Told Dispatch I was feeling sick and they marked it as a load refuse. Is this legal?

In tanker some customers unload the trailer & some customers require the driver unload the trailer. Hot or cold, wet or dry you must be prepared to do your job in it.

 

Ok, maybe not having other jobs explains things. On the applications I filled out there is a question "can we contact this employer". Do you watch YouTube? There are videos showing the tanker unloading process. At small customers the driver will likely have to do all the work of unloading. Wear the appropriate clothes & gear.

 

I’ve been sick like a dog and still never been late to a pick up or delivery, if you really felt so sick you should’ve visit a doctor , your life more important than a #### job , stay safe out there driver hope everything goes well for you .

 

Yeah, well, the company I want to work for ( Indian River ) it's a no-touch freight unless you're on the Pump side, when you're on the Pump side, you will occasionally get a Pump load, which mean you do the loading and unloading yourself, but you're not always gonna get a Pump load so it's not something that you will do constantly. I just hope they don't look too hard on my 3 points and take me, in case my current company tries something if they learn that I'm leaving...

 

When you apply for a job and give a job history, don't you think that they would call your previous and current employers for verification?
They do not just take it on your word.
People lie all the time. Background checks are a real thing.

To think that you can job hunt without your current employer knowing you are job hunting is like thinking that you can say anything on social media without certain people noticing what you are saying.

Nothing is really secret, and Big Brother is watching.

 

If you're applying for a new job while still working at your last one, ALWAYS ask the recruiter not to verify your current employment until they've verified everything before it and you're certain you want to go with them. As a matter of fact, when you apply through Tenstreet/Intelliapp, it's going to give you an option to select on each employer letting the company you're applying for know if they can contact them. Select NO for your current employer.

As for what your current employer might be reporting, that varies from company to company. While I might be wrong about this, it's my understanding that most companies don't report to DAC and/or similar databases until you resign, and it's often weeks or months after. Again, that might not always be accurate. Check your reports first just to see. If something's not right, dispute it with the reporting agency and they will reach out to your company to verify the information. Of course, if you're still employed with the company, this will probably throw up a red flag that you're looking to leave.

As for what your current company might report if contacted directly by another employer, that's anybody's guess. With that said, unless the person who answers the phone at your current employer knows you and has a personal axe to grind, I doubt they're going to say too much. Companies have to be careful when it comes to badmouthing employees to new employers. Lawsuits have been lost that way.

 

Cool, thanks, are your DAC report and your MVR the same? Right now I'm worrying about what's on my MVR, I hope it won't cause too much of a problem when I start applying in March and I don't want my current company to find out that I'm leaving. I have another question, I know for other industries you have to give a two weeks notice, is it the same for trucking? Cause I know trucking is a different ball game lol, if you do, will your next company wait for your two weeks?

 

Your MVR is maintained by the Government. It will include accidents and citations that law enforcement was involved in. DAC is a private report similar to a credit report, which is why you're legally entitled to one free copy per year. There are several private reports out there, but the two big ones are:

• DAC through HireRight
• Driver iQ through Cisive

As for giving notice, I've never done that with an OTR company. Giving them notice gives them an opportunity to hang you out to dry. If you give it to them on the road, they could route you to the nearest terminal and cut you loose there, leaving you stuck figuring out how to get home with all your stuff. Even if they don't do that, they could still give you trash loads for your last two weeks, or make up excuse after excuse for why they can't get you home on time.

IMHO, if you're going to leave an OTR carrier, clean your truck out at home, make up an excuse to get it back on their property, tell them you have a family emergency at home you have to deal with, wait for your last check to clear, then tell them you have to resign. But that's just me.

 

Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) is a record the state of your driver license keeps on your driving record. It includes traffic tickets and accidents. It does not include employer info. The DAC (officially it's HireRight.com) is a subscription service trucking companies pay for, if they choose. AT LEAST half of trucking companies do not report info to DAC. The DAC report usually records employment dates, any incidents, any accidents, sometimes disciplinary items. DAC and MVR are very different things.

There is a big controversy about 2-week notices in trucking. It depends on the employer/employee relationship, company behavior, driver behavior. I have only worked at companies that I knew were treating me fairly from the start, or I didn't work there. I found out a lot of info about them instead of just throwing a dart at a list of trucking companies and picking a job that way. I have always given AT least a 2 week notice to leave. I have always worked all of that 2-week period and never had an employer punish me for the 2 -week notice. Other drivers have the opposite experience. IIRC, they expect to be fired or told to clean out the truck and leave the same day they give a 2-week notice.

When you fill-out a job application it usually asks beside each past job can we contact this employer. I always mark "do not contact" until I have given my 2-week notice and inform the new employer I they can contact my current employer once I have given notice. The new employer is required to attempt contact with your current employer before they can hire a driver. There is no good way to hide bad info your old employer has about your driving from the new employer SO DON'T DRIVE LIKE ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS ARE NO BIG DEAL. Drive like 1 mistake may keep you from getting a great job. No employer cares that you WANTED to have a clean record. They care about what is your record. The best companies often choose the best drivers.

 

That's what, I intended to do, when I'm on home time, clean out my trucks, then give a two weeks. They did give me crap loads all week last week, I have a new driver manager, maybe that's why. Their terminal is in Jacksonville and I live in Port Saint Lucie, roughly about 4hr away, I'd like to think they would at least give me a Greyhound ticket home, that's what they did when they hire me, but hey you never know with these companies.