Common use of Bus Driver Clause in Contracts

Bus Driver. Shared Opportunity Overtime (a) All drivers who wish to be placed on the master volunteer list for “off-day work” for a complete board period must submit a completed Bus Driver Volunteer Form to the Steeprock Planning section not later than noon on the Tuesday prior to the start of that board period. Drivers may declare to only be assigned work from their home base group and or the specific off-days for which they are volunteering and by so doing will have declared their unavailability for their other off days. Drivers will also have the availability of specifying “volunteer” for special events. Vacation swing drivers may identify specific off day availability for each week of the board period. A separate form may also be submitted by drivers who wish to volunteer for a special event. (b) From the forms received by the deadline, separate master full- time and part-time driver lists will be compiled for all home base groups combined, in order of classification seniority. These two master volunteer lists will indicate the home base group and will be posted on the Thursday afternoon prior to the start of the board period. (c) A driver who wishes to temporarily remove his availability for “off- day” overtime must notify the Planning section not later than two days in advance of the affected date. If such notification is not provided, and/or on the third and subsequent occasions during the board period (regardless of notification lead time), that driver’s name shall be removed from the master list. (d) As each Daily Slip is being prepared and after open work assignments have been completed to all available spare drivers, any remaining work that has been selected to be assigned as overtime work will first be assigned to available “off-day” drivers on the master volunteer lists, in order of the current list

Bus Driver. Shared Opportunity Overtime (a) All drivers who wish to be placed on the master volunteer list for “off-day work” for a complete board period must submit a completed Bus Driver Volunteer Form to the Steeprock Planning section assignment office not later than noon on the Tuesday prior to the start of that board period. Drivers may declare to only be assigned work from their home base group and or the specific off-days for which they are volunteering and by so doing will have declared their unavailability for their other off days. Drivers will also have the availability of specifying “volunteer” for special events. Vacation swing drivers may identify specific off day availability for each week of the board period. A separate form may also be submitted by drivers who wish to volunteer for a special event. (b) From the forms received by the deadline, separate master full- time and part-time driver lists will be compiled for all home base groups combined, in order of classification seniority. These two master volunteer lists will indicate the home base group and will be posted on the Thursday afternoon prior to the start of the board period. (c) A driver who wishes to temporarily remove his their availability for “off- day” overtime must notify the Planning section not later than two days in advance of the affected date. If such notification is not provided, and/or on the third and subsequent occasions during the board period (regardless of notification lead time), that driver’s name shall be removed from the master list. (d) As each Daily Slip is being prepared and after open work assignments have been completed to all available spare drivers, any remaining work that has been selected to be assigned as overtime work will first be assigned to available “off-day” drivers on the master volunteer lists, in order of the current list sequence. Drivers on the master volunteer list that have indicated that they are not available for special event assignments will be by-passed to the next available open work if applicable. The above assignments are subject to overnight rest requirements, in accordance with the following: (i) first, to full-time drivers within their own home base group; (ii) secondly, to part-time drivers within their own home base group; (iii) thirdly, to full-time drivers (who have not declared a home base restriction) whose home base is within 60* kilometres of the available work; (iv) fourthly, full or part-time drivers who submitted a special event volunteer form; (v) finally, to part-time drivers (who have not declared a home base restriction) whose home base is within 60* kilometres of the available work. *▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Group shall be considered an exception to the sixty (60) kilometers rule for Niagara Falls work only. In the event that operational requirements change and this clause needs to be amended, both parties agree to consult one another. (e) When such drivers receive an “off-day” work assignment, their names shall be moved to the bottom of their respective list, in order of their previous sequence for that day. (f) During the board period drivers who: (i) change home base groups, or (ii) move from part-time to full-time or vice versa, or (iii) temporarily lose their voluntary overtime rights [under Appendix A, Rules 3(g) or 3(h)] when they are reinstated, shall be placed at the bottom of the master volunteer list. (g) A driver may request the assignment office to remove their name from the master lists at any time, but no additions to the lists will be allowed until the next board period. (h) A written and signed request to be removed from the Master Overtime List must be received by the Bus Operations Driver Assignment Office not later than 1100 hrs the day prior to the day(s) requested. (Faxed copies will be accepted, however, the original signed form must follow.) (i) Each request to be removed from the Master Overtime List, as described in paragraph (h), shall be counted as one (1) occasion. A single request to be removed from the Master Overtime List for adjacent off-days shall be deemed as one occasion to be counted toward a maximum of three (3) occasions for the same Board Period, after which the driver shall be removed from the Master Overtime List for the duration of the Board Period. (j) Drivers who request to have their name removed from the Master Overtime List after 1100 hrs on the day prior to the volunteered off-day in the same Board Period will: On the first occasion: ● Be ineligible for the Master List overtime for a period of seven (7) days commencing the day after the affected date ● Be placed as the bottom of the Master Overtime List for the eligible date of return On the second occasion: ● Be removed from the Master Overtime List for the remainder of the Board Period (k) Drivers who miss their volunteer assignment will continue to be subject to the same corrective disciplinary action as those who miss regular assignments. (l) Drivers who remove themselves from the Master Overtime List will automatically be removed from the Weekly Overtime List for the affected date(s). (m) When it is occasionally necessary to require that special driving duties be performed by designated drivers, this matter will be arranged through consultation and agreement between the Union and the Employer, and such assignments will normally be limited to drivers already scheduled to work on the applicable date(s).