Keeping Tow Trucks at Residence Cost Homeowner Over $760,000

In 2018, Anthony Jesmer worked as a tow truck driver for his father’s company, H&M Auto Recycling (H&M), in west Tennessee.  H&M acquires automobiles and either disassembles them for scrap or fixes them for resale.  Jesmer’s duties consisted of picking up vehicles and delivering them wherever directed by his father.  Jesmer regularly kept H&M tow trucks at his house for use when dispatched on a call.  He sometimes stored vehicles at his house for delivery the following day.

By |2021-12-22T11:09:24-06:00December 22nd, 2021|Other Legal Issues|0 Comments

Making the Employee Pay for Damage to Company Property

The tow business involves expensive equipment and employees that are compensated to operate it. A tow company’s profit margin is dramatically affected by how well this equipment operates. It might make “sense” that a tow company should be able to charge its employees for damage they cause to company property. Unfortunately, these is not always a place for “sense” in the law and, as a result, often times a company charging an employee for damages to company property is illegal.

By |2017-02-10T19:22:40-06:00October 6th, 2016|Human Resources|0 Comments

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