MGR FREIGHT SYSTEM RIP ME OFF PLEASE BE AWARE

Last 1099 job I had they wanted me to sign a form saying I was responsible for any damage to the truck. I did not sign.

 

Agreed. This is the 3rd or 4th MGR horror story I’ve heard in less than a month and a half,and I’m 99.9% sure they’re a 1099 fleece purchase outfit(and their trucks are flying everywhere like their lives depend on it).

 

Good luck!

 

If the driver signed a document accepting responsibility for damages, no the driver doesn't win.
Regardless of what the company is calling the employment status.

By the way I know a little bit about being a contactor as I am one. leased on to a carrier.

 

You can always call the IRS in. Tell them you suspect foul play in regards to employee classification.
Like calling you a 1099 contractor but yet being treated as an employee.

 

Your are not a private contractor. You only have the title @driverdriver. You are mistaken about the actual labor laws. Many other senior members here have told you this before.

 

I wouldn't say that I'm mistaking about labor laws, fact is I've use the labor board myself 3 times with 100% success. Why ? Because I was correct on the reasons for calling them in.
As far as my tittle , lol I wouldn't even use the term private contractor
I'm actually just a lease operator.
Some call it a contractor.

Bit this isn't about me or you.

This is about a driver who may have been screwed over because they slipped in a damage clause into the mountain of paper work these companies put in front of you at a orientation.
Or screwed over cause they're claiming the driver was a lease operator not a 1099 employee and responsible for damages.
Or just plan screwed because he/ she failed to keep a copy of a signed pre existing damage form.

 

What I meant by that is if they had you sign a document stating that you are responsible for any damage to the truck.
Some of these companies can be very scummy. It might have been a paragraph in the middle of a bunch of topics intended for you to hopefully miss.
Hopefully this didn't happen.
As stated before if you were an actual employee and didn't sign anything they can't make those deductions legally.
But if they had you listed as a contractor it's a different story.