Truck Driver DAC Report
Everything you need to know about the truck driver dac
report.
report is to the truck driver as the credit
report is to the consumer. The DAC
report is similar in that when you apply for a job as a truck
driver the first thing the prospective trucking
company will check
is your DAC.
If there are any negative entries you could
have a
very difficult time finding employment.
report consists of two parts: the first is your MVR and the
second is your work record which is
what your former employers have
reported.
States Investigation Services (USIS) was an information
and security services company serving human
resources insurance government
agencies and National Security markets.
Located in Falls Church Virginia
USIS offered background screening and risk
management solutions for the
transportation healthcare financial gaming
and retail industries enabling companies to make
informed decisions about people and
investments. Of course these
solutions were provided to those trucking
companies
that were within their membership.
Services were the driving force
behind USIS. It had provided background screening
products to service the transportation industry for 25 years.
DAC stands for Drive-A-Check.
However it also became the ultimate truck driver
nightmare. It is widely known that
trucking companies very often report false claims
to truck drivers dac reports.
In 2009 USIS and HireRight formed the new HireRight services
and DAC
Services is now known as HireRight DAC Trucking Solutions.
Why are trucking
companies able to place a false report on a driver’s DAC Report?
The Fair
Credit Reporting Act clearly states:
FCRA § 623. Responsibilities of furnishers of
information to consumer reporting agencies
[15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2]
(a) Duty of Furnishers of Information to Provide Accurate Information
(1) Prohibition
(A) Reporting
information with actual knowledge of errors.
A
person shall not furnish any information relating to a consumer to any
consumer reporting
agency if the person knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the
information is inaccurate.
Even with such
complete accurate wording such as this trucking companies
are still capable of reporting false claims to DAC and the
driver is most often left with a ruined
career. It is important to understand
why trucking companies are able to get away with this
inaccurate reporting:
Under this
Regulation drivers would be in their right to file a lawsuit against
the trucking company
for furnishing inaccurate information. But this is
where the big problem comes in for the truck
driver. The trucking companies that do this
know that the burden of proof is placed on the driver not on
them. This is how our justice system is set
up.
For example: we all
know that there have been drivers who have given the trucking company
their two week notice and the company
then tells them to drop off the truck/trailer at a
certain location. The driver does as
he/she is told does everything correctly and professionaly
insures that all freight loads have been delivered etc. and yet later they discover that the
trucking company has placed an abandoned vehicle on their DAC Report.
If the driver chooses to sue the company for this false report . . .
how does he/she prove
it?
Most often no
company management at the terminal will sign anything for
the driver stating that they did indeed do as they were instructed. Most other drivers would be leery of
getting involved in fear of losing their job.
Very often they are told to leave the vehicle at a drop
yard where there will be no
one around at the time. The driver could
take pictures…but savvy lawyers would destroy
these. Many drivers use a recording device to record
their instructions from dispatch or
whoever . . . but the chances of the Judge allowing this as
evidence is next to
nill. Generally the law states that the person you
are recording must KNOW that they are being
recorded.
With the burden of proof
placed on the plaintiff the truck
driver is up against great odds with
multi-million dollar trucking
companies.
Until truck drivers
take a stand and fight back against these illegal actions by the
trucking companies and the DAC reporting services nothing will
change.
trucking companies who place false
accusations on truck drivers dac reports are in
direct violation of the law. In fact DAC itself is in
violation of the law. DAC breaks the
law by allowing knowingly false information to remain on
the dac report. But since there is BIG money
floating around between the trucking
companies and DAC the average hard working
truck driver is up against incredible odds.
CONTACT
INFORMATION FOR HireRight:
Corporate Headquarters
5151 California Avenue
Irvine CA 92617
1-800- 400-2761
(949) 428-5800
HireRight
Tulsa
4500 S. 129th East Avenue
Suite 200
Tulsa OK 74134-5885
1-800-331-9175
Customer Service
1-866-521-6995
1-949-428-5804
LINKS
FOR DAC FORMS :
Request
a copy of your DAC Report
File a Dispute on your
DAC Report
Filing
a Consumer Report Dispute:
HireRight
will conduct an investigation free of charge if you
believe information in your report is incomplete or inaccurate. Before
filing a dispute you need to possess a copy of your report that is no
older than 60 days (in order to help ensure that you are disputing
information currently maintained by HireRight). If you do not possess a
copy please request one using the instructions above. The dispute
reinvestigation process can take up to 30 days.
If you wish
to contact the HireRight Consumer Department for additional assistance
please use one of the following methods:
- Phone:
(800) 381-0645
- Send an e-mail to [email protected]
and provide your name and phone number for a return call.
- Send a letter to:
HireRight
P.O. Box 33181
Tulsa OK 74153
You are entitled to a free copy of your DAC Report
once per year.
Additional copies are available at
$9.50 each.
FCRA (Fair
Credit Reporting Act). If you are a truck driver having
problems with false
information having been placed on your DAC report you may want to contact the FCRA
for assistance. Most often following the guidelines of
HireRight for DAC disputes will amount to no action being taken.
Remember HireRight holds the trucking companies account of events as
truth and normally disregards the truck drivers’ comments.
| If you exhaust all avenues in your attempt to have HireRight remove false information from your dac report then consider your rights under the law. For legal assistance in correcting your DAC contact The Truckers Justice Center and speak with Attorney Paul Taylor. Until truck drivers stand up for their rights DAC Services and |
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