Common use of Assignments and Vacancies Clause in Contracts

Assignments and Vacancies. A. All employees, whether on layoff or returning from leave, are entitled to participate and exercise their seniority in the bidding process. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment. Selection of assignments shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all the available assignments are selected. Available shuttle routes shall be bid separately by seniority bid prior to school starting Bidding for regularly scheduled bus routes will be as follows: 1. Routes will be established and available for review and driving no later than three (3) weeks prior to the beginning of the school year. 2. Routes will be posted for bid between the 2nd & 1st week prior to the beginning of the school year. 3. Drivers will drive their bid route and adjust route layout with the Supervisor of Transportation, or their designee and determine safety issues and contacting parents of the students no later than one (1) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 4. Drivers will be paid two (2) additional days to prepare their routes for the school year. B. The Employer reserves the right to make any additions, deletions or changes in assignments, routes, shuttles, stops, length and number of assignments and routes as necessary, for the efficient operation of the transportation system in order to meet requirements and/or needs of the district. C. If the time allotment for a bus route is reduced by more than fifteen (15) minutes from the original time allotment bid upon by the driver, a special conference will be held between representatives of the Employer and the Association to discuss the causes and any alternatives to deal with the impact upon the driver prior to implementing the reduction. D. Buses will be assigned to employees and will move with the employee unless the Supervisor of Transportation deems the type of route and condition of the bus warrants a different assignment. A bus, as determined by the employee to be unsafe because of faulty parts or equipment, will be returned to the garage for evaluation by Fleet Manager. A bus shall not be operated until the Fleet Manager has given approval. If the employee and Fleet Manager are in disagreement over said bus, the Supervisor of Transportation shall be asked to determine the condition of the bus. If no bus is available for that employee, he/she shall not lose pay. E. An employee may be denied a route for good cause. Should the senior employee be denied a route, reasons for the denial shall be given orally to the employee at the time of the denial and within twenty-four (24) hours in writing. If the employee disagrees with the reason for such denial, it may become a proper subject for the grievance procedure. For the purpose of this provision the grievance may be initiated at Level II, if filed within five (5) days of the denial. F. Upon the completion of the probationary period, employees become eligible to participate in the seniority rotation for the assignment of trips. If a newly hired employee has been previously employed as a bus driver and has driven trips for the school district previously, the supervisor may approve his/her participation in the trip rotation prior to completion of the probationary period. Substitutes may be used for trips in emergency situations when rotation employees cannot be contacted. An employee is entitled to be assigned a trip pursuant to the rotation procedure without regard to overtime. G. If the Fleet Manager, Supervisor of Transportation or Director of Operations are not available after two phone calls when an employee is in need of help because of a breakdown on out-of-town trips, they may contact the nearest AAA or equivalent service for emergency assistance. On out-of-town trips, the employee, in the absence of Supervisor of Transportation, shall evaluate road conditions and determine whether to continue on or to return home. H. Whenever possible, student discipline conferences with parents required by the Employee will be scheduled immediately following or before a route or shuttle. I. A five (5) working day notice shall be given by the employee, in writing, when vacating any position or portion of said position. All vacancies shall be posted for three (3) working days. The Supervisor of Transportation will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. J. All newly created position will be posted for at least three (3) working days. The Supervisor of Transportation will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. K. Any employee desiring to resign shall file a letter of resignation with the Supervisor of Transportation with a copy being sent to the Business Office at least (10) work days prior to the effective date. An employee who resigns from a position in this manner maintains the right of earned severance pay.

