Common use of Extra Driving Clause in Contracts

Extra Driving. a. In order to obtain equity in the opportunities for hours of work the following procedure will be used. A list of all drivers will be posted in order by seniority with the most senior driver on the top of the list. For each extra trip, each driver will be asked, in order, to take the trip (Rotation Schedule). Acceptance or refusal of an extra trip will cause the employee’s name to fall to the bottom of the list. The employee must accept or reject the assignment in a reasonable amount of time. If all drivers on the list decline the assignment the Supervisor of Transportation may ask bus drivers off the list in rotating order and if no regular driver is available a substitute may be assigned. The current list showing the effect of accepting or rejecting extra trip assignments will be posted every Friday in a public place at the garage. b. The Supervisor of Transportation continues to reserve the right to schedule drivers at their discretion if a challenging trip is on the schedule (ie. length or difficult route). c. In order to monitor the equitable administration of this section the parties will meet on a monthly basis to review the number of hours offered and worked. d. Signup sheets will be posted for regularly scheduled trips (Crop, NCOC, Special Ed, etc.) and be assigned for the year by the Supervisor of Transportation. Seniority will be taken into consideration. e. Extra trip driving rates shall be paid at the driver’s regular rate from the time of departure to time of return. Extra trip hours begin after regular hours worked. Special consideration will be applied to trips that extend beyond an eight-hour day, and trips that involve overnight stays. f. Extra trip driving rates shall be paid at the driver’s regular hourly rate from the time of departure to the time of return. Special consideration will be applied to trips that extend beyond an eight-hour day, and trips that involve overnight stays. When a bus leaves early for games, the driver is paid at their regular hourly wage until they return to school. g. The driver is not expected to act as a chaperone on trips.

Extra Driving. a. In order to obtain ohtain equity in the opportunities for hours of work the following procedure will be used. A list of all regular drivers will be posted in order by seniority with the most senior driver on the top of the list. For each extra trip, each driver will be asked, in order, to take the trip (Rotation Schedule). Acceptance Aeecplance or refusal of an extra trip will cause eause the employee’s name to fall to the bottom of the list. The employee must accept or reject the assignment in a reasonable amount of time. If all drivers on the list decline the assignment the Supervisor of Transportation may ask bus drivers off the list in rotating order and and if no regular driver is available a substitute may be assigned. The current list showing the effect of accepting or rejecting extra trip assignments will be posted every Friday in a public place at the garage. b. . The regular full-time drivers will have first right to refusal of extra trips even if a substitute driver must he hired to concurrently drive the regular driver’s run. Priority will be given, however, to drivers who do not work 40 hours a week. The Supervisor of Transportation transportation continues to reserve the right to schedule more experienced drivers at their discretion if a challenging trip is on the schedule (ieto more difficult trips. length or difficult route). c. In order to monitor moniLor the equitable equitahle administration of this section the parties will meet on a monthly basis to review the rotating list of drivers and the number of hours offered and worked. d. Signup sheets . For the purpose of evaluating hours offered and wrorkcd all hours except AM and PM regular run hours will be posted included. Where the parties agree that there is an imbalance in opportunities based on hours offered to work, they will mutually agree to amend the order of the list or the drivers on the list in order to reetify the imbalance in hours and provide priority to drivers who work less than 40 hours. Upon the attainment of equity of opportunity during the monthly review, all names of bus drivers previously removed will be restored to the top of the list in order of seniority, with the most senior driver first. Extra driving rate of pay shall be: Effective July 1,2012 Effective July 1, 2013 When a regular (a.m. or p.m.), vocational, parochial or special run driver takes an extra trip during his/her regular AM/PM run time, they will be docked the time they are away from their regular AM/PM run. Example: a.m. run 7:15 to 8:15; p.m. run 3:00 to 4:00. This driver took a trip to Albany. He/she ran their regular a.m. run, then left at 8:30 a.m. for regularly scheduled trips (Crop, NCOC, Special Ed, etc.) Albany and returned at 7:30 p.m. The driver was gone for 11 hours. He/she will be assigned paid for 10 hours as he/she has already been paid under contract for the year by the Supervisor of Transportationregular p.m. run. Seniority Meal Allowance/Extra Driving If a driver is gone for more than 3.5 hours on an extra driving assignment, a meal allowance will be paid for meals taken into consideration. e. Extra trip driving rates while away from Franklin, Original receipts must be submitted in order to be reimbursed. Maximum payment shall be paid at the driver’s regular rate from the time of departure to time of return. Extra trip hours begin $6.00 for meals occurring before 11:00 a.m., $8.00 for meals occurring after regular hours worked. Special consideration will be applied to trips that extend beyond an eight-hour day11:00 a.m. but before 4:00 p.m., and trips that involve overnight stays$12.00 for meals occurring after 4:00 p.m. . f. Extra trip driving rates shall be paid at the driver’s regular hourly rate from the time of departure to the time of return. Special consideration will be applied to trips that extend beyond an eight-hour day, and trips that involve overnight stays. When a bus leaves early for games, the driver is paid at their regular hourly wage until they return to school. g. The driver is not expected to act as a chaperone on trips.