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    Qualified applicants are considered for all positions following Federal and State equal employment opportunity laws. That means we'll process your application without prejudicial regard to age, color, race, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, non-job related disability, veteran status, or any other protected group status.

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    4. Your employment history of the past 3 years

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    We look forward to reviewing your application!

    You must meet the following criteria to qualify for desired position at Smoky Freight Inc:

    1. Be at least 25 years old

    2. Have a minimum of three years of verifiable Class A experience

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    A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

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    Para informacion en espanol, visite www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore o escribe a la Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

    A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

    The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) promotes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information in the files of consumer reporting agencies. There are many types of consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (such as agencies that sell information about check writing histories, medical records, and rental history records). Here is a summary of your major rights under the FCRA. For more information, including information about additional rights, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore or write to: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC 20552.

    • You must be told if information in your file has been used against you. Anyone who uses a credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance, or employment - or to take another adverse action against you - must tell you, and must give you the name, address, and phone number of the agency that provided the information.

    • You have the right to know what is in your file. You may request and obtain all the information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency (your "file disclosure"). You will be required to provide proper identification, which may include your Social Security number. In many cases, the disclosure will be free. You are entitled to a free file disclosure if:

      • a person has taken adverse action against you because of information in your credit report;

      • you are the victim of identity theft and place a fraud alert in your file;

      • your file contains inaccurate information as a result of fraud;

      • you are on public assistance;

      • you are unemployed but expect to apply for employment within 60 days.

      In addition, all consumers are entitled to one free disclosure every 12 months upon request from each nationwide credit bureau and from nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies. See www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for additional information.

    • You have the right to ask for a credit score. Credit scores are numerical summaries of your credit-worthiness based on information from credit bureaus. You may request a credit score from consumer reporting agencies that create scores or distribute scores used in residential real property loans, but you will have to pay for it. In some mortgage transactions, you will receive credit score information for free from the mortgage lender.

    • You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. If you identify information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous. See www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for an explanation of dispute procedures.

    • Consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information. Inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information must be removed or corrected, usually within 30 days. However, a consumer reporting agency may continue to report information it has verified as accurate.

    • Consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information. In most cases, a consumer reporting agency may not report negative information that is more than seven years old, or bankruptcies that are more than 10 years old.

    • Access to your file is limited. A consumer reporting agency may provide information about you only to people with a valid need – usually to consider an application with a creditor, insurer, employer, landlord, or other business. The FCRA specifies those with a valid need for access.

    • You must give your consent for reports to be provided to employers. A consumer reporting agency may not give out information about you to your employer, or a potential employer, without your written consent given to the employer. Written consent generally is not required in the trucking industry. For more information, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

    • You may limit "prescreened" offers of credit and insurance you get based on information in your credit report. Unsolicited “prescreened” offers for credit and insurance must include a toll-free phone number you can call if you choose to remove your name and address form the lists these offers are based on. You may opt out with the nationwide credit bureaus at 1-888-5-OPTOUT (1-888-567-8688).

    • The following FCRA right applies with respect to nationwide consumer reporting agencies:

      CONSUMERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN A SECURITY FREEZE
      You have a right to place a "security freeze" on your credit report, which will prohibit a consumer reporting agency from releasing information in your credit report without your express authorization.
      The security freeze is designed to prevent credit, loans, and services from being approved in your name without your consent. However, you should be aware that using a security freeze to take control over who gets access to the personal and financial information in your credit report may delay, interfere with, or prohibit the timely approval of any subsequent request or application you make regarding a new loan, credit, mortgage, or any other account involving the extension of credit.

      As an alternative to a security freeze, you have the right to place an initial or extended fraud alert on your credit file at no cost. An initial fraud alert is a 1-year alert that is placed on a consumer's credit file. Upon seeing a fraud alert display on a consumer's credit file, a business is required to take steps to verify the consumer’s identity before extending new credit. If you are a victim of identity theft, you are entitled to an extended fraud alert, which is a fraud alert lasting 7 years.

