Is this legal?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ajl72086, Aug 2, 2024.

  1. Cat sdp

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    Unskilled…..and FL sucks so employers can do anything they want
     
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  3. Stringb8n

    Stringb8n Road Train Member

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    Just be honest on your applications from now on and you should be good. A lot of applications have disclosures that if information you provide is found to be untrue they will either not hire you or if hired will terminate you. Just let it be a lesson to be honest from now on, even if the response is going to be one you don't want.
     
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  4. ajl72086

    ajl72086 Bobtail Member

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    So quick update. The company decided to continue my employment. So thank you to all the HR supervisors on here saying I would lose my job. Have a nice day.
     
  5. ajl72086

    ajl72086 Bobtail Member

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    I still have the job thank you chief executive officer of nothing.
     
  6. Zoltan1a

    Zoltan1a Road Train Member

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    for now, but change your habits
     
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  7. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    Sadly most likely it is 100% legal. If these "incidents" happened, when asked about your work history and you failed to disclose them, later to be discovered through the process as @brian991219 stated, you can be fired for lying on the application. EVEN in states where you have rights lying on an application is grounds. I'm not preaching. None of us currently or have in the past walked on water. The thing is this job is tightly controlled by the feds and these rules are ironclad. I know @REO6205 has some history and knowledge of the aviation world. It might surprise you to know that Commercial Pilots as well as AirLine Transport Pilots can carry damage history for their entire career. Just yesterday I was watching this video and I want to point out the comment he said at the 21:19 point of the video.



    I also know of a pilot who has an ATP and has gosh I would estimate over 15,000 hours across several different types of corporate jets. His last job before retirement was working for the Southern Company. He told me about a situation he was involved in back in the late 1980s at an Airport in Texas. Something just like what is being discussed in that video happened to him. He was taxiing out to a runway at Love Field when a pilot in a Cessna not following ground instructions hit his aircraft doing thousands of dollars of damage in the 1980s money value. He lost a job opportunity about 15 years later because the company was bothered by the fact he was not watching the other traffic.

    I have said it before and will repeat it here. If you want a long career in trucking you MUST limit these incidents. Make your appointments ON TIME every time. Eat healthy and get exercise. Watch your weight. Pay close attention to your A1Cs and Blood Pressure. I'm 66 years old. I was FORCED off the road because of my health. Almost every day I find myself wishing I could go back in time to when I was 25 and kick my arse for being so dang stupid all those years.
     
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  8. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Your original post was because YOU assumed you were getting fired. YOU asked if it was Legal. YOU asked for opinions and ANY thoughts. YOU got plenty feedback. Now that you’re no longer afraid of being fired, you’re being defensive. You lied and got caught. Pretty simple. No big deal. Happens all the time. BS yourself. You’re the only one that believes it anyway.
     
  9. wis bang

    wis bang Road Train Member

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    Only time will tell if the OP realizes that not every carrier will give them a 2nd chance; someday they will understand how this industry works.

    I've been there when the insurance broker says the renewing insurance carrier approves the MVR records of MOST of your drivers except Mr. X, and Mr. Y...long term drivers who were involved in a couple minor incidents during the past year or two; usually non-preventable BUT costly incidents and then work on showing them why this individual SHOULD still be allowed.

    A good insurance broker will go to bat for such drivers IF he can get to the insurance underwriters and IF the company desire to keep the individual.

    Don't be 'that guy'; the PITA for everyone, dispatch, safety, payroll, etc. because they won't work too hard to retain 'that guy'....
     
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  10. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    You know you came to all of us crying about losing your job. You were upset that your former employer disclosed things you didn't like because you did something wrong and what others assumed was true - you got caught.

    The problem really is a bad attitude. These posts are using EXPERIENCE to tell you what COULD happen. You should appreciate the time that we took to tell you what could happen and what would not happen. Use it for a learning moment, and go forward.
     
  11. Ex-Trucker Alex

    Ex-Trucker Alex Road Train Member

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    So....it's not an accident if, say, you knock down a tree????
     
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