Lost Dedicated Route

Dedicated route is being downsized. Do I have to accept going back to national account where I make less money and home time or can I draw unemployment?

I know unemployment varies from state to state.

My question is, is this reduction temporary? How well do you/have you liked this company?

I know many companies are hurting right now. Me? I'm grateful to have been able to continue working through this pandemic.

Why would unemployment be preferable to working? How do you know you'd make a lot less? I'm not trying to be judgmental, just trying to figure it out.

I know my own company struggled a bit and stopped hiring new drivers. Our customers are coming back and we've got some new ones starting soon so our hiring should start up again. Companies tend to take care of loyal productive drivers, I think... at least I know for certain that mine does.

Like Susan said, unemployment laws vary from state to state.

AFAIK, you can't file for unemployment if your employer is still offering you work.

Explain the statement of making less. Is it less per mile? How many miles are you getting on dedicated? What company do you drive for? Perhaps there are other dedicated accounts you could get on. I doubt you could get full unemployment for this but you may be able to get a small amount to help lessen the blow. A few years back my mom had her hours cut and was able to get a little benefit paid to her to help. But that was manufacturing and most labor laws seem to exclude the trucking industry. I can almost guarantee you will make less on unemployment (if you dont include the extra $600 currently due to corona) than if you switch to national OTR.

I believe he works for Roehl, if he is the Brandon I’m thinking of.

Unemployment laws do vary state to state, however if they are only moving him to another division within the company he would be quitting a job and would make him uneligible for unemoyment I do believe.

If I’m reading his post correct it sounds like he has been on a dedicated account he liked and is apparently being reassigned back to OTR and he doesn’t want that.

Dedicated route is being downsized. Do I have to accept going back to national account where I make less money and home time or can I draw unemployment?

Do you have a contract? Some dedicated drivers do. If you don't have a contract and they offer you work but you turn the work down then you can't draw unemployment. And this is just my 2 cents but this might not be the time to turn paying work down.

Being a former landscape business owner in the North east, and my guys getting laid off for 2-3 months every winter. I am very familiar with the unemployment process. Laws are different from state to state but the 2 constants across the board in all states are if you quit or your fired you are NOT eligible for benefits

I would be fairly certain you could draw unemployment during this virus scare as long as you show that your job or hours were reduced due to it. The one problem is if you want to stay working for this company or another trucking company it would be far better to keep driving than to try to milk unemployment for every last dime then trying to reenter workforcr.

I would be fairly certain you could draw unemployment during this virus scare as long as you show that your job or hours were reduced due to it. The one problem is if you want to stay working for this company or another trucking company it would be far better to keep driving than to try to milk unemployment for every last dime then trying to reenter workforcr.

That's up to his employer. Unemployment will verify the application with his employer before accepting the application. If his employer says they're offering work, they will likely deny the application.

As far as partial unemployment goes, the employee has to have reduced wages through no fault of their own. If his company says they're offering work and he's refusing because he doesn't want to do it or go OTR , it will also get denied.

Not to argue but the unemployment rules during this "virus paranoia" are very different. The unemployment you draw will not count against the employer and there are many other conditions that allow you to receive it. He will have little trouble meeting the criteria to receive benefits.