Company driver late fee for following delivery time issued?

In short, Yes. Any company or more accurately, person, will throw you under the bus rather than taking responsibility for their mistakes. Don't let people "tell" you anything unless it's in an email. Email = Receipt. If they don't send you one or if the conversation happens organically, YOU then are responsible for covering your own ###. Don't "believe" or "expect" people to have integrity simply because you do. Keep and create receipts via email.

 

Wow. Changing the delivery time after the fact is a big no-go for me.
When I agree to accept the load, those are the times and it is set in stone. That is the contract I agreed to.
If they change the conditions of the contract after the fact, then I also have the right to refuse without penalty.

 

They probably booked the load with a delivery date, delivery time tbd.

 

Having a CA CDL is going to limit the number of companies you can work for outside of CA. With CA making EVERYTHING difficult for any employer you may want to think about working the rest of your career in CA or leaving and never seeing it again. If you leave CA, never tell anyone I suggested it. I can't accept that responsibility. My state is filling up with Californians. I'm pushing for my state to deport all of them to ANYWHERE else. The so-called good ones from CA are just the ones that refuse to accept how bad CA really is before jumping in the lifeboat and leaving that sinking ship. Before telling your employer about CA employment law, have a back-up job in your pocket. They will easily dump you before they live by CA rules. That's what I would do if I was a non-CA based employer.

 

I am a company driver.

When I started here I was told that when I accepted a load it was the same as signing a contract, and both parties have to hold up their end of that contract.
That made a lot of sense to me. They make an offer, and if I agree to the terms we have an agreement - a contract.

If the conditions change then the contract needs to be renegotiated.

Something similar happened last week.
I accepted a Costco load and was dispatched on it.
Usually there is a trailer number in the load assignment, but this one didn't have it.
Before I got to the shipper I called my DM to get the trailer number. It finally came, and it was an intermodal trailer.
Well, I do not do intermodal. So I said I would not do that load and they needed to find me something else.

In short order that load was voided. The reason being that intermodal was not stated by the shipper.

 

If it didn't have a set date and time my pplan would state 'No Delivery Appointment'.
If it gives a date and time window, then that is what I expect to be an accurate time or time window that I can plan with.

 

I have never heard of a $1055 late fee. Usually the driver that get stuck with something like this, are 1099. I personally would find another job.

 

CA laws do not apply to companies outside of CA. They are not doing anything wrong on that part. I would send all information to the top manager or Owner in an email. Document everything and if they take money from you be prepared to find another job and get an attorney.