Can my Company fine me 1000$ for being out of service

$1000 for a tire leaking air? Two brakes out of adjustment? Inoperative brake lamps? Sounds more than fair.

 

I’ll be rational here. It’s a sucker deal, he probably won’t fix the equipment you write up. Then if you get a violation, he uses your money to fix it and pockets the rest. Tell him to pound sand, or give you a credit card for repairs, purchasing items like lights, mudflaps, etc out on the road.

He wouldn’t pay $1000 for any OOS equipment issues beside maybe a couple tires, so he is ripping you off. Most fines are overweight issues.

 

Unfortunately a lot of shady companies will set up a fake escrow account to make the driver pay for company expenses. I say fake escrow as it's usually simply a loan to the company with no actual escrow company (3rd party) involved.
They use it anywhere from charging the employees for maintenance (lights, brakes, etc) to damage, to even truck recovery if abandoned.

 

Go park the truck and some deep mud, then let them know where you left the truck and tell him the job is just not for you.

 

If you pass an inspection you get anything. Two way street.

 

Actually would not surprise me that an owner like that would be..
"Congrats on the clean level 1, you now owe the company $1,000 as the load will be late from you having the hour long inspection that was not factored in the already too tight appointment times."