Employment

Can a potential employer ask to see my drivers license before an interview.

I'm a truck driver.I drove for a company out of California that had the truck leased to a company in Alabama for a month and I have received no pay for my work. I have the VIN numbers for the truck and trailer I drove and the company's DOT number. What can I do to get what is owed to me.

We need an agreement between our company and a potential customer that prevents them from contacting our vendor (the manufacturer) for anything other than technical information. Do you have such an agreement?Thank you.Wayne Bickel

My employer told me (in interview and throughout the employment) I would receive, in addition to an hourly wage, a 'nice check' every six months based on the profits of the company. The first 'six month' check was terrific, the second one was, I was told at the time, based on my performance, which apparently had not been to their liking. My employer told me one thing during the interview regarding my pay, then changed the parameters without telling me. I quit a day later because I can't live on the small hourly wage. My question is: do I have much of a case for unemployment compensation? I have filed a UC claim but was denied, I'd like to appeal if I have a chance.

My question is... I am totally confused about how everything went down the day I was let go from my job. The only way you will understand what I am talking about is if I explain everything in detail about the day I was let go from my job. I used to work for a company and I was a driver who delivered portable storage units to customers homes. On June 15, 2011 I went into work like a normal work day, a couple days before that I had put my newest work truck in the shop to get it inspected so I could get in registered in PA. Well on June 15th I received a call from the shop saying that the truck needed a new fuel pump and that they would have to replace it in order to continue with the inspection so before I went ahead and said yes to the work I wanted to talk it over with my boss first. Well my boss said he wanted to see something that said how much the part and labor was going to cost before it was done, so I asked the shop to fax over something to me that said how much it would cost so I could show it to my boss. So I was waiting upstairs near the fax machine waiting for the fax to come through and it seemed to be taking longer than usual so meanwhile I was walking in and out of the 'traffic department' (where they answer the phones) and I was making small talk with another co-worker. After waiting a while I noticed that it was getting later in the day and I had to still make a delivery to Pottstown which was about an hour away. I decided to leave so I could make the delivery. Before I left I informed another co-worker about the fax I was waiting on and asked her if she could keep an eye out for it. I proceeded to go down stairs and walk outside to get into my work truck and go make the delivery. After driving about 15 mins I get a call from a lady from the office telling me to stop off at another center so I could pick something up. Even though I knew that would put me behind even more, I said ok. When I get to the store, the manager at the location told me that there was nothing there for me, so by this time I am totally confused and I called back the co-worker who told me to go there. She begins to tell me that she thinks I need to go home for the rest of the day because she believes that I can not continue on and that she is sending someone there to pick me up. By this time I am extremely frustrated and very confused. I continue to ask what is going on and I keep getting the same answer, that I don't seem right and that I seem tired. I figured the only way to solve this was to contact my boss and let him know what is going on, well I tried calling him several times and I got no answer, so then I tried reaching him by text messages. After several attempts to get in contact with him and receiving no answer I became very upset and sent another text message that read 'I've been trying to get a hold of you and you are not responding, I am very upset with what is happening right now, please answer me, if this is how you are going to run your company then I might as well quit.' Hoping that would really get his attention and then he would call me back. Still no answer from him. Well when the other co-worker shows up to take me back to my car I told her no that I was not getting in the car with her because there is no need for anyone to drive me anywhere because there is nothing wrong with me. So I had the guy who showed up to take over driving my truck drop me off at my shop so I could get a cargo van to drive myself back. After getting the van at the shop, I decided that since there was no reason that I could not continue working I drove over to my warehouse and continued to work. I worked at my warehouse for about 45 mins until I finally received a call from my boss asking me where I'm at, I proceeded to tell him, I am at the warehouse working, he said stay there I'm coming over to talk to you. So I waited for him to come over and when he finally arrived, he walked up to me and said 'give me your keys and your phone, I have to let you go.' I was very upset and said why? what do you mean you have to let me go?? For what?? And he said, 'well, you sent me a text message saying you quit so I have to take that as your resignation.' And I responded 'No I don't want to quit, I was just upset because all this was happening and you were not responding to me, I don't want to quit at all' I proceeded to cry and tell my boss how I can not afford to lose my job and how hard I worked to get where I'm at and that I could not believe that he was doing this to me. After they let me go, I decided that this was not going to be the end for me, that I was going to fight to get a real answer on why they let me go and if there was a chance that I could contiue to work for the company. I sent several emails to all different superiors in the company. I even wrote one to the CEO of the company. Out of about 6 people I wrote emails to only one responded and the only thing he said was that he would look into it and that it was up to my boss whether or not I could still work there and when he got back to me he told me that my boss is sticking to his decision and that I am no longer employed by the company. Well I went and filed for unemployment and they denied me because my ex-employer said that I 'voluntarily quit' which is not true so I appealed the decision and I am now waiting on a court date. Can you please give me some advice on how to approach this matter when I go to the hearing?