Assignments and Vacancies. A. All employees, whether on layoff or returning from leave, are entitled to participate and exercise their seniority in the bidding process. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment. Selection of assignments shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all the available assignments are selected. Available shuttle routes shall be bid separately by seniority bid prior to school starting Bidding for regularly scheduled bus routes will be as follows: 1. Routes will be established and available for review and driving no later than three (3) weeks prior to the The beginning of the school year. 2. Routes will be posted for bid between the 2nd second (2nd) & 1st first (1st) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 3. Drivers will drive their bid route and adjust route layout with the Supervisor Director of Transportation, Operations or their his/her designee and determine safety issues and contacting parents of the students no later than one (1) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 4. Drivers will be paid two one (21) additional days to prepare their routes for the school year. B. The Employer reserves the right to make any additions, deletions or changes in assignments, routes, shuttles, stops, length and number of assignments and routes as necessary, for the efficient operation of the transportation system in order to meet requirements and/or needs of the district. C. If the time allotment for a bus route is reduced by more than fifteen (15) minutes from the original time allotment bid upon by the driver, a special conference will be held between representatives of the Employer and the Association to discuss the causes and any alternatives to deal with the impact upon the driver prior to implementing the reduction. D. Buses will be assigned to employees and will move with the employee unless the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations deems the type of route and condition of the bus warrants a different assignment. A bus, as determined by the employee to be unsafe because of faulty parts or equipment, will be returned to the garage for evaluation by Fleet ManagerMechanic. A bus shall not be operated until the Fleet Manager Mechanic has given approval. If the employee and Fleet Manager Mechanic are in disagreement over said bus, the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations shall be asked to determine the condition of the bus. If no bus is available for that employee, he/she shall not lose pay. E. An employee may be denied a route for good causenon-arbitrary and capricious reasons. Should the senior employee be denied a route, reasons for the denial shall be given orally to the employee at the time of the denial and within twenty-four (24) hours in writing. If the employee disagrees with the reason for such denial, it may become a proper subject for the grievance procedure. For the purpose of this provision provision, the grievance may be initiated at Level II, if filed within five (5) days of the denial. F. Upon the completion of the probationary period, employees become eligible to participate in the seniority rotation for the assignment of trips. If a newly hired employee has been previously employed as a bus driver and has driven trips for the school district previously, the supervisor may approve his/her participation in the trip rotation prior to completion of the probationary period. In the event a seniority employee is unable to cover the second (2nd) or third (3rd) route on her/his assignment said route shall be offered to other available bargaining unit members by seniority prior to such route being assigned to a substitute driver. Substitutes may be used for trips in emergency situations when rotation employees cannot be contacted. An employee is entitled to be assigned a trip pursuant to the rotation procedure without regard to overtime. G. If the Fleet ManagerMechanic, Supervisor of Transportation Router or Director of Operations are is not available after two phone calls when an employee is in need of help because of a breakdown on out-of-town trips, they may contact the nearest AAA or equivalent service for emergency assistance. On out-of-town trips, the employee, in the absence of Supervisor Director of TransportationOperations, shall evaluate road conditions and determine whether to continue on or to return home. H. Whenever possible, student discipline conferences with parents required by the Employee will be scheduled immediately following or before a route or shuttle. I. A five ten (510) working day notice shall be given by the employee, in writing, when vacating any position or portion of said position. All vacancies shall be posted for three five (35) working days. The Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. J. All newly created position will be posted for at least three five (35) working days. The Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. K. Any employee desiring to resign shall file a letter of resignation with the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations with a copy being sent to the Business Office at least (10) work days prior to the effective date. An employee who resigns from a position in this manner maintains the right of earned severance pay. L. Assignment of extra trips will depend on the number of hours a bus driver will work in any given week. A week is defined for overtime purposes to begin on Monday and end on the following Sunday. The total number of hours a bus driver can work in any given week is capped at forty two (42) hours. It is also understood that unforeseen circumstances may extend the forty two (42) capped hours. The trips will be posted by the event and the approximate length of time the trip will take. The transportation supervisor will utilize routing software to assist in determining the length of the trip. The most senior bus driver in rotation will have priority. If no senior bus driver, in rotation qualifies for the trip, substitute bus drivers will be secured. If a substitute bus driver cannot be secured for the trip, the trip will revert back to the most senior driver who originally applied for the trip. Once a trip has been awarded, the driver is committed to that trip and not able to bid on late postings, except in cases where the original trip has changed and this is known more than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the trip. In those cases, the trip shall be placed back into rotation for bid. M. In contracting for extra trips, overtime (see definitions) will be a determining factor in the assignment. Understanding that the length of a trip is hard to predict, the supervisor of transportation will estimate the length of the trip. If the projected time will cause an interested employee to exceed a forty two (42) hour work week, the trip will go to the next available driver, in rotation, as described in Article I on page 22.

