questionable business practices settlements

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by gorilla grinder, Feb 5, 2015.

  1. gorilla grinder

    gorilla grinder Bobtail Member

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    I am leased on to a company and we do quite a few loads a week through different brokers. When pay time comes around all we receive is a small slip of paper with a net amount on it. When I broached this subject I was told we are a small company (20+ trucks)if you do not like it leave. As a independent contractor I feel I have the right to know what each and every load pays before I accept it and to know that I have been paid the proper amount for each load any thoughts?
     
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  3. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    I would've took em up on their offer to leave…..
     
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  4. superflow

    superflow Road Train Member

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    Yep... Better to take em up on that leave, they are hiding what the loads are paying for sure, being a small company is a really lame excuse also 💩🏁
     
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  5. Marlin46

    Marlin46 Medium Load Member

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    To answer you original question: Yes you should be entitled to know that info.

    Since it looks like you aren't going to get it, when you do call the broker for load info or check call or when they call you 38 times wanting to know where you are, etc....play stupid, tell them the email isn't working that great on the phone, or the dispatcher is out right now, and just say, "Hey, what was the amount we booked this load for again?" Normally that person will just say, oh, it was $1200, or whatever it was.

    May not get the info for every load but I think you could get it for most.
     
  6. Jigsaw

    Jigsaw Light Load Member

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    Are you paid by the mile or paid percentage ? If your agreement is percentage, then you should be able to see every freight bill you've hauled. If you get paid mileage then it doesn't matter what they made on the load.

    Now, back to percentage. If they won't show the freight bills to you, run as fast as you can right after you call OOIDA. Also, expose the blood-suckers on the forum and anywhere else you can.
     
  7. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    If you are paid percentage, by law you can see the original invoice.
     
  8. ChromeDome

    ChromeDome Road Train Member

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    That is partly true. You can see what they billed. But in some cases that is not going to show the true amount. Several of the larger company's pay percentage, they have 2 company's though, the trucking company and a brokerage. The brokerage gets the load, then sells the load to the trucking end of the operation for a much lower rate, then pays the drivers a percentage of that rate. So they are basically inhouse double brokering a load. They only have to show you the billing from the trucking end.

    In his case it sounds like it is a smaller company, and they are just abusing the owner ops. Which is also pretty common.
     
  9. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    § 376.12(g): Copies of freight bill or other form of freight documentation. When a lessor's revenue is based on a percentage of the gross revenue for a shipment, the lease must specify that the authorized carrier will give the lessor, before or at the time of settlement, a copy of the rated freight bill or a computer-generated document containing the same information, or, in the case of contract carriers, any other form of documentation actually used for a shipment containing the same information that would appear on a rated freight bill. When a computer-generated document is provided, the lease will permit lessor to view, during normal business hours, a copy of any actual document underlying the computer-generated document. Regardless of the method of compensation, the lease must permit lessor to examine copies of the carrier's tariff or, in the case of contract carriers, other documents from which rates and charges are computed, provided that where rates and charges are computed from a contract of a contract carrier, only those portions of the contract containing the same information that would appear on a rated freight bill need be disclosed. The authorized carrier may delete the names of shippers and consignees shown on the freight bill or other form of documentation.
     
  10. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Are you really an employee getting paid on a 1099 or do you actually own/lease your truck and have it leased on to this company?
     
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