Common use of Driver Training Clause in Contracts

Driver Training. 32.01 The Company shall ensure that all employees in the bargaining unit are provided with appropriate training so as to enable them to at all times be familiar with all facets of their job and with all equipment to be used when performing their job. All such Company initiated training shall be considered as time worked by the employee and shall be paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement. The Company shall pay all costs involved in any courses or training that is required by the Company. 32.02 Employees who have successfully completed Class 1 or 3 driver’s license with air endorsement, training paid for by the Company, the employee shall remain with the Company for a minimum of two (2) years of employment after the successful completion of training. If an employee resigns their position within one (1) year of completing the training they shall repay seventy- five (75%) per cent of the cost of the training. If an employee resigns their position after twelve (12) months to eighteen (18) months of completing the training they shall repay fifty (50%) percent of the cost of training. If an employee resigns after eighteen (18) months to twenty-four (24) months of completing the training they shall repay twenty-five (25%) percent of the cost of training. 32.03 An employee who drives an overnight trip will receive a per diem rate of seventy-five ($75.00) dollars per day, without the requirement to provide receipts to the Company. 32.04 Employees who, during the course of their shift, believe that a road they would be travelling on is unsafe due to inclement weather and who also believe that the inclement weather would prohibit them from performing their job functions in a safe manner, shall at that point in time contact management to obtain approval to cease working until such time as the road becomes safe to travel on. Such approval shall not be unreasonably denied by the Company. Under such circumstances, the employees shall be entitled to stay in a hotel or motel if such accommodation is available. The Company shall pay the full cost of any such hotel or motel expenses reasonably incurred. In the event the employee is required to stay overnight with live product on the truck, the employee shall be required to provide the Company approved supplement to sustain the live product for the trip, ensure the proper climate for the live product is maintained in the truck cargo area and conduct frequent visual inspections of the cargo area while the truck is waiting to resume its delivery. In the event the employee is required to stay overnight with eggs on the truck, the employee shall be required to ensure the proper climate for the product is maintained in the truck cargo area. Drivers who are required to ensure the proper climate for live product or eggs during an overnight stay caused by inclement weather shall be paid three (3) hours at the overtime rate in addition to all other compensation.