Good company gone bad. Part 2

I wanted to know other drivers opinions on this.

This is the same wonderful company that I worked for for 16 months and then decided to take almost half my hometime from me without warning or explanation. Well in the middle of all this, we get this message on our Samara box:

https://imgur.com/V3Yaf3X



I am pretty sure that it is not legal to take money out of a drivers paycheck because a tire blew or a bearing spun on a trailer. I do not understand why this company is all of a sudden doing this stuff. Do they not realize as soon as you charge a driver for a spun wheel bearing or tire on a trailer that he doesn't own and did nothing more than drive 75 on a road with a 75mph speed limit, he's going to quit and possible sue?

Since when do these companies think its a privilege to pay a driver, that can be taken at any time for any reason they see fit?

 

Yes, but we pick up very heavy loads in the mountains all the time. The jakes won't even come on in a Volvo until 2mph over cruise, and by then it's built up enough momentum where you're going to be all over the service brakes trying to keep it from exceeding 75. They govern our trucks to 72-75, so literally we are immediately in trouble as soon as we put the cruise on. It's ridiculous. They can't determine why a tire blew. I've NEVER had a tire blow while hauling ### down the back side of a mountain at 80,000lbs. To say that you are going to CHARGE THE DRIVER for the repair to a trailer that he doesn't own because he exceeded some arbitrary speed that you set is asinine and illegal. If cruising at 72 is fine, but going 3mph faster blows out your tires, then you need to run better tires.

And it's not like they are automatically saying that they will penalize you for exceeding 75, it's only if one of these two mechanical breakdowns occurs going that speed. So if they were THAT worried about speeding or mechanical breakdowns, they would not govern the trucks within a couple of mph of the "never exceed" speed for blowouts. I mean these are big trucks, momentum drags you down mountains. It happens. They will be the first ones to ##### that you're burning up the brakes, too. You can't win. And they love to schedule you right on that speed, too. Knowing your truck is fast, they'll make sure you have to run balls to the wall to even MAKE your delivery or pick up times. But then if you do this, you pay for all tires and bearings.

You can ONLY dock pay for 2 reasons.

1. The employee agrees to it, like health insurance deductions or contributions to a xmas fund or something of the sort. All of these MUST be in writing and can be withdrawn at any time by the employee.

2. Court ordered such as wage garnishments for restitution, fines, etc.

THAT IS IT. ANYTHING ELSE is illegal. How in the HELL can you determine WHY a tire blew or a bearing spun? Um, these trailers are OLD and have MILLIONS OF MILES ON THEM. Things blow out, break, etc. It happens. To blame a driver for that and CHARGE HIM to repair YOUR equipment, is bull. They try that with me, I'll then put a lien on that trailer. They want the lien removed, pay me what I'm owed. I'll then sue them for illegally stealing money out of my paycheck and they will be reported to the Texas Labor and Wage division. My last company thought they would charge drivers like this, for stuff even dumber than this. A quick call to MS labor and wage put a stop to that.

I did not sign any documents saying they can arbitrarily steal my money as they see fit. I hope they don't make that mistake.