should I get paid?

Dude, you crashed a truck! Get over it, move on and consider yourself lucky. And no, you should not be paid.

 

It can be looked at in any number of ways, but it doesn't change the fact that he was working at the time. And besides he's talking about the freight he moved previous to the accident. So should his pay have stopped the very second the truck jack knifed, or the week prior ? At what point should his pay stop ? My guess is he was working pretty hard to keep it straight so I say his pay would probably stop when he is terminated.
Someone could have cut him off, he didn't mention anything other than snow so we are left to guess.

 

This is true. We don't know all the circumstances involved.
If he does keep his job, my suggestion would be just to write it off as experience.
With the experience he has listed, this may very well be his first job.
Filing a claim against the company or other legal action could very well hurt his chances in the future of finding a better job.
Years from now, only losing a week's pay won't seem like such a big deal.

 

When I had driver I gave them one "Free" accident...2nd one would get them an all expense paid trip to World Wide HQ andf we would talk it over...Maybe they would have a job....maybe not....Might pay for part of it...
ight pay all the ductable...I just kept an open mind and looked at the accident and went from there...

 

it's illegal to deduct anything but tax's or a court ordered deduction such as child support from someones pay

as an employer thats part of the risks and responsibility of having employees.....he can fire the employee but he still assumes the risk of the employee's actions

 

i would be happy there only asking for the 750 deductible. I worked for one company that made u pay for the hole damage cost to supposedly keep it of your dac but in the end they still reported it. Trucking falls under different rules believe it or not which allows these companies to do stuff like this I bet ighting it won't do much good. Good luck

 

Best reply in the thread, IMO.

Some of the smug responses surprise me. We can't assume the guy was at fault in the accident, though there's certainly a possibility that he was. Regardless, his work shouldn't suddenly become free because the truck took expensive damage.

That sort of viewpoint wouldn't be considered reasonable in any other industry. Hell, a large portion of the working world goes under the assumption that you get severance pay when you're fired. It's also commonly accepted in most other businesses that employers don't go out of their way to badmouth former employees.

In the trucking industry? Whatever the circumstances of your departure, apparently you should count your lucky stars if your employer deigns to send you your last week's pay. Bonus points if you don't find an unpleasant surprise on your DAC report.

Polite layoffs that allow for unemployment benefits in a down economy? Hahahaha.

Seriously, I understand the whole macho, self-reliant deal. I approve of it, too, to a large degree. But since the rest of the world isn't operating by that standard, it's silly that we truckers should continue to bend over (or as in this case, bend each other over) out of some sort of perverted sense of pride.

Listen to yourselves, please.

 

in utah it's perfectly legal to keep a guys pay. if there is a signed contract. i paid for a new tire and rim on a trailer. when i first started out. and the trailer was a company trailer that the truck was contracted out too.