Dispatching by Seniority. Drivers shall be assigned work by seniority pursuant to the following: First - to Working full-time Employees in order of seniority; Second - to part-time Employees in order of seniority; Third- to casual Employees in order of seniority; Last - all other boards by hire date seniority and qualifications. The following rules shall apply in the assignment of work: (a) Drivers shall state their preferences with alternates by written proxy to the Dispatcher for the upcoming week not later than 17:00 hours on each Thursday if they desire to change their standing proxy for the following week starting on Tuesday. Preferences may include hourly rate category, length of day preferences, day or multi-day work. (b) Proxies shall be specific. The words "earliest'' or "latest" shall be understood to include all work except overnights, unless otherwise stated on the proxy. (c) Drivers shall be permitted one (1) standing proxy which shall be kept on file in the dispatch office. In the event a driver fails to modify their standing proxy as set out in Article 14.03 (a), the driver's standing proxy shall be used for their preference of work. Preferences may include hourly rate category, length of day preferences, day or multi-day work. Standing proxies may be changed with two (2) weeks written notice. (d) Drivers who do not have a standing proxy on file and who fail to proxy on a weekly basis shall be assigned by the Dispatcher to work remaining after all other proxies are assigned. (e) Drivers who are unable to work thirty-two (32) hours in their work week, shall be permitted to proxy to work on their scheduled days off, with their regular seniority and if work is available to them, provided the extra work will not have the driver exceeding forty (40) hours in the work week. Such work shall be performed at straight time rates. (f) During their probation period, new drivers shall not have proxy rights, but shall have their work assigned to them by Dispatchers from among the remaining pieces of work after all work has been assigned in seniority order. (g) Any work availability due to a change in circumstances shall be offered by seniority. (h) In determining the assignment of work in line with status, seniority, and preferences, Dispatchers shall begin by assigning full-time workers their first preference from the top of the seniority list down before returning to the top of the seniority list and assigning work to full-time drivers based on their second choices, then third choices from the top of the list down, and so on. Drivers who are assigned available work in accordance with their seniority and preferences shall be expected to perform the work unless out of hours or on leave, vacation, or day off. Once all available work has been assigned to the maximum extent possible to full-time drivers, the process in Article 14.03 (g) shall repeat for part-time then casual workers with the exception that these workers are only expected to perform work in the day(s) and/or hour(s) that they have made themselves available. (i) The Company shall make every reasonable attempt to ensure that any full-time Employees who have not worked a full forty (40) hour work week in any configuration, shall be given additional hours to bring their work week as close to forty (40) hour week are assigned overtime. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will have access to Employees’ time cards for verification. (j) Notwithstanding the forgoing, where a client instructs the Company that they have specific requirements for the assignment of a driver, the following requirements will be observed for the purposes of assigning work subject only to the following limitations: • Non-smoking driver • Specific language requirements In any case where a customer specifically requests for a named driver, or, specifically requests that a driver not be assigned, that client must provide written reasons for both the requested assignment, or the requested prohibition. Such written request must be specific setting out the reasons for the request, and all requests must be bona fide reasons for the waiver of the assignment of work based on seniority. Any driver affected by such a customer request or prohibition, that driver has the right to appeal the decision pursuant to the grievance procedure.
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Dispatching by Seniority. Drivers shall be assigned work by seniority pursuant to the following: First - to Working full-time Full Time Employees in order of seniority; Second - to part-time Employees Part Time employees in order of seniority; Third- to casual Casual Employees in order of seniority; Last - all other boards by hire date seniority and qualifications. The following rules shall apply in the assignment of work:
(a) Drivers shall state their preferences with alternates by written proxy to the Dispatcher for the upcoming week not later than 17:00 hours on each Thursday if they desire to change their standing proxy for the following week starting on Tuesday. Preferences may include hourly rate category, length of day preferences, day or multi-day work.
(b) Proxies shall be specific. The words "earliest'' or "latest" shall be understood to include all work except overnights, unless otherwise stated on the proxy.
(c) Drivers shall be permitted one (1) standing proxy which shall be kept on file in the dispatch office. In the event a driver Driver fails to modify their standing proxy as set out in Article 14.03 (a), the driverDriver's standing proxy shall be used for their preference of work. Preferences may include hourly rate category, length of day preferences, day or multi-day work. Standing proxies may be changed with two (2) weeks written notice.
(d) Drivers who do not have a standing proxy on file and who fail to proxy on a weekly basis shall be assigned by the Dispatcher to work remaining after all other proxies are assigned.
(e) Drivers who are unable to work thirty-thirty two (32) hours in their work week, shall be permitted to proxy to work on their scheduled days off, with their regular seniority and if work is available to them, provided the extra work will not have the driver Driver exceeding forty (40) hours in the work week. Such work shall be performed at straight time rates.
(f) During their probation period, new drivers Drivers shall not have proxy rights, but shall have their work assigned to them by Dispatchers from among the remaining pieces of work after all work has been assigned in seniority order.
(g) Any work availability due to a change in circumstances shall be offered by seniority.
(h) In determining the assignment of work in line with status, seniority, and preferences, Dispatchers shall begin by assigning full-time workers their first preference from the top of the seniority list down before returning to the top of the seniority list and assigning work to full-time drivers Drivers based on their second choices, then third choices from the top of the list down, and so on. Drivers who are assigned available work in accordance with their seniority and preferences shall be expected to perform the work unless out of hours or on leave, vacation, or day off. Once all available work has been assigned to the maximum extent possible to full-time driversDrivers, the process in Article 14.03 (g) shall repeat for part-time Part Time then casual Casual workers with the exception that these workers are only expected to perform work in the day(s) and/or hour(s) that they have made themselves available.
(i) The Company shall make every reasonable attempt to ensure that any full-time Employees who have not worked a full forty (40) hour work week in any configuration, shall be given additional hours to bring their work week as close to forty (40) hour week are assigned overtime. The Shop ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will have access to Employees’ time cards for verification.
(j) Notwithstanding the forgoing, where a client instructs the Company that they have specific requirements for the assignment of a driver, the following requirements will be observed for the purposes of assigning work subject only to the following limitations: • Non-smoking driver Non Smoking Driver • Specific language requirements Language Requirements In any case where a customer specifically requests for a named driver, or, specifically requests that a driver not be assigned, that client must provide written reasons for both the requested assignment, or the requested prohibition. Such written request must be specific setting out the reasons for the request, and all requests must be bona fide reasons for the waiver of the assignment of work based on seniority. Any driver Driver affected by such a customer request or prohibition, that driver Driver has the right to appeal the decision pursuant to the grievance procedure.
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