ExpeditersWife
Seasoned Expediter
I hope I dont' sound like a total ditz with these questions...but anyhoo..here goes..
I wanted to know if companies are required to pay you for dead heading back from a drop off to home/shop or to the next pick up location? And are they also required to pay for sitting at a truck stop for 1 to 2 days after dropping off the load?
My reason for asking... My husband..and my brother work for the same expediting company out of Indy.. They have had a few loads which they had to drive clear to the other side of Chicago to pick up..mind you NOT being paid for driving to pick up this load.. then delivering the load to ..say.. North Carolina.. After dropping the load in North Carolina they sit.. and sit.. and sit.. for sometimes up to 3 days before being told to head home...again.. no pay for driving home empty.
My husbands recent experience has put him on the verge of telling them to take the truck and stick it... He picked up a load in Illinois..and had to deliver to Texas. Left out Monday and made it to his destination Wednesday night..dropping the load off Thursday morning he was told by dispatch to sit at the truck stop and wait for a call for the next load.
By Saturday morning..still no call.. still no load to head home or even one to get him close to home. Mind you he was sitting so close to Mexico he was only able to pick up ONE English speaking TV channel. By Saturday afternoon extensive boredom had set in and his patience worn quite thin. He called dispatch and told them.. Get me a load home.. or I'm heading home on my own. Within 5 minutes the dispatcher called back and told him to head for Memphis. He's now hoping that dispatch will tell him to head on home.
This company they work for didn't pay them for the 3 hour orientation that both of them drove over an hour to get to and they don't give food allowances for meals. Any help, advice, info... would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....
Where'd ya go.. I miss you do.. seems like it's been forever since you've been gone.. please come back home.}>
I wanted to know if companies are required to pay you for dead heading back from a drop off to home/shop or to the next pick up location? And are they also required to pay for sitting at a truck stop for 1 to 2 days after dropping off the load?
My reason for asking... My husband..and my brother work for the same expediting company out of Indy.. They have had a few loads which they had to drive clear to the other side of Chicago to pick up..mind you NOT being paid for driving to pick up this load.. then delivering the load to ..say.. North Carolina.. After dropping the load in North Carolina they sit.. and sit.. and sit.. for sometimes up to 3 days before being told to head home...again.. no pay for driving home empty.
My husbands recent experience has put him on the verge of telling them to take the truck and stick it... He picked up a load in Illinois..and had to deliver to Texas. Left out Monday and made it to his destination Wednesday night..dropping the load off Thursday morning he was told by dispatch to sit at the truck stop and wait for a call for the next load.
By Saturday morning..still no call.. still no load to head home or even one to get him close to home. Mind you he was sitting so close to Mexico he was only able to pick up ONE English speaking TV channel. By Saturday afternoon extensive boredom had set in and his patience worn quite thin. He called dispatch and told them.. Get me a load home.. or I'm heading home on my own. Within 5 minutes the dispatcher called back and told him to head for Memphis. He's now hoping that dispatch will tell him to head on home.
This company they work for didn't pay them for the 3 hour orientation that both of them drove over an hour to get to and they don't give food allowances for meals. Any help, advice, info... would be greatly appreciated. Thanks....
Where'd ya go.. I miss you do.. seems like it's been forever since you've been gone.. please come back home.}>
