Feds say company must rehire trucker fired for refusing to drive in bad weather

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{"text":"The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered a Kentucky trucking company to rehire a driver who they fired for refusing to drive in dangerous winter weather.\n\nFreight Rite Inc. was ordered to reinstate an unnamed fired driver and to pay him $31,569 in back wages and interest, $100,000 in punitive damages, $50,000 in compensatory damages, and reasonable attorney fees, according to a June 28 news release from the Department of Labor.\n\nRead more: https://cdllife.com/2019/feds-say-company-must-re-hire-trucker-fired-for-refusing-to-drive-in-bad-weather/ ","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"who would want to work 4 an operation like that","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Good for the driver! Never drive in bad weather kids it'll kill ya. 😄","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"The company I'm with doesn't even carry chains. We also don't go west of I-25.","replyToPid":0}