunch of these companies who dictate to the driver about what to run, how to run it, and where to go. Hell, we have a few dozen threads in the last year about drivers being trapped into situations because they are desperate for work and they get screwed by the owners - they are for the most part 1099 drivers.

1099 drivers also have inward or driver facing cameras, I just watched one that was sent to me and other owners, the driver won't get his last check, he put the truck in the ditch because one of his passengers fell in the sleeper area.

So please, you have no idea what you are talking about. Many of us here know what's going on. You choose to work for someone who needs to make you an employee and complain you are not getting paid, so this is one reason why I fight against these POS fleet owners.

 

Lots of attorneys work on a contingency (you don't pay unless we win) basis. Or, you could call your state's attorney general and the revenue department.