      A security freeze does not apply to a person or entity, or its affiliates, or collection agencies acting on behalf of the person or entity, with which you have an existing account that requests information in your credit report for the purposes of reviewing or collecting the account. Reviewing the account includes activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements.

    • You may seek damages from violators. If a consumer reporting agency, or, in some cases, a user of consumer reports or a furnisher of information to a consumer reporting agency violates the FCRA, you may be able to sue in state or federal court.

    • Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have additional rights. For more information, visit www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.

    States may enforce the FCRA, and many states have their own consumer reporting laws. In some cases, you may have more rights under state law. For more information, contact your state or local consumer protection agency or your state Attorney General. For information about your federal rights, contact:

    TYPE OF BUSINESS:

    CONTACT:

    1.a. Banks, savings associations, and credit unions with total assets of over $10 billion and their affiliates

    b. Such affiliates that are not banks, savings associations, or credit unions also should list, in addition to the CFPB:

    a. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

    1700 G Street, N.W.

    Washington, DC 20552

    b. Federal Trade Commission

    Consumer Response Center

    600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

    Washington, DC 20580

    (877) 382-4357

    2. To the extent not included in item 1 above:

    a. National banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and federal agencies of foreign banks

    b. State member banks, branches and agencies of foreign banks (other than federal branches, federal agencies, and Insured State Branches of Foreign Banks), commercial lending companies owned or controlled by foreign banks, and organizations operating under section 25 or 25A of the Federal Reserve Act.

    c. Nonmember Insured Banks, Insured State Branches of Foreign Banks, and insured state savings associations

    d. Federal Credit Unions

    a. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

    Customer Assistance Group

    1301 McKinney Street, Suite 3450

    Houston, TX 77010-9050

    b. Federal Reserve Consumer Help Center

    P.O. Box 1200

    Minneapolis, MN 55480

    c. FDIC Consumer Response Center

    1100 Walnut Street, Box #11

    Kansas City, MO 64106

    d. National Credit Union Administration

    Office of Consumer Financial Protection (OCFP)

    Division of Consumer Compliance Policy and Outreach

    1775 Duke Street

    Alexandria, VA 22314

    3. Air Carriers

    Asst. General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement & Proceedings

    Aviation Consumer Protection Division

    Department of Transportation

    1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

    Washington, DC 20590

    4. Creditors Subject to the Surface Transportation Board

    Office of Proceedings, Surface Transportation Board

    Department of Transportation

    395 E Street, S.W.

    Washington, DC 20423

    5. Creditors Subject to the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921

    Nearest Packers and Stockyards Administration area supervisor

    6. Small Business Investment Companies

    Associate Deputy Administrator for Capital Access

    United States Small Business Administration

    409 Third Street, S.W., Suite 8200

    Washington, DC 20416

    7. Brokers and Dealers

    Securities and Exchange Commission

    100 F Street, N.E.

    Washington, DC 20549

    8. Federal Land Banks, Federal Land Bank Associations, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, and Production Credit Associations

    Farm Credit Administration

    1501 Farm Credit Drive

    McLean, VA 22102-5090

    9. Retailers, Finance Companies, and All Other Creditors Not Listed Above

    Federal Trade Commission

    Consumer Response Center

    600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

    Washington, DC 20580

    (877) 382-4357


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    (NEW YORK APPLICANTS ONLY)
    ARTICLE 23-A, NEW YORK STATE CORRECTION LAW

    § 750. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

    1. "Public agency" means the state or any local subdivision thereof, or any state or local department, agency, board or commission.

    2. "Private employer" means any person, company, corporation, labor organization or association which employs ten or more persons.

    3. "Direct relationship" means that the nature of criminal conduct for which the person was convicted has a direct bearing on his fitness or ability to perform one or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the license, opportunity, or job in question.

