Common use of Dispatch Rules Clause in Contracts

Dispatch Rules. Drivers who have been laid over in foreign terminals shall be dispatched in accordance with the following rules: 1) drivers who are available for duty will be given preference on return dispatches to their home terminals; 2) when two (2) or more drivers from the same home terminal are available for duty, they will be dispatched in accordance with their highway seniority; 3) when two (2) or more drivers from different home terminals are in a foreign terminal and available for duty, they will be dispatched in accordance with their highway seniority. Section Drivers Not Laid Over For drivers who have not been laid over and are available for dispatch, Section (e), paragraphs (2) and (3) will apply. Section Priority to Terminal Drivers Where there are bid runs out of a terminal, foreign terminal drivers may be held until bid run drivers have been dispatched, provided there are loads available. Section No Layovers Sundays General Holidays No driver will be held over away from his home terminal on a General Holiday or on a Sunday unless by mutual consent.