Assignments and Vacancies. A. All employees, whether on layoff or returning from leave, are entitled to participate and exercise their seniority in the bidding process. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment. Selection of assignments shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all the available assignments are selected. Available shuttle routes shall be bid separately by seniority bid prior to school starting Bidding for regularly scheduled bus routes will be as follows: 1. Routes will be established and available for review and driving no later than three (3) weeks prior to the The beginning of the school year. 2. Routes will be posted for bid between the 2nd & 1st week prior to the beginning of the school year. 3. Drivers will drive their bid route and adjust route layout with the Supervisor Director of Transportation, Operations or their his/her designee and determine safety issues and contacting parents of the students no later than one (1) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 4. Drivers will be paid two one (21) additional days to prepare their routes for the school year. B. The Employer reserves the right to make any additions, deletions or changes in assignments, routes, shuttles, stops, length and number of assignments and routes as necessary, for the efficient operation of the transportation system in order to meet requirements and/or needs of the district. C. If the time allotment for a bus route is reduced by more than fifteen (15) minutes from the original time allotment bid upon by the driver, a special conference will be held between representatives of the Employer and the Association to discuss the causes and any alternatives to deal with the impact upon the driver prior to implementing the reduction. D. Buses will be assigned to employees and will move with the employee unless the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations deems the type of route and condition of the bus warrants a different assignment. A bus, as determined by the employee to be unsafe because of faulty parts or equipment, will be returned to the garage for evaluation by Fleet ManagerMechanic. A bus shall not be operated until the Fleet Manager Mechanic has given approval. If the employee and Fleet Manager Mechanic are in disagreement over said bus, the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations shall be asked to determine the condition of the bus. If no bus is available for that employee, he/she shall not lose pay. E. An employee may be denied a route for good cause. Should the senior employee be denied a route, reasons for the denial shall be given orally to the employee at the time of the denial and within twenty-four (24) hours in writing. If the employee disagrees with the reason for such denial, it may become a proper subject for the grievance procedure. For the purpose of this provision the grievance may be initiated at Level II, if filed within five (5) days of the denial. F. Upon the completion of the probationary period, employees become eligible to participate in the seniority rotation for the assignment of trips. If a newly hired employee has been previously employed as a bus driver and has driven trips for the school district previously, the supervisor may approve his/her participation in the trip rotation prior to completion of the probationary period. In the event a seniority employee is unable to cover the second or third route on her/his assignment said route shall be offered to other available bargaining unit members by seniority prior to such route being assigned to a substitute driver. Substitutes may be used for trips in emergency situations when rotation employees cannot be contacted. An employee is entitled to be assigned a trip pursuant to the rotation procedure without regard to overtime. G. If the Fleet ManagerMechanic, Supervisor of Transportation Router or Director of Operations are is not available after two phone calls when an employee is in need of help because of a breakdown on out-of-town trips, they may contact the nearest AAA or equivalent service for emergency assistance. On out-of-town trips, the employee, in the absence of Supervisor Director of TransportationOperations, shall evaluate road conditions and determine whether to continue on or to return home. H. Whenever possible, student discipline conferences with parents required by the Employee will be scheduled immediately following or before a route or shuttle. I. A five ten (510) working day notice shall be given by the employee, in writing, when vacating any position or portion of said position. All vacancies shall be posted for three five (35) working days. The Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. J. All newly created position will be posted for at least three five (35) working days. The Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. K. Any employee desiring to resign shall file a letter of resignation with the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations with a copy being sent to the Business Office at least (10) work days prior to the effective date. An employee who resigns from a position in this manner maintains the right of earned severance pay. L. Assignment of extra trips will depend on the number of hours a bus driver will work in any given week. A week is defined for overtime purposes to begin on Saturday and end on the following Friday. The total number of hours a bus driver can work in any given week is capped at forty two (42) hours. It is also understood that unforeseen circumstances may extend the forty two (42) capped hours. The trips will be posted by the event and the approximate length of time the trip will take. The transportation supervisor will utilize Versa Trans module “trip taker” to assist in determining the length of the trip. The most senior bus driver in rotation will have priority. If any senior bus driver, in rotation does not qualify for the trip, substitute bus drivers will be secured. If a substitute bus driver cannot be secured for the trip, the trip will revert back to the most senior driver who originally applied for the trip. Once a trip has been awarded, the driver is committed to that trip and not able to bid on late postings. M. In contracting for extra trips, overtime (see definitions) will be a determining factor in the assignment. Understanding that the length of a trip is hard to predict, the supervisor of transportation will estimate the length of the trip. If the projected time will cause an interested employee to exceed a forty two (42) hour work week, the trip will go to the next available driver, in rotation, as described in Article I on page 22.

