Paid Training and Hiring Bonus. In an effort to improve recruitment and retention of bus drivers, trainees will be paid a training rate for the time they are in training, not to exceed 5 hours per day for 17 days of behind the wheel training consisting of 3.5 hours during the mid-day and 2.5 hours riding along on a regular AM or PM route for 15 days and 2 five hour days of classroom training. They will also be paid for attending CPR/First Aid Training. New drivers who successfully complete their training shall receive a $1,000 hiring bonus to be paid in three installments, the first $500 payment to be paid during the next pay period after completion of training. After 30 days of driving, the new driver will receive a second payment of $250 to be paid during the next pay period. After 90 days of driving, drivers who successfully complete their probationary period will receive a third and final payment of $250 to be paid during the next pay period. Any current driver who refers a new driver who successfully complete training shall receive a $500 referral bonus to be paid in two installments, the first when the new driver completes training and the second after the new driver completes 90 days of driving and comes off probation.
Paid Training and Hiring Bonus. In an effort to improve recruitment and retention of bus drivers, trainees will be paid a training rate for the time they are in training, not to exceed five (5) hours per day for seventeen (17) days of behind the wheel training consisting of three and a half (3.5) hours during the mid-day and two and a half (2.5) hours riding along on a regular AM or PM route for fifteen (15) days and two (2) five-hour (5) days of classroom training. They will also be paid for attending required CPR/First Aid Training. New drivers who successfully complete their training shall receive a $1,500 hiring bonus to be paid in three installments, the first seven hundred fifty dollars($750) payment to be paid during the next pay period after completion of training. After thirty (30) days of driving, the new driver will receive a second payment of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) to be paid during the next pay period. After sixty (60) days of driving, drivers who successfully complete their probationary period will receive a third and final payment of five hundred dollars ($500) to be paid during the next pay period. Any current driver who refers a new driver who successfully complete training shall receive a five-hundred-dollar ($500) referral bonus to be paid in two installments, the first when the new driver completes training and the second after the new driver completes sixty (60) days of driving and comes off probation.
