Common use of Notification/(Offering Clause in Contracts

Notification/(Offering. The Transportation Supervisor or designee shall notify and offer to drivers, at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance, extra trips for which requests (orders) have been received. Whenever possible, Extra Trips will be offered on Thursday for the following week (Sunday – Saturday). Drivers may choose from all trips posted in this time period per specific roster rotation. It is the responsibility of the Transportation Supervisor or designee to inform those responsible for ordering buses for extra trips, to do so as to comply with said advance notification. The Transportation Supervisor or designee shall post and maintain a roster of all drivers offered extra trips and dates. Trip requests received after offering for the day has begun shall be added to the roster immediately and offered so as to continue the rotation from that point with no backtracking or trading. When a previously offered and accepted extra trip reopens for any reason, it shall be considered as a new trip offering. Should an extra trip necessitate less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice, the trip shall be offered so as to continue the roster rotation. The Transportation Supervisor or designee shall exhaust rotation schedule but in cases where time will not permit, shall have the right to choose a driver most available. The Transportation Supervisor or designee shall not approve trading unless necessary to avoid using substitutes.