    4. "License" means any certificate, license, permit or grant of permission required by the laws of this state, its political subdivisions or instrumentalities as a condition for the lawful practice of any occupation, employment, trade, vocation, business, or profession. Provided, however, that "license" shall not, for the purposes of this article, include any license or permit to own, possess, carry, or fire any explosive, pistol, handgun, rifle, shotgun, or other firearm.

    5. "Employment" means any occupation, vocation or employment, or any form of vocational or educational training. Provided, however, that "employment"shall not, for the purposes of this article, include membership in any law enforcement agency.

    § 751. Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to any application by any person for a license or employment at any public or private employer, who has previously been convicted of one or more criminal offenses in this state or in any other jurisdiction, and to any license or employment held by any person whose conviction of one or more criminal offenses in this state or in any other jurisdiction preceded such employment or granting of a license, except where a mandatory forfeiture, disability or bar to employment is imposed by law, and has not been removed by an executive pardon, certificate of relief from disabilities or certificate of good conduct. Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect any right an employer may have with respect to an intentional misrepresentation in connection with an application for employment made by a prospective employee or previously made by a current employee.

    § 752. Unfair discrimination against persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses prohibited. No application for any license or employment, and no employment or license held by an individual, to which the provisions of this article are applicable, shall be denied or acted upon adversely by reason of the individual’s having been previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses, or by reason of a finding of lack of "good moral character"when such finding is based upon the fact that the individual has previously been convicted of one or more criminal offenses, unless:

    1. there is a direct relationship between one or more of the previous criminal offenses and the specific license or employment sought or held by the individual; or

    2. the issuance or continuation of the license or the granting or continuation of the employment would involve an unreasonable risk to property or to the safety or welfare of specific individuals or the general public.

    § 753. Factors to be considered concerning a previous criminal conviction; presumption.

    1. In making a determination pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this chapter, the public agency or private employer shall consider the following factors:

      1. The public policy of this state, as expressed in this act, to encourage the licensure and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

      2. The specific duties and responsibilities necessarily related to the license or employment sought or held by the person.

      3. The bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for which the person was previously convicted will have on his fitness or ability to perform one or more such duties or responsibilities.

      4. The time which has elapsed since the occurrence of the criminal offense or offenses.

      5. The age of the person at the time of occurrence of the criminal offense or offenses.

      6. The seriousness of the offense or offenses.

      7. Any information produced by the person, or produced on his behalf, in regard to his rehabilitation and good conduct.

      8. The legitimate interest of the public agency or private employer in protecting property, and the safety and welfare of specific individuals or the general public.

    2. In making a determination pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this chapter, the public agency or private employer shall also give consideration to a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct issued to the applicant, which certificate shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to the offense or offenses specified therein.

    § 754. Written statement upon denial of license or employment. At the request of any person previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses who has been denied a license or employment, a public agency or private employer shall provide, within thirty days of a request, a written statement setting forth the reasons for such denial.

    § 755. Enforcement.

    1. In relation to actions by public agencies, the provisions of this article shall be enforceable by a proceeding brought pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules.

    2. In relation to actions by private employers, the provisions of this article shall be enforceable by the division of human rights pursuant to the powers and procedures set forth in article fifteen of the executive law, and, concurrently, by the New York city commission on human rights.

