Why the UPS Driver Wouldn’t Drive and What it Cost the Company - Sun News
A driver who refused to operate a delivery vehicle that did not have either a permanent electronic logging device (ELD) or a mounting device for a portable ELD was terminated for “gross insubordination”- and now, UPS Freight has been ordered to pay the driver $15,273 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in punitive damages, and approximately $2,700 in back wages plus interest.
OSHA has determined that UPS Ground Freight Inc. – doing business as UPS Freight – violated the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) when managers retaliated against a driver at the Londonderry, New Hampshire, facility.
A driver who refused to operate a delivery vehicle that did not have either a permanent electronic logging device (ELD) or a mounting device for a portable ELD was terminated for “gross insubordination”- and now, UPS Freight has been ordered to pay the driver $15,273 in compensatory damages, $30,000 in punitive damages, and approximately $2,700 in back wages plus interest.
OSHA has determined that UPS Ground Freight Inc. – doing business as UPS Freight – violated the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA) when managers retaliated against a driver at the Londonderry, New Hampshire, facility.