Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Wrongful terminationand ''Right To Work''

I worked at a trucking company based in Phoenix AZ. I was trained with a mentor for 6 weeks on flatbed equipment (fixed turning radius and 45 - 48 foot trailers). I was told that I would have a month and a half to change my license to a state within their flatbed division.

When I completed the flatbed training the company refused to accept any license changes and assigned me to driving dry-vans (variable turning radius and 5-8 feet longer than what I was trained to drive). On several occaisions I'd requested training for Dry-vans, and was refused.

I'd had 3 accidents in a 6 month period. The first was very minor, a raingutter was damaged. The 2nd was also minor. Neither of these should have been reported to DAC (like a credit report for truck drivers) according to the US Dept. Of Transportation's FMCSA rules, but they were.

In August 2008, I was terminated for having ''too many accidents''. Since the company trained me in one discipline, but forced me to druve equipment that I was not trained to operate, I don't believe its fair that I should have been fired. I'd asked for appropriate training several times (Qualcomm has proof and records of my statements). But dealing with a 'right to work' state, what can I do


Asked on 10/10/08, 10:28 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Alan Wagner Wagner, McLaughlin & Whittemore P.A.

Re: Wrongful terminationand ''Right To Work''

Nothing. You might contact an AZ lawyer, but in Florida you can be fired for having too many accidents. Unless your employment agreement says otherwise, they can let you go.

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Answered on 10/10/08, 11:33 am


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