Common use of Hours Per Day Clause in Contracts

Hours Per Day. A driver may refuse additional assignments after the completion of eight (8) hours work at the straight time hourly rate if such additional assignment requires more than a total of ten (10) hours of work unless working a 10 hour work day shift. If a driver returns to the terminal without having completed eight (8) hours of straight time work he may refuse additional work assignments which would require more than a total of eleven (11) hours of work for the day. unless working a 10 hour work day shift. Ten (10) hour shift drivers may be assigned work up to the maximum hours allowed by Department of Transportation regulations.. If the additional work assignments fall within the foregoing limitations the driver must accept such additional work assignments. No driver may refuse such additional run in order to drive gainfully either for himself or for another employer. In all cases both the initial run assigned to the driver and any additional runs which he accepts or is assigned must be completed by returning to the terminal even though it takes more than the additional hours indicated.