Anonymous, For Now
Henderson,#2UPDATE Employee
Sat, July 19, 2008
I have been employed with this company since the beginning of this year. In addition to the illegal mileage pay (paying drivers on a chimerical mileage route as opposed to the actual or even close to the actual miles driven), they are also in the process of trying to short my bonus by 75% of what I was promised and have in writing. This company is now charging $5.00 a hour for "ecessive idle time." Covenant Transport now has implemented another scheme by charging the drivers for any idle time over 30%. I was charged an outrageous amount just this week. There was no possible way that my specific idle time was over that percentage due to a mechanical proble that stopped me from idling the truck. It had been that way for the prior 3 weeks. When I confronted the charge to payroll, I was told that they don't have records of idle time. Payroll just deducts out the money they are told to deduct. I would have to speak to my dispatcher. When I spoke to him, he stated that there is no way for me to get any proof. THEY ARE CHARGING ME AN OUTRAGEOUS CHARGE THEY WONT PROVE. Not that I should have to pay this anyway. This was not in my terms of employment initially. I am planning my own lawsuit. However, IN FAVOR OF A MULTI-CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT! This company, nor any of these companies should get away with not paying there employees properly.