Common use of Summer Driving Clause in Contracts

Summer Driving. A second route selection will occur in the first full week of June. New routes will go into effect at the beginning of the “Extended Year Calendar”. A notice shall be posted by the employer from May 1 through May 15 for employees to indicate a desire to have the summer off or to time share. A. There is no express or implied guarantee that summer driving shall be available on either a part time or full time basis. If more drivers want to work than there are available routes, bidding will proceed by seniority until all routes are filled. Lower seniority drivers will then be considered unassigned. Unassigned drivers are not laid off and are not eligible for unemployment compensation. They continue to be employed by the district and to be eligible for such driving opportunities as their seniority entitles them. They continue to be eligible for fringe benefits. Prior to utilizing substitutes during the summer, management shall attempt to schedule unassigned drivers and transportation assistants to meet the needs of the district. B. If there are more routes available than drivers that want to work during the summer, the following process will be used to assign employees to the unfilled positions. 1. Substitutes will be used before forcing regular employees. 2. If job share requests have been received, they shall be denied in reverse seniority order ranked by using the higher seniority driver of each team. The drivers whose job share requests have been denied shall have the option of taking the summer off or working a full route. This process would continue until all routes were filled. Transportation Assistants would follow the same process. 3. If there are still unfilled routes, drivers/transportation assistants who have requested the summer off will be required to work in reverse seniority order. C. Transportation assistant shall be governed by provisions which are the equivalent of A. and B. above. D. After route selection, unassigned drivers/TAs shall sign a posted form indicating a desire to work. E. The employer shall attempt to assign open routes no later than one (1) hour prior to starting time. F. In the event there are more transportation assistant positions available than assistants who want to work, drivers may bid on the open positions in order of seniority. Pay will be at the transportation assistant rate. Seniority, however, shall continue to accrue on the driver classification. X. Xxxxxx job sharing arrangements, if available, may be developed in consultation with the union providing the department is able to fulfill the district's transportation obligations. Rules and regulations as determined by management will be shared with the interested parties. H. Summer relief driver and transportation assistant positions, if available, shall be posted for bid at route selection. The summer relief drivers and transportation assistants, shall be scheduled for work by seniority and shall have priority for assignments over: 1. Regular employees who did not secure a route but indicated in writing that they are willing to work, and;

Summer Driving. A second route selection will occur in the first full week of June. New routes will go into effect at the beginning of the “Extended Year Calendar”summer program. A notice shall be posted by the employer from May 1 through May 15 for employees to indicate a desire to have the summer off or to time share. A. There is no express or implied guarantee that summer driving shall be available on either a part time or full time basis. If more drivers want to work than there are available routes, bidding will proceed by seniority until all routes are filled. Lower seniority drivers will then be considered unassigned. Unassigned drivers are not laid off and are not eligible for unemployment compensation. They continue to be employed by the district and to be eligible for such driving opportunities as their seniority entitles them. They continue to be eligible for fringe benefits. Prior to utilizing substitutes during the summer, management shall attempt to schedule unassigned drivers and transportation assistants to meet the needs of the district. B. If there are more routes available than drivers that want to work during the summer, the following process will be used to assign employees to the unfilled positions. 1. Substitutes will be used before forcing regular employees. 2. If job share requests have been received, they shall be denied in reverse seniority order ranked by using the higher seniority driver of each team. The drivers whose job share requests have been denied shall have the option of taking the summer off or working a full route. This process would continue until all routes were filled. Transportation Assistants would follow the same process. 32. If there are still unfilled routes, drivers/transportation assistants who have requested the summer off will be required to work in reverse seniority order. C. Transportation assistant shall be governed by provisions which are the equivalent of A. and B. above. D. After route selection, unassigned drivers/TAs shall sign a posted form indicating a desire to work. E. The employer shall attempt to assign open routes no later than one (1) hour prior to starting timetime (or 7:00 a.m. for a.m. routes and between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for p.m. routes). F. In the event there are more transportation assistant positions available than assistants who want to work, drivers may bid on the open positions in order of seniority. Pay will be at the transportation assistant rate. Seniority, however, shall continue to accrue on the driver classification. X. Xxxxxx G. Summer job sharing arrangements, if available, may be developed in consultation with the union providing the department is able to fulfill the district's transportation obligations. Rules and regulations as determined by management will be shared with the interested parties. H. Summer relief driver and transportation assistant positions, if available, shall be posted for bid at route selection. The summer relief drivers and transportation assistants, as well as the Flint relief driver and transportation assistant shall be scheduled for work by seniority and shall have priority for assignments over: 1. Regular drivers/TAs whose bid routes are not scheduled for that day and indicated at route selection day in writing that they are willing to work all unscheduled days as assigned by management (i.e., AI whose routes are 4 days a week and are down 3 weeks, and Xxxx single routes); 2. regular employees who did not secure a route but indicated in writing that they are willing to work, and; 3. substitutes.