Assignments and Vacancies. A. All employees, whether on layoff or returning from leave, are entitled to participate and exercise their seniority in the bidding process. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment. Selection of assignments shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all the available assignments are selected. Available shuttle routes shall be bid separately by seniority bid prior to school starting starting. Bidding for regularly scheduled bus routes will be as follows: 1. Routes will be established and available for review and driving no later than three (3) weeks prior to the beginning of the school year. 2. Routes will be posted for bid between the 2nd second (2nd) & 1st first (1st) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 3. Drivers will drive their bid route and adjust route layout with the Supervisor Transportation Office Manager and Director of Transportation, or their designee Operations and determine safety issues and contacting parents of the students no later than one (1) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 4. Drivers will be paid two one (21) additional days to prepare their routes for the school year. B. The Employer reserves the right to make any additions, deletions or changes in assignments, routes, shuttles, stops, length and number of assignments and routes as necessary, for the efficient operation of the transportation system in order to meet requirements and/or needs of the district. C. If the time allotment for a bus route is reduced by more than fifteen (15) minutes from the original time allotment bid upon by the driver, a special conference will be held between representatives of the Employer and the Association to discuss the causes and any alternatives to deal with the impact upon the driver prior to implementing the reduction. D. Buses will be assigned to employees and will move with the employee unless the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations deems the type of route and condition of the bus warrants a different assignment. A bus, as determined by the employee to be unsafe because of faulty parts or equipment, will be returned to the garage for evaluation by Fleet ManagerMechanic. A bus shall not be operated until the Fleet Manager Mechanic has given approval. If the employee and Fleet Manager Mechanic are in disagreement over said bus, the Supervisor Director of Transportation Operations shall be asked to determine the condition of the bus. If no bus is available for that employee, he/she shall not lose pay. E. An employee may be denied a route for good causenon-arbitrary and capricious reasons. Should the senior employee be denied a route, reasons for the denial shall be given orally to the employee at the time of the denial and within twenty-four (24) hours in writing. If the employee disagrees with the reason for such denial, it may become a proper subject for the grievance procedure. For the purpose of this provision provision, the grievance may be initiated at Level II, if filed within five (5) days of the denial. F. Upon the completion of the probationary period, employees become eligible to participate in the seniority rotation for the assignment of trips. If a newly hired employee has been previously employed as a bus driver and has driven trips for the school district previously, the supervisor may approve his/her participation in the trip rotation prior to completion of the probationary period. In the event a seniority employee is unable to cover the second (2nd) or third (3rd) route on her/his assignment said route shall be offered to other available bargaining unit members by seniority prior to such route being assigned to a substitute driver. Substitutes may be used for trips in emergency situations when rotation employees cannot be contacted. An employee is entitled to be assigned a trip pursuant to the rotation procedure without regard to overtime. G. If the Fleet ManagerMechanic, Supervisor of Transportation Office Manager or Director of Operations are is not available after two phone calls when an employee is in need of help because of a breakdown on out-of-town trips, they the employee may contact the nearest AAA or equivalent service for emergency assistance. On out-of-town trips, the employee, in the absence of Supervisor Director of TransportationOperations, shall evaluate road conditions and determine whether to continue on or to return home. H. Whenever possible, student discipline conferences with parents required by the Employee will be scheduled immediately following or before a route or shuttletrip. I. A five ten (510) working day notice shall be given by the employee, in writing, when vacating any position or portion of said position. All vacancies shall be posted for three five (35) working days. The Supervisor of Transportation Office Manager will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. J. All newly created position will be posted for at least three five (35) working days. The Supervisor of Transportation Office Manager will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. K. Any employee desiring to resign shall file a letter of resignation with the Supervisor Transportation Office Manager and/or Director of Transportation Operations with a copy being sent to the Business Office at least (10) work days prior to the effective date. An employee who resigns from a position in this manner maintains the right of earned severance pay. L. Assignment of extra trips will depend on the number of hours a bus driver will work in any given week. A week is defined for overtime purposes to begin on Monday and end on the following Sunday. The total number of hours a bus driver can work in any given week is capped at forty two (42) hours. It is also understood that unforeseen circumstances may extend the forty two (42) capped hours. The trips will be posted by the event and the approximate length of time the trip will take. The Transportation Office Manager will utilize routing software to assist in determining the length of the trip. The most senior bus driver in rotation will have priority. If no senior bus driver, in rotation qualifies for the trip, substitute bus drivers will be secured. If a substitute bus driver cannot be secured for the trip, the trip will revert back to the most senior driver who originally applied for the trip. Once a trip has been awarded, the driver is committed to that trip and not able to bid on late postings, except in cases where the original trip has changed and this is known more than forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the trip. In those cases, the trip shall be placed back into rotation for bid. M. In contracting for extra trips, overtime (see definitions) will be a determining factor in the assignment. Understanding that the length of a trip is hard to predict, the Transportation Office Manager will estimate the length of the trip. If the projected time will cause an interested employee to exceed a forty two (42) hour work week, the trip will go to the next available driver, in seniority rotation.