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    IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE
    REGARDING BACKGROUND REPORTS FROM THE PSP Online Service
    In connection with your application for employment with Smoky Freight Inc. ("Prospective Employer"), Prospective Employer, its employees, agents or contractors may obtain one or more reports regarding your driving, and safety inspecti on history from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). When the application for employment is submitted in person, if the Prospective Employer uses any information it obtains from FMCSA in a decision to not hire you or to make any other adverse employment decision regarding you, the Prospective Employer will provide you with a copy of the report upon which its decision was based and a written summary of your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act before taking any final adverse action. If any final adverse action is taken against you based upon your driving history or safety report, the Prospective Employer will notify you that the action has been taken and that the action was based in part or in whole on this report. When the application for employment is submitted by mail, telephone, computer, or other similar means, if the Prospective Employer uses any information it obtains from FMCSA in a decision to not hire you or to make any other adverse employment decision regarding you, the Prospective Employer must provide you within three business days of taking adverse action oral, written or electronic notification: that adverse action has been taken based in whole or in part on information obtained from FMCSA; the name, address, and the toll free telephone number of FMCSA; that the FMCSA did not make the decision to take the adverse action and is unable to provide you the specific reasons why the adverse action was taken; and that you may, upon providing proper identification, request a free copy of the report and may dispute with the FMCSA the accuracy or completeness of any information or report. If you request a copy of a driver record from the Prospective Employer who procured the report, then, within 3 business days of receiving your request, together with proper identification, the Prospective Employer must send or provide to you a copy of your report and a summary of your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Neither the Prospective Employer nor the FMCSA contractor supplying the crash and safety information has the capability to correct any safety data that appears to be incorrect. You may challenge the accuracy of the data by submitting a request to https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov. If you challenge crash or inspection information reported by a State, FMCSA cannot change or correct this data. Your request will be forwarded by the DataQs system to the appropriate State for adjudication. Any crash or inspection in which you were involved will display on your PSP report. Since the PSP report does not report, or assign, or imply fault, it will include all Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) crashes where you were a driver or co-driver and where those crashes were reported to FMCSA, regardless of fault. Similarly, all inspections, with or without violations, appear on the PSP report. State citations associated with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) violations that have been adjudicated by a court of law will also appear, and remain, on a PSP report. The Prospective Employer cannot obtain background reports from FMCSA without your authorization.

    AUTHORIZATION

    If you agree that the Prospective Employer may obtain such background reports, please read the following and sign below: I authorize Smoky Freight Inc. ("Prospective Employer") to access the FMCSA Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) system to seek information regarding my commercial driving safety record and information regarding my safety inspection history. I understand that I am authorizing the release of safety performance information including crash data from the previous five (5) years and inspection history from the previous three (3) years. I understand and acknowledge that this release of information may assist the Prospective Employer to make a determination regarding my suitability as an employee. I further understand that neither the Prospective Employer nor the FMCSA contractor supplying the crash and safety information has the capability to correct any safety data that appears to be incorrect. I understand I may challenge the accuracy of the data by submitting a request to https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov. If I challenge crash or inspection information reported by a State, FMCSA cannot change or correct this data. I understand my request will be forwarded by the DataQs system to the appropriate State for adjudication. I understand that any crash or inspection in which I was involved will display on my PSP report. Since the PSP report does not report, or assign, or imply fault, I acknowledge it will include all CMV crashes where I was a driver or co-driver and where those crashes were reported to FMCSA, regardless of fault. Similarly, I understand all inspections, with or without violations, will appear on my PSP report, and State citations associated with FMCSR violations that have been adjudicated by a court of law will also appear, and remain, on my PSP report. I have read the above Disclosure Regarding Background Reports provided to me by Prospective Employer and I understand that if I sign this Disclosure and Authorization, Prospective Employer may obtain a report of my crash and inspection history. I hereby authorize Prospective Employer and its employees, authorized agents, and/or affiliates to obtain the information authorized above.

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    DISCLOSURE FOR CONSUMER REPORTS
    In connection with your employment or owner-operator (independent contractor) application, Smoky Freight Inc. may order one or more consumer report(s) (commonly known as "background reports" or "background checks") about you from one or more consumer reporting agencies. If you are hired or engaged as an owner-operator (independent contractor), additional consumer reports may be obtained in connection with and throughout your employment for employment purposes or for the legitimate business purpose of evaluating you as an owner-operator. To the extent allowed by law, the consumer reports may include information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, mode of living, drug and alcohol test results, motor vehicle records, driving records, criminal information, public court records, employment history (including names and dates of previous employers, reason for termination of employment, work experience, and accidents), social security number validation, education, licensure, or verification of other information supplied by you. Such reports may be obtained from private and public record sources, including sanctions databases, CDLIS, former employers, public court records, and federal, state, and other government agencies that maintain such records.

