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Originally Posted by halloweenbaby69  Let me start by saying, I went to a well known, low end trucking school that hires you after training. I got my class A and went on to the road with my mentor, about 2 weeks into it. My mentor was arrested after his court date. (Not driving related). While I waited for his return, I went out for a few beers at a local casino around 5pm, after missing the city bus at 10pm, I slept at the bus stop until 6am to ride back to the truck, went into the truck to go back to sleep until 9 am. I woke up called my employer and asked them what I should do since my mentor wasn't going to be back until the next day. They sent a driver to pick me up and take me back to the terminal and to assign me another mentor. The driver came and acted like he couldn't take me because he didn't have enough hours, so he left. I get a call from my employer and they asked me if I knew why the driver didn't take me. I said, I had no idea and she told me that the driver said I smelled like alcohol. I explained I had a few beers the night before. NO test was given. My mentor gets back the next day and his manager wanted us to go back to the terminal to sort things out. My employer terminated me because of company policy of consuming alcohol within 12 hours of being on company property. I remember in orientation, the DOT rule of 4 hours. Anyway...there's nothing I can do..it's an AT-WILL employer.
Can I cancel/surrender my CDL and start all over again?
What can or can't my employer say on my D.A.C. report?
Any advice would greatly be appreciated. |
forget about the 4 hour rule........companies HAVE THEIR OWN RULES.......
as for being on "company property", that truck constitutes company property, NO MATTER WHERE ITS PARKED.
do not turn in your license, that made/makes no sense whatsoever....
you spent "some" money to get it, now throw it away........??
although, i too hardly feel right now that you are employable for the time being.
you should have been told in school, the laws regarding drugs/alcohol are even taken into place when you operate your PERSONAL vehicle as well.......your state MAY HAVE a .08 for your car........but if you hold a CDL..........you are held to the .04.......IN YOUR PERSONAL VEHICLE.....
so i DO HOPE you ain't gonna go and drink, EVEN one beer makes you legally under the influence.....and you already had proven you drink more than one drink...............
and ALL employers are "at will".........to hire you.......or FIRE YOU.....
this WILL SHOW UP in your DAC/USIS file. this WILL SHOW UP in your company employment files, although, your employer isn't to give any specific reason for you being fired or terminated, due to a possible lawsuit.
they can only basically say, "employee was terminated", or "employee left our employ".............
when a NEW employer runs a DAC/USIS on you, and they WILL........all they will see is that you were terminated as well, but NO SPECIFIC reason(s)...........
however, you WILL BE ASKED........
i'd suggest you try and say, "due to the economy, they had to downsize, and since i was last to be hired, they let me go first".........
don't get dumbed up again (like you did when you drank) by admitting to the ordeal you went through........
and should you EVER do this again because your mentor or WHATEVER circumstances interfere with your training, i hope you lose BIG TIME by getting caught with the engine running, or you in the drivers seat, idling......that's, OUI........
best of luck to you, and LEARN FROM ALL OF THIS.........
Can you cancel/surrender your CDL?? 
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