Experienced Trucker in a Jam!!!!

i think i would take the forklift job for the money and hometime. this will give you a chance to let you license clear up. are you making that kind of money now? and benifits?

 

Stay with your driving job.Serious speeding violations may get your CDL revoked but if they were under a certain MPH it won't be grounds for revocation or suspension.I'd rather be driving a truck than a forklift.Slow down,you'll get there. Unlike a forklift,you'll never get there.Don't give up that CDL that you earned, just appreciate it a little more and the laws that let you keep it.

 

I wouldn't give up the cdl, but 20 bucks an hour with ot and bennies, PLUS home at night..No brainer for me, I'd drive the crap out of the forklift..lol

 

Sorry, wsh I had some encouraging words for you "BigJohn".

I run a NFI dedicated account in the Midwest & we've lost some senior drivers to tickets & incidents in the past year. We lost one driver that had gotten 2 speeding tickets in one month & another who had two speeding tickets & scratched a car in a three year period. These drivers were let go after the incidents & as far as I know, we have nothing in the way of a yearend review.

We were never told about a "three incident-three year" rule, I was told by one of the exiting drivers. As far as I can understand it was something that was implemented this past year.

The word I got was that the terminal manager had no say in the matter, it comes from the East Coast.

Best of luck.

 

Still learning the Dept. of Labor laws as they pertain to the transportation industry but, When a company changes a policy, adds one, changs the handbook, etc. all employees already working are to be notified and must sign acknowledgement of recieving new rules. They cannot impose a policy you did not know existed, and cannot show where you had knowledge.

The transportation industry works under different laws than everyone else. The airline industry works under the Railway Act. All these are different from the regular workforce rules and reg.'s

Not sure of all the details regarding the person at your company but they may have a case for wrongful termination.

Just a thought...........

 

Slow down!

 

I live in one of those states that can fire a person pretty much at will without a reason.

 

It's not 3 incidents in 3 years . It's 2 or more and it's Federal . http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/registration-licensing/cdl/cdl.htm
Better grab that forklift job . Getting a disqualification will hurt chances of future employment .

 

That term is used too loosely................their really has to be some cause
Employers allow people to believe things so they can get away with what they do..........Employment law is federally supervised and regulated, their are guidelines..........
Don't allow someone to tell you this completely.

Only if it matters...........if things happened as you explained, being fired for a rule that was not made aware to an existing employee it is against the law.

Their is also a time limit on reprisal, if it matters. But the person to truly talk to is a lawyer that specializes in "EMPLOYMENT LAW"