Common use of Field Trip Bidding Clause in Contracts

Field Trip Bidding. Field Trips shall be made available on a rotating basis to all regular, eligible non–probationary drivers, who hold a regular bid work assignment, excluding call–in and limited service drivers. Field trips shall be made available to all experienced subs. The following steps will be followed to award field trips: 1. The absolute seniority among drivers shall prevail when drivers with higher and lower seniority are eligible to bid for the same field trip. 2. All regular non-probationary drivers who are at zero or above in the No-Fault Attendance Policy, effective December 1, 1996, shall be eligible to bid on field trips. (Eligibility is based upon the driver’s no-fault status on the day the field trip is bid.) 3. A list of all known field trips will be posted by 8:00 a.m. on the second day prior to the trip, along with a list of the drivers who are eligible to bid on the trips. (Thursday will be the appropriate day for Saturday, Sunday and Monday trips as a single unit.) If the driver is ill on the day their name is posted, the dispatcher will make one verified call to that person by phone at the contact number on file. The driver must respond by 6:00 p.m. the same day and dispatch will complete the bid sheet for them. If the driver cannot be reached or does not respond by the deadline, that driver will be passed over. 4. Each driver bidding on a field trip shall, by 6:00 p.m. on the day of the posting, submit a preference list for the available assignments. Assignment(s) will be made in seniority order with trips being awarded based on the bidders’ preference. 5. Drivers who choose not to bid on a posted assignment shall be passed on the appropriate rotation list as though they performed the assignment. 6. Field Trips not known prior to the posting deadline (8:00 a.m.) or not filled by the above procedure because an eligible driver does not submit a bid will be posted as an emergency field trip. 7. A driver whose name appears at the top of both the regular and emergency lists at the same time must elect the assignment he/she prefers. Drivers must respond in accordance with the posting deadlines. 8. A list of awarded trips will be posted by 8:00 a.m. the day prior to the trip. 9. During winter break and spring break the rotation list will go back to the top until regular school begins. Then it will resume where it was before the break. This separate list will be used for all assignments which begin after midnight on the last day of work prior to the break. A posting of all known assignments to be available during the break period will be put up at 8:00 a.m. on the second day prior to the first day of the break period. For summer, the regular list ends at midnight Friday of the last week of school and all summer drivers are eligible to bid on trips that occur after that time. The rotation list goes back to the top. Summer drivers will be eligible to bid until the last day of their summer assignment. 10. When a regular field trip is posted, the successful bidder shall be guaranteed two (2) hours pay. The guarantee may be for two consecutive hours or split as a take and return with each portion as a one hour minimum for a total of two hours. 11. Ending times will be posted when that information is available to Transportation, however, ending times are not guaranteed and pay will be for actual time worked or the 2-hour guarantee, whichever is greater. 12. Times are subject to change depending on customer demand. When bidding on a trip, driver is expected to complete the trip. 13. If there is a change in starting time of more than 30 minutes after the original trip has been bid and received and the driver is unable to accommodate the new time, the driver will immediately notify dispatch and the driver will then be owed a field trip and the trip will become an emergency trip and awarded as such. 14. If an awarded trip is canceled before the driver reports for the trip, the driver will be eligible to bid the next available posting in order of seniority. If the driver reports for an awarded trip and it is canceled prior to leaving the site, the driver will be paid the guaranteed two (2) hours. The driver will be eligible to bid the next available posting in order of seniority 15. In a situation where the need for multiple field trip drivers(s) at any one school is lowered after trips have been awarded, the emergency driver(s) with the least seniority shall be the drivers recalled first. If there are no emergency drivers, the least senior regular driver(s) will be recalled.

Field Trip Bidding. Field Trips shall be made available on a rotating basis to all regular, eligible non–probationary drivers, who hold a regular bid work assignment, excluding call–in and limited service drivers. Field trips shall be made available to all experienced subs. The following steps will be followed to award field trips: 1. The absolute seniority among drivers shall prevail when drivers with higher and lower seniority are eligible to bid for the same field trip. 2. All regular non-probationary drivers who are at zero or above in the No-No- Fault Attendance Policy, effective December 1, 1996, shall be eligible to bid on field trips. (Eligibility is based upon the driver’s no-fault status on the day the field trip is bid.) 3. A list of all known field trips will be posted by 8:00 a.m. on the second day prior to the trip, along with a list of the drivers who are eligible to bid on the trips. (Thursday will be the appropriate day for Saturday, Sunday and Monday trips as a single unit.) If the driver is ill on the day their name is posted, the dispatcher will make one verified call to that person by phone at the contact number on file. The driver must respond by 6:00 p.m. the same day and dispatch will complete the bid sheet for them. If the driver cannot be reached or does not respond by the deadline, that driver will be passed over. 4. Each driver bidding on a field trip shall, by 6:00 p.m. on the day of the posting, submit a preference list for the available assignments. Assignment(s) will be made in seniority order with trips being awarded based on the bidders’ preference. 5. Drivers who choose not to bid on a posted assignment shall be passed on the appropriate rotation list as though they performed the assignment. 6. Field Trips not known prior to the posting deadline (8:00 a.m.) or not filled by the above procedure because an eligible driver does not submit a bid will be posted as an emergency field trip. 7. A driver whose name appears at the top of both the regular and emergency lists at the same time must elect the assignment he/she prefers. Drivers must respond in accordance with the posting deadlines. 8. A list of awarded trips will be posted by 8:00 a.m. the day prior to the trip. 9. During winter break and spring break the rotation list will go back to the top until regular school begins. Then it will resume where it was before the break. This separate list will be used for all assignments which begin after midnight on the last day of work prior to the break. A posting of all known assignments to be available during the break period will be put up at 8:00 a.m. on the second day prior to the first day of the break period. For summer, the regular list ends at midnight Friday of the last week of school and all summer drivers are eligible to bid on trips that occur after that time. The rotation list goes back to the top. Summer drivers will be eligible to bid until the last day of their summer assignment. 10. When a regular field trip is posted, the successful bidder shall be guaranteed two (2) hours pay. The guarantee may be for two consecutive hours or split as a take and return with each portion as a one hour minimum for a total of two hours. 11. Ending times will be posted when that information is available to Transportation, however, ending times are not guaranteed and pay will be for actual time worked or the 2-hour guarantee, whichever is greater. 12. Times are subject to change depending on customer demand. When bidding on a trip, driver is expected to complete the trip. 13. If there is a change in starting time of more than 30 minutes after the original trip has been bid and received and the driver is unable to accommodate the new time, the driver will immediately notify dispatch and the driver will then be owed a field trip and the trip will become an emergency trip and awarded as such. 14. If an awarded trip is canceled before the driver reports for the trip, the driver will be eligible to bid the next available posting in order of seniority. If the driver reports for an awarded trip and it is canceled prior to leaving the site, the driver will be paid the guaranteed two (2) hours. The driver will be eligible to bid the next available posting in order of seniority 15. In a situation where the need for multiple field trip drivers(s) at any one school is lowered after trips have been awarded, the emergency driver(s) with the least seniority shall be the drivers recalled first. If there are no emergency drivers, the least senior regular driver(s) will be recalled.