Not Eligible for Rehire

Double Yellow
You can sue (in small claims court) the internet service provider for damages. Claim they violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
A cell phone company sent my false bad debt to two collections agencies. Damaged my credit score. I sued the cell phone company. They totally erased the bad debt from my credit files and restored my credit score. My credit reports have no trace of the incident.

 

Criminey Jade
I attended an expensive seminar taught by labor lawyers that covered this subject.

1 - A two week notice is not legally necessary. When you quit, you quit. You can offer to work a notice, but if you are in an "at will" employment state, no notice is required. There may be an exception in your employee handbook or if you have contract, especially a union contract. I understand many people want to leave in a classy way and not burn bridges. Not giving a two week notice is not a good enough reason for stating you are not eligible for rehire.
You didn't post your "very valid reason" for not giving notice. What is it? You can be vague in answering if necessary. You may have a lawsuit or a regulatory claim. Or you may have leverage for getting to give you a positive reference letter.

2 - "Not eligible for rehire" -- This is something a prior employer can say and have zero chance of being successfully sued. The attorneys told us we could legally give reference checkers two things and only two things: dates of employment and if someone is or is not eligible for rehire. "Not eligible for rehire" can mean something or nothing.
We quickly figured out stating a former employee is "not eligible for rehire" is used as code language among hiring managers and human resources types as actually meaning "don't hire this person. I cannot tell you why, but don't hire this person."

3- Suggestions. Get a copy of your former employer's employee handbook. Ask a fellow driver; do not ask a manager, and definitely do not ask human resources. Read it twice. Is there anything in the handbook covering your circumstances? Next, type the sequence of events in bullet points. Include important dates, including date of hire. Remove all emotion and feeling. Ask a friend or two to proof it. Take it to an attorney specializing in employment law. Do not go to any other type attorney.

 

Look at doing local work when you get home. Pays well, and you're home daily.

 

I always tried to have at the very least, $200 in my pocket, but I always had "plastic". Never left home with out it, and used it for flights home, not Amtrak, and God forbid, Greydoggie. Did the flight home, but back in the days, no air miles rewards.!

 

strongly disagree. My dad's boss hired a guy just based on the criteria you mentioned. After two weeks on the job he got lost with truck and the trailer. Police found him few days later being drunk on the truck stop, he already sold all the fuel he had, filled up another truck and took all the money from the company truck he could. This all could have been avoided if he checked his references.
Another example. I hired a girl with no experience to work in my salon. My wife teached her everything and she has been working fine for a half year, then one day like half hour before her booked appointment, she freaking texts my wife saying that she wont come in, because she found some other job. When I called her, she would not understand what the problem was.

 

Well, your situation is different. Then again, there are drivers who just abandon truck somewhere, because they quit. Unfortunately its not just black and white situations...

 

Criminy, you might try looking into your states unemployment website. Many companies list openings and most of the time you don't need to be registered for benefits to access the site.