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    AUTHORIZATION FOR CONSUMER REPORTS
    I authorize Smoky Freight Inc. to obtain one or more consumer report(s) or investigative consumer report(s) about me. If hired or engaged as an owner-operator (independent contractor), I understand this authorization shall remain on file and shall serve as ongoing authorization for additional consumer reports or investigative consumer reports to be obtained from any consumer reporting agency at any time during my employment or contract period without asking me for authorization again.

    DISCLOSURE AND AUTHORIZATION UNDER 49 C.F.R. PART 391.23 INCLUDING DOT DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION

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    DISCLOSURE AND AUTHORIZATION UNDER 49 C.F.R. PART 391.23 INCLUDING DOT DRUG AND ALCOHOL INFORMATION

    For purposes of an investigation in accordance with 49 C.F.R. Part 391.23, I authorize my previous employers, contractors (if owner-operator), and trucking schools, as applicable, to release and forward to Smoky Freight Inc. ("Company") the following information for the past three (3) years: 1. DOT alcohol and controlled substance information in accordance with Parts 382 and 40 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (49 CFR Part 382 and 49 CFR Part 40, Section 40.25) limited to the following DOT regulated testing items, including pre-employment testing results: (i) alcohol tests with a result of 0.04 or higher; (ii) verified positive drug tests; (iii) refusals to be tested; (iv) other violations of DOT agency drug and alcohol testing regulations; (v) information obtained from previous employers of a drug and alcohol rule violation; and (vi) documentation, if any, of completion of the return-to-duty process following a rule violation. 2. Safety performance history information in accordance with 49 CFR Part 391.23, which includes: employment dates, work history (which may include position held, reason for leaving, any termination information, whether subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations, equipment experience, area driven, and other information as applicable) and accident information (including accident date, nature of accident, whether it was preventable, whether there were injuries, fatalities, or hazardous materials involved, and copies of any accident report). Pursuant to Section 391.23(i) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, you have the following rights with regard to the information released: 1. You have the right to make a written request at any time to review the information provided by previous employers, contractors (if owner-operator), or trucking schools, as applicable. 2. You have the right to have errors in the information corrected by the previous employer, contractor (if owner-operator), or trucking school, as applicable and for that employer, contractor (if owner-operator), or trucking school to re-send the corrected information. 3. You have the right to have a rebuttal statement attached to the alleged erroneous information if the previous employer, contractor (if owner-operator), or trucking school and you cannot agree on the accuracy of the information.

    Consent for Limited Queries of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
    Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

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    Consent for Limited Queries of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
    Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

    I hereby provide consent to Smoky Freight Inc. to conduct a limited query of the FMCSA Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse to determine whether drug or alcohol violation information about me exists in the Clearinghouse. I understand this consent shall remain on file and shall serve as ongoing consent for Smoky Freight Inc. to conduct multiple limited queries of the Clearinghouse at any time during my employment or contract period without asking me for additional consent. I understand that if I refuse to provide consent for Smoky Freight Inc. to conduct a limited query of the Clearinghouse, Smoky Freight Inc. is required to prohibit me from performing safety-sensitive functions, including operating a commercial motor vehicle. I understand that if the limited query conducted by Smoky Freight Inc. indicates that drug or alcohol information exists about me in the Clearinghouse, the FMCSA will not disclose that information to Smoky Freight Inc. unless I give additional specific consent within the Clearinghouse. However, I understand that Smoky Freight Inc. will be required to conduct a full query of the Clearinghouse within 24 hours after a limited query indicates that drug or alcohol information exists and that if I do not grant consent within the Clearinghouse for that full query I will be removed from performing safety-sensitive functions, including operating a commercial motor vehicle.