Why the UPS Driver Wouldn’t Drive and What it Cost the Company

cheryl

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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.
 

DriverNerd

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Investigators also determined that the driver’s supervisor was not trained on FMCSR’s requirements for ELDs, and that company managers attempted to coerce the complainant into violating the regulation. When he refused, the company terminated him.

I just can't believe UPS would have a supervisor that wasn't trained to do his/her job. </sarcasm>

So a driver refused to break the law and got canned for it. He deserved more than the 50 grand he got.
 
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