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Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:07 pm
by 3dfxMM
nightmare69 wrote:If I was you I would carry and not a say a word about it. I also love how employers say they have the *right* to search your personal vehicle, no they do not.
Sure they do. "Let us search or you are fired" works pretty well for most employers.

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:11 pm
by nightmare69
3dfxMM wrote: Sure they do. "Let us search or you are fired" works pretty well for most employers.

I would love for a employer to fire me for not letting them search my personal vehicle. They are not LEOs and do not have a warrant. My lawyer would have a field day in court with that.

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:14 pm
by 3dfxMM
nightmare69 wrote:
3dfxMM wrote: Sure they do. "Let us search or you are fired" works pretty well for most employers.

I would love for a employer to fire me for not letting them search my personal vehicle. They are not LEOs and do not have a warrant. My lawyer would have a field day in court with that.
On what grounds. If you work for a company that claims the right to search your vehicle, you have almost certainly signed something saying that you have read, understood, and agree to abide by company policy.

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 2:38 pm
by nightmare69
3dfxMM wrote: On what grounds. If you work for a company that claims the right to search your vehicle, you have almost certainly signed something saying that you have read, understood, and agree to abide by company policy.
I have signed nothing, would not care if I did my vehicle is my property. In my opinion I treat it the same as if my boss came to my house and said he has the right to search and if I refuse they would fire me, well fire away cause you will not search my property.

If you want to let them search your vehicle that is your business and refusing is mine.

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 4:45 pm
by EEllis
nightmare69 wrote:
3dfxMM wrote: Sure they do. "Let us search or you are fired" works pretty well for most employers.

I would love for a employer to fire me for not letting them search my personal vehicle. They are not LEOs and do not have a warrant. My lawyer would have a field day in court with that.
Right to work State. As long as they don't fire you for the wrong reason they can fire you for any or no reason and you agree to their policies (usually unless they screw up paperwork) when you take the job so your firing would be for cause and you wouldn't even qualify for unemployment. Lawyer or no

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 5:12 pm
by 3dfxMM
Texas is a "right to work" state, but that is not the reason they can fire you so easily. It is actually because Texas is an "at will" state. Which means that (barring a contractual obligation) either party can terminate the arrangement at any time and for whatever reason. "Right to work" means that an employee can neither be prevented from joining a union nor forced to join a union.

Re: Delivery drivers

Posted: Wed May 15, 2013 1:22 pm
by recaffeination
3dfxMM wrote:Texas is a "right to work" state, but that is not the reason they can fire you so easily. It is actually because Texas is an "at will" state. Which means that (barring a contractual obligation) either party can terminate the arrangement at any time and for whatever reason. "Right to work" means that an employee can neither be prevented from joining a union nor forced to join a union.
:iagree:

If you don't have a contract, they can fire you for any reason as long as they don't violate discrimination laws.