It's a shame when things like this happens, particularly to a good, long-term driver. There's got to be a workable solution that isn't going to harm the driver's career.
But...the whole doctor's thing will absolutely come back and bite you in the butt. In the first place, they are not going to believe you since you've been trying hard to get home anyway. They'll immediately be suspicious of the coincidence.
And then...
And if they really want a "doctor's note"-- they would have to pay out the bucks$$ themselves -- through Worker's comp.
They would have to pay nothing out on Workman's comp, because it would not be a work comp issue. Going out sick is one thing. Going out sick and claiming you were at the doctor's is quite another and would be covered by your standard insurance plan and not work comp. The company would also require a doctor's note/release indicating you were fit to drive and then when you went to the doctor AFTERWARDS to get that release, they would nail you to the wall on attempting to defraud the system.
everyone could use a good MRI-- might find some "real" blockage --could save your life.
I can see the benefit in that, but he would need to go the doctors FIRST, before claiming it. This is what I am trying to say. If he's going to use the excuse that he was at the doctor's, then he needs to be at the doctor's before he tells them. But I'm under the impression that he doesn't/didn't have that kind of time here.
But as long as they think you went into the hospital on your own dime-- they're not going to press the issue for fear of having to pay the bill themselves---
Actually, they will request/require it. It is the carrier's responsibility to make sure the driver is released to drive. We're not talking about running to the doctor for a standard visit on your hometime. We're talking about having to tank a load or park the truck in order to see a doctor or go to the ER. That will require a release. And that doctor's visit better be BEFORE he tells the company that he went to the doctor.
I'm not at all unsympathetic to the driver. If things are as he has indicated, then he got royally, painfully, and utterly screwed. There is no excuse for it. But by the same token, it will do him no favors to compound the issue by adding to it. If he's in the clear, he needs to stay in the clear. The best advice I saw in this thread was seeing about getting the stuff faxed to him. If he tells his bank what the issue is, they will work with him, whether by fax or by resetting the appointment. Then the driver needs to take his leave of the company and go somewhere else and it becomes totally JB's loss.
Originally Posted by Twilight Flyer
It's a shame when things like this happens, particularly to a good, long-term driver. There's got to be a workable solution that isn't going to harm the driver's career.
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No offense to TF and other responsible recruiters but what's wrong with this picture?