Assignments and Vacancies. A. All employees, whether on layoff or returning from leave, are entitled to participate and exercise their seniority in the bidding process. The most senior employee shall have first choice of assignment. Selection of assignments shall continue in order of the next most senior employee until all the available assignments are selected. Available Kindergarten routes and available shuttle routes shall be bid separately by seniority bid prior to school starting starting. Drivers not working over 6.5 hours per day may bid on any remaining kindergarten routes. Any kindergarten routes not selected by seniority bid may be assigned to an available bargaining unit member. Bidding for regularly scheduled bus routes will be as follows: 1. Routes will be established and available for review and driving no later than three (3) weeks prior to the beginning of the school year. 2. Routes will be posted for bid between the 2nd & 1st week prior to the beginning of the school year. 3. Drivers will drive their bid route and adjust route layout with the Supervisor Director of Transportation, or their designee and determine safety issues and contacting parents of the students no later than one (1) week prior to the beginning of the school year. 4. Drivers will be paid two (2) additional days to prepare their routes for the school year. B. Regular employees subbing Kindergarten routes shall register yearly with the Director of Transportation at the beginning of each school year to substitute on kindergarten routes. Regular drivers may cancel their Kindergarten route sub up until 9:30 a.m. of that day. C. The Employer reserves the right to make any additions, deletions or changes in assignments, routes, shuttles, stops, length and number of assignments and routes as necessary, for the efficient operation of the transportation system in order to meet requirements and/or needs of the district. C. D. If the time allotment for a bus route is reduced by more than fifteen (15) minutes from the original time allotment bid upon by the driver, a special conference will be held between representatives of the Employer and the Association to discuss the causes and any alternatives to deal with the impact upon the driver prior to implementing the reduction. D. E. Buses will be assigned to employees and will move with the employee unless the Supervisor Director of Transportation deems the type of route and condition of the bus warrants a different assignment. A bus, as determined by the employee to be unsafe because of faulty parts or equipment, will be returned to the garage for evaluation by Fleet ManagerHead Mechanic. A bus shall not be operated until the Fleet Manager Head Mechanic has given approval. If the employee and Fleet Manager Head Mechanic are in disagreement over said bus, the Supervisor Director of Transportation shall be asked to determine the condition of the bus. If no bus is available for that employee, he/she shall not lose pay. E. F. An employee may be denied a route for good cause. Should the senior employee be denied a route, reasons for the denial shall be given orally to the employee at the time of the denial and within twenty-four (24) hours in writing. If the employee disagrees with the reason for such denial, it may become a proper subject for the grievance procedure. For the purpose of this provision the grievance may be initiated at Level II, if filed within five (5) days of the denial. F. G. Upon the completion of the probationary period, employees become eligible to participate in the seniority rotation for the assignment of trips. If a newly hired employee has been previously employed as a bus driver and has driven trips for the school district previously, the supervisor may approve his/her participation in the trip rotation prior to completion of the probationary period. Substitutes may be used for trips in emergency situations when rotation employees cannot be contacted. An employee is entitled to be assigned a trip pursuant to the rotation procedure without regard to overtime. G. H. If the Fleet Manager, Supervisor of Transportation bus garage/or Director of Operations Transportation are not available after two phone calls when an employee is in need of help because of a breakdown on out-of-town trips, they may contact the nearest AAA or equivalent service for emergency assistance. On out-of-town trips, the employee, in the absence of Supervisor Director of Transportation, shall evaluate road conditions and determine whether to continue on or to return home. H. I. Whenever possible, student discipline conferences with parents required by the Employee will be scheduled immediately following or before a route or shuttle. I. J. A five (5) working day notice shall be given by the employee, in writing, when vacating any position or portion of said position. All vacancies shall be posted for three (3) working days. The Supervisor of Transportation will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. J. All newly created position will be posted for at least three (3) working days. The Supervisor Director of Transportation will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. K. All newly created positions will be posted for at least three (3) working days. The Director of Transportation will send a copy of the posting to the union president and secretary. L. Any employee desiring to resign shall file a letter of resignation with the Supervisor Director of Transportation with a copy being sent to the Business Office at least (10) work days prior to the effective date. An Any employee who resigns from a position in this manner maintains the right of earned severance pay.