The Company is asking the driver to pay for damaged load

Driver messed up. He or she should pay the damages.

Not say not my problem..
They messed up pay for your screw up

 

It depends on the state, but yes the company can hold the driver liable for damage to equipment, product, etc.. It depends on the situation, but they can make you pay the deductible for the insurance or the entire load/equipment. They DO NOT have to take legal action, they can give you a choice, you pay for it or your fired and we keep your final check as compensation.

For those who say companies can't do it, it's a state by state issue and IIRC 30 states allow companies to do it without legal action, the others may require legal action.

 

Agreed , pay deductible ($1000 to $2500 ) or lose job. What happened ????? Did you really not read bill or talk to anyone about temp????

I humped pups of Baskin Robbins for a couple of years...they were asinine about the unit being at zero on their probe through the peek a boo. No zero at appointment time, no load and I mean not one above or one below....ZERO!

Man up or move on....sorry bud.......

 

He would be responsible if it is in the terms of employment he was given when hired, or if he is a leased O/O and it is in his contract.
Otherwise it would not be legal in any state to take the money from his pay.
You can argue state laws all you want, but a company cannot deduct money from an employees pay without their consent.

On the insurance thing, my company is 100% self insured for cargo. They do not pay anyone for it.

 

Agreed Chrome Dome however I don't see where he has a choice. The co. is holding him responsible and has some of his money so if they say you pay...you pay. His recourse is a lawyer after the fact.

Once again though, don't pay, or ##### too loud or engage lawyer and they will likely can him. What is the cost of the win or your point?

 

I'm with Rollover on this one. Fed up with the "I just drive" crowd, way too many of them around these days. We get one every once in awhile but they don't last very long. Alot of our chemicals are extremely temperature/moisture sensitive and it's up to us to watch them close. Only excuse is equipment failure of a kind the driver can't reasonably detect.

 

I never drove a reefer , but I trained on it and I played with one and I have to say... if the correct temp was known and stated, and I am sure it was, and the driver decided through ignorance or apathy to not ensure it was kept at that temp I do hope he gets fired.

If it were a machine failure, then well that's company issue in most cases. But seriously, if the driver stupidly didn't set temp/check temp... really? Are we supposed to feel sorry. It would sort of be like a flatbed driver not putting on/checking straps. Granted its not as dangerous as that is, but if a load is supposed to be at a certain temp there is a reason, I for one don't want to get sick because some driver decided to not have temp set right till right before he delivered, but I bet it happens daily.

 

Any company that runs without cargo insurance is getting what they deserve... while I agree the driver should be responsible it's not practical (or legal) to hit him up for the damage.

Fire the guy and let him move on....

 

Let the company pay it. Maybe they'll go under this way and we won't have to deal with lowlife cutrate companies like this! Sorry but they didn't even have insurance on the load.

I personally believe both parties are at fault. The driver is obviously and idiot but yet the company hired him.