What do I do?

I'm not sure if its a state law or federal... But I do remember reading so,ething to the effect of...

An employer must provide any and all pay due an employee within 48 hours of recieving written statement from the employee requesting said pay.

 

Texas requires employers to pay the employee in full by the next pay period.

 

Im confused by all this. I went and and took my DOT physical and received my medical card before I started at this company. When I was hired on, they had me go take another dot physical and drug test and issued me a second medical card that said property of company.

Do I just got get another physical now and get a new updated medical card?

 

I will not sit back and let them take 2 weeks of pay that I earned. That's absurd.

If they haven't paid by the 13th, Labor and wages said they can take action to get my money.

 

I called them and they said if they haven't paid by the 13th of this month, they can take action to get my money.

I'm not losing out on 2 weeks of pay and them pocket all the money I earned.

 

It appears we have a new lawbreaking trend of companies stamping property of company on company doctor issued medical DOT cards...

Thats like disregarding the previous valid DOT medical or even ignoring same as it has been tied to you and your CDL. Its almost like they ignore the CDL as well and send you to school before hire almost.

COMPANIES pant and crave the power of the state. You must not allow that.

 

Like many are saying go with the State labor dept. it depends on how often you were being paid, weekly, biweekly etc so that could be why they say contact them by the 13th. Look up the labor laws for your State.

I had a similar situation couple years ago where I was paid weekly, gave 2 week notice and it took them 3 weeks after that to give me my last check. They tried telling me they didn’t have all of the equipment back they had issued me (which was a lie unless another driver stole it). I looked up the labor laws for the State they were headquartered in and emailed all the suits in corporate. Had a copy of the State law/statute and let them know if I didn’t hear from them and have a check I would be pursuing the dept of labor in NY. Amazingly later that day there was a check in the mail. They did short me $150 but I was just glad to be done with a sleezy outfit and let it slide.

Look up the laws for your State - they are put in place for situations like what you are dealing with. Contact your former employer with the laws in hand and see what they have to say. Worse case, go with the Labor Dept.

Good luck

 

You didn’t mention how much time you gave when quitting, what’s the company policy say you leaving the company, will need this info for a educated response

 

Another thing regarding the medical. I have seen in the past that the carrier who paid for the exam felt entitled to the long form. This was before the requirement to turn it in to your state's DMV. This did not mean your medical card was invalid once you left their employment. It only meant that you didn't have a long form to give to your next employer. This seems fair. They paid for it, why should another company get it without paying for it.

But once again, that was the long form only, and now that we have to submit it to the DMV, they lose that advantage.