Benifits For Your Drivers?
Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by XiZBiT, Dec 14, 2007.
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It isn't enough to just claim to be so in a Contract. It must be demonstrated. -
My husband actually worked for this guy BIG MISTAKE he did 3 runs over 3800 miles and recieved $396 He witheld $600 for tires that had to be replaced when driving on pure ice when his trucks brakes locked up and wore his tires at first he said it was ok don't worry about it 2 weeks go by my husband asks for his first check he was told he would not recieve his first check for 3 weeks needing the job he stayed 3rd week we get his first check for over a 1500 mile run he gets $125 and learns this guy is charging him for the tires claiming driver neglect which would be mechanical failure.this was during one of the storms in the truckstop he was stopped at over 37 trucks had to be towed.Then the guy turns around and removes all of my husbands possessions out of the truck and tells him to come pick his stuff up at a police station which some of his stuff was missing which he said he would give back when he felt like it.He also charged my husband a $100 for DS/Physical which was never discussed that my husband was paying for this.This boy needs to man up and do whats right.
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I also forgot to mention that then he said he would pay half of the tires before my husband got his stuff then he turned around and changed it back to my husbands going to pay the full amount.
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Who is "this guy"? Are you talking about the guy who started this thread?
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Yes I am referring to Xizbit his name is Mike and his company is called Neiko Group
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That doesn't surprise me.
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Very interesting thread. "Mike" is incorrect in paying hired employees via 1099, the law is very clear on that point. If I own the truck, whether I am making payments on it or own it outright, and I hire someone to drive it, they are my employee. They get paid on a W2 and taxes are withheld. If I "hire" an owner/operator who owns his own truck but does not have his own authority, then he is a contractor and I offer him a choice of loads. It is his/her decision as to whether to accept them or not. A contractor is paid on a 1099.
So "Mike" claims his employees are contractors, but who is paying for the fuel? Who pays for maintenance on the equipment? Who takes advantage of tax credits like depreciation and interest expenses on the equipment?
Putting language in a "contract" for an employee does not absolve the employer of their responsibility to account for the wages and employment taxes.
Now that "Mike" has been outted, I wonder how long before the IRS comes a calling????
It is amazing to me that "Mike" claims to be an astute businessman yet seems to lack some very basic business knowledge and ethics.
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