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i had a employer try to keep money out of my check once.
had some chaines come of the rack a little just enough for drives to grab them. This caused the quarter fender to be ripped off. When i called in was told do'nt worry bout it. I was already planing to quit after that run anyway.
When i got my check the money for repair was taken out. This was quite some time ago though. (96) I called the labor board, two weeks later i had my money back. if i remember right it was because i had not signed an agrement to pay for repairs. that company was in ca. i live in nv. i called the california labor board, i did all this from my living room. i was also told by the labor board i was intitled to 100.00 a day interest from the time of the deduction not to exceed 30 days. so iwould call your states labor board.
companies fear the labor board big time! more than lawyers and the labor is also a free deal LOL
GOOD LUCK

 

Your welcome Tripper11,
Sorry to hear you got that type of responce, I must admit labor boards can't always solve your issues. i would say though i would try speeking to a few differant people at the board (personal exspereance) I say this because i had to use them a couple of years later? on another trucking co. when i called the board i was told there was nothing they could do. a few weeks later i wound up gettn into a convertion about my employment sitsuation with a neighbor.
I had no idea this guy was..... yes..... the head of the labor board in my city. He told me what i was told on the phone was infact not true.
"Come see me at the office on monday i'll take care of this personal"
I learned quite a few things over the next couple of weeks lol.
One thing was that even though in this case the co. was based in tx I filled out my app. in reno,nv witch meant I needed to use the board in nv not tx, and yes i won. IT would take to long to explain the whole thing but, not only did this co. have to pay me over time (past and present) They also had to go back and pay any employee current and former that held that position overtime. yep thats wright all because this guy new about a loop hole in the law pertaining to trucking,and it was't just about the app. thing. Buy the way at the time i was doing a yard jockey gig in between driving jobs. i hope not but, maybe your at the end of the road with this issue. And not to give you false hope either but, i would not just except what one or even two people told me sometimes you have to keep digging till you get someone that actually knows what there talking about. Or and i can fully understand just moving on Either way GOOD LUCK

 

What is the rest of the story? Lots of companies will make a driver pay the deductible if the driver is involved in any kind of accident or incident. You sign off that you're ok with it during orientation and that's when you should be asking questions about what you're signing.