What reports to run when hireing new driver

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  1. Richter

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    If he as child support and such, i should payroll deduct it. If i dont i could be liable if he chooses not to pay it. thuis knowing b4 hand is essential. That being said, i know him personally and know he has no children or child suport payments.

    I'm not loaning him any money (although he might start a tab for my cans of monster lol), just hiring him as a driver.
     
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    Not sure why that would matter? Im assuming hes not loaning him money or taking payments on anything.:yes2557:

    In general if you ever have employees you will learn that it takes time and $ to deal with CREDITORS or WAGE GARNISHMENTS / COURT ORDERS of employees with bad credit history and have judgements against them or collection agencies chasing them.
     
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    If you're leased to someone the whole question is moot. If not you should already have one for yourself.
     
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    Like it or not, the world seems to think a credit rating (FICO) score is valuable information. It does speak to how the individual conducts himself, and it might have a bearing on whether he is a reliable employee. Since you are personally acquainted with him, you have an advantage most prospective employers don't have.
     
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    Hence why im hiring HIM. all employees are risky, but its lot less risky f I know the guy really well
     
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    :yes2557: I thought I knew my youngest brother in law very well until the CREDITORS started crawling out of the woodwork looking for $ the week after I hired him.
     
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    Team? TMC? You must be on some odd stuff. Didn't think teaming would work with TMC cup of tea.
     
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    Most of my runs are 1000+ miles. With a team mate i could do 2 day runs in a day. my last run was 1600 miles. BUt then again, my FM know i like the longer runs.
     
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    If you can't deliver or load 24/7 then it's not worth cuddling up with another man to keep warm
     
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    why not. Driver A ends his shift with a delivery at 8 am. Driver b picks up the next load, drives a full shift. Driver a then drives through the night and delivers the next morn. If load is to wait untill morn, one driver gets some down time. No biggie, truck still makes more money.