I need a lawyer

Nope. Drivers are issued a Job Assignment for empty moves. Drivers accept Job Assignment. Dispatcher is supposed to dispatch Job Assignment. Most Drivers are not dispatched, so are unable to enter JA into the system. They are told to enter JA into the system using an unrelated load number, with information, and the manager would approve payment. Why not just dispatch the load like they are supposed to do? . I was not told that, so I sent the information by messages through the Onboard Computer. I recently found out that all those messages were ignored for at least the past year. It is intentional.

 

You are making the same mistake as me. I trusted them.

 

It's possible it was intentional.

But why did it take you a year to figure it out?

 

I know normal jobs this would go to the labor board to fix fast, however, trucking companies more specifically being OTR are they protected under the same laws? I was told they won't which was why I was told reason companies don't have to pay you sit hours on end at a shipper or receiver and or they can pay you below minimum wage when you figure the hours and pay out. Lastly, I have found a lot lawyers don't like to represent drivers. We have any people who actually knows about the laws?

 

So you didn't know this was the process, sent it through the onboard messaging system instead, let things sit for over a year without following up in a timely manner on money owed.

Sounds like you have more of an issue with the system process than anything else. Likely those messages you sent went to someone who doesn't know what your messages were about and deleted them and continued on with their day.

Your not following up with payroll or your supervisor in a reasonable time adds to the problem.

You will likely get paid eventually, but will have to likely talk to payroll and management to sort out the matter. Quite possibly you will have to show when and what work was performed but not compensated for.

I find it odd someone would not check each pay stub at the time of pay, note a discrepancy and deal with it then and there. Likely you would have been advised of the correct process to enter the information for the workatt that time and problem solved.

 

I trusted those I work with. I liked them and I thought they liked me, now I know they are all snakes. They bypass the system so the manager has total control of who gets paid, and who gets robbed. I am working with a lawyer. I will have a lot more to say when this case is done.

 

I wish you luck in obtaining the monies owed.

Cheers

 

Personally, there’s two steps I’d take:

1) move on
2) street justice

 

I like how they say you cursed the dude out. I can't blame you. Nothing riles up a driver more than ####ing with his pay or his hometime.

 

In that order? Asking for a friend....