Back Up Drivers. (a) Mid-day runs, i.e., shuttles, skill center, VA, etc., will have back-up driver positions. Back-up driver positions will be bid upon by seniority, and drivers will be allowed to sign up for two mid-day runs. Drivers will also be allowed to sign up on an as-needed back-up list to back-up any mid-day runs as needed. Mid- day runs will be posted outside the office door and awarded no earlier than 9:30
Back Up Drivers. For Driver-Operator vacancies, the relief position of Driver-Operator will be filled as follows:
Back Up Drivers. For vacancies that are anticipated to be less than four (4) weeks, the relief position of Driver-Operator will be filled as follows:
Back Up Drivers. A. The Back-up driver position is a bid position in which the Back-up driver is utilized to fill work that opens with advanced notice (e.g. scheduled vacations). When the Company becomes aware there is available work, the most senior available back-up driver shall be contacted after 3 PM and asked to fill the work, except when the work has been previously assigned to a driver subject to paragraph (B). On the day before the work is scheduled to be performed, the most senior back-up driver without an existing assignment may choose from all work resulting from call offs, with a cut off of 3 P.M. If multiple pieces of work are available, or if an additional piece of work opens thereafter, the Company will offer it to the next senior back-up driver on the list and so on. If a back-up-driver declines an assignment, he or she will be placed at the bottom of the back-up driver list and offered an assignment, if available, after work has been offered to the remaining back-up drivers. If work becomes open on the day of operation, the Company will call any remaining back- up drivers in order of seniority without a previous assignment if given more than two (2) hours’ notice prior to the start of work. If the back-up driver does not respond immediately, the Company will progress to the next senior back-up driver. If no back up drivers are available, the work will be assigned to standby drivers. If no standby drivers are available, dispatch will attempt to contact drivers that have the day off in order of seniority. If the driver does not respond immediately the Company will progress to the next senior driver with the day off. If a sufficient number of drivers with the day off are not available to do the work, the open trips will be will be reassigned into drivers’ existing routes. The Company will attempt to follow seniority when adding work to existing routes if it is practicable considering the area and logistics of the pickup time and location.
Back Up Drivers. (a) Mid-day runs, i.e., shuttles, skill center, VA, etc., will have back-up driver positions. Back-up driver positions will be bid upon by seniority, and drivers will be allowed to sign up for two mid-day runs. Drivers will also be allowed to sign up on an as-needed back-up list to back-up any mid-day runs as needed. If the occasion arises where the backup is needed for both routes he/she signed up for, a driver from the as-needed back-up list will drive one of the routes. Dispatch will contact and utilize drivers from the as- needed back-up list on a seniority basis, beginning at the top of the list each day. Drivers who sign to be a specific backup must be available to perform their District assignment when needed. If the regular back-up driver is unavailable five (5) times when called, they will lose the back-up position(s). It is the back- up driver’s responsibility to inform dispatch when they have a permanent addition to their route that conflicts with their duties as the specific back-up driver, and/or as-needed back-up driver. Back–up drivers shall meet posted requirements and shall not exceed eight (8) hours per day (excluding trips). (b) All “special needs” route assignments will have a back-up driver. The mid-day route will be driven by the back-up driver, when the regular driver is unable to drive the route. (c) Regular drivers who have after school runs, i.e., Intramural, Kids First, Mentor, or Middle School Swim Programs, etc., which is limited to specific days of the week, and/or sessions may be back-up drivers. These drivers may sign up to be a specific back-up driver and/or as needed mid-day back-up driver. If performing the after school run, and the back-up duties will put the back-up driver into overtime, a driver from the as needed back-up list will do the back- up mid-day portion. (d) Driver Trainers will be allowed to have portions of their routes covered by a back-up driver when they are performing behind-the-wheel training. Portions covered by the back-up driver will be determined by dispatch. Portions of complexes covered by back-up drivers will be limited to hours that would result in overtime for the Driver Trainer when performing behind-the-wheel training sessions. Drivers will sign up for back-up positions by seniority in conjunction with mid-day back-up positions. Back-up drivers shall meet posted requirements and shall not exceed eight (8) hours per day (excluding trips). Definitions of terminology used in Bidding are as foll...
