Common use of Transit Operators Clause in Contracts

Transit Operators. Regular assigned Transit Operators shall work an average of forty (40) hours per week with the shift rotation taken into consideration. Overtime shall be paid on all hours worked in excess of assigned scheduled hours based on bid board selection. Transit Operators who report to duty ten (10) or more minutes late to take out their regular runs shall lose their tour of duty if other work is not available. In such cases, Transit Operators who report late for the morning shift will be required to do spare work for the remainder of the shift if work is available. If work is not available, the Transit Operator shall not receive pay for that day. Regular assigned Transit Operators, and spare Transit Operators, who have been assigned before shall, except in the case of an emergency, have a fixed starting time which shall not be changed without at least fifteen (15) hours notice being given to the employee concerned. The starting time of an employee shall be consistent with the scheduled hours based on the bid board selection See Section (a) All Charter work shall be assigned to spare Transit Operators wherever possible. However, when there is an insufficient number of spare Transit Operators to cover available work on a particular day, the senior Transit Operator on his day off shall be asked to work, and given the choice of available work However, in the case where a regular Transit Operator is called after the daily work sheet has been posted, he have to take the work he has been called for. Transit Operators in order of seniority shall have a choice of becoming a regular operator for the period of any pick The EMPLOYER shall conduct a minimum three (3) picks per year and these will take place at the beginning of the first pay period in the months of January, July, and September. Due to special load demands which require a serious adjustment in a pick, the fourth pick may be conducted in consultation and with UNION approval. Should new routes or extensions to routes be added within (30) days of the introduction of a new pick, such new will be covered by the spareboard; if over

Transit Operators. (a) Regular assigned Transit Operators shall work an average of forty (40) hours per week with the shift rotation taken into consideration. Overtime shall be paid on all hours worked in excess of assigned scheduled hours based on bid board selection. (b) Spare Board Transit Operators shall work forty (40) hours per week or as close as possible to those hours. (c) Hours of work for spare Transit Operators shall be arranged by agreement between the EMPLOYER and the UNION. Spare Transit Operators shall phone for work on or before 9:00 am each day. Failure by the employee to call shall be an indication of unavailability for work. It is understood that if a spare Transit Operator is assigned to a run he shall report to work the following morning at the starting time of the assigned run. (d) Transit Operators who report to duty ten (10) or more minutes late to take out their regular runs shall lose their tour of duty if other work is not available. In such cases, Transit Operators who report late for the morning shift will be required to do spare work for the remainder of the shift if work is available. If work is not available, the Transit Operator shall not receive pay for that day. . (e) Regular assigned Transit Operators, and spare Transit Operators, who have been assigned before 1.00 p.m. shall, except in the case of an emergency, have a fixed starting time which shall not be changed without at least fifteen (15) hours notice being given to the employee concerned. The starting time of an employee shall be consistent the same on all days of the week unless otherwise mutually agreed upon between the EMPLOYER and the UNION. (f) All Transit Operator’s weekly pieces of work which have night work scheduled shall be rotated on a weekly basis at the EMPLOYER'S discretion after agreement has been reached with the scheduled hours based on the bid board selection See Section affected employees. (ag) All Charter work shall be assigned to spare Transit Operators wherever possible. However, when there is an insufficient number of spare Transit Operators to cover available work on a particular day, the senior Transit Operator on his day off shall be asked to work, and given the choice of available work work. However, in the case where a regular Transit Operator is called after the daily work sheet has been posted, he would have to take the work he has been called for. Transit Operators in order of seniority shall have a choice of becoming a regular operator for the period of any pick The EMPLOYER shall conduct a minimum three (3) picks per year and these will take place at the beginning of the first pay period in the months of January, July, and September. Due to special load demands which require a serious adjustment in a pick, the fourth pick may be conducted in consultation and with UNION approval. Should new routes or extensions to routes be added within (30) days of the introduction of a new pick, such new will be covered by the spareboard; if over.