Summer Driving. A second route selection will occur in the first full week of June. New routes will go into effect at the beginning of the “Extended Year Calendar”summer program. A notice shall be posted by the employer from May 1 through May 15 for employees to indicate a desire to have the summer off or to time share. A. There is no express or implied guarantee that summer driving shall be available on either a part time or full time basis. If more drivers want to work than there are available routes, bidding will proceed by seniority until all routes are filled. Lower seniority drivers will then be considered unassigned. Unassigned drivers are not laid off and are not eligible for unemployment compensation. They continue to be employed by the district and to be eligible for such driving opportunities as their seniority entitles them. They continue to be eligible for fringe benefits. Prior to utilizing substitutes during the summer, management shall attempt to schedule unassigned drivers and transportation assistants to meet the needs of the district. B. If there are more routes available than drivers that want to work during the summer, the following process will be used to assign employees to the unfilled positions. 1. Substitutes will be used before forcing regular employees. 2. If job share requests have been received, they shall be denied in reverse seniority order ranked by using the higher seniority driver of each team. The drivers whose job share requests have been denied shall have the option of taking the summer off or working a full route. This process would continue until all routes were filled. Transportation Assistants would follow the same process. 3. If there are still unfilled routes, drivers/transportation assistants who have requested the summer off will be required to work in reverse seniority order. C. Transportation assistant shall be governed by provisions which are the equivalent of A. and B. above. D. After route selection, unassigned drivers/TAs shall sign a posted form indicating a desire to work. E. The employer shall attempt to assign open routes no later than one (1) hour prior to starting timetime (or 7:00 a.m. for a.m. routes and between 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. for p.m. routes). F. In the event there are more transportation assistant positions available than assistants who want to work, drivers may bid on the open positions in order of seniority. Pay will be at the transportation assistant rate. Seniority, however, shall continue to accrue on the driver classification. X. Xxxxxx job sharing arrangements, if available, may be developed in consultation with the union providing the department is able to fulfill the district's transportation obligations. Rules and regulations as determined by management will be shared with the interested parties. H. Summer relief driver and transportation assistant positions, if available, shall be posted for bid at route selection. The summer relief drivers and transportation assistants, as well as the Flint relief driver and transportation assistant shall be scheduled for work by seniority and shall have priority for assignments over: 1. Regular drivers/TAs whose bid routes are not scheduled for that day and indicated at route selection day in writing that they are willing to work all unscheduled days as assigned by management (i.e., AI whose routes are 4 days a week and are down 3 weeks, and Xxxx single routes); 2. regular employees who did not secure a route but indicated in writing that they are willing to work, and; 3. substitutes.

Summer Driving. ‌ A second route selection will occur in the first full week of June. New routes will go into effect at the beginning of the “Extended Year Calendar”. A notice shall be posted by the employer from May 1 through May 15 for employees to indicate a desire to have the summer off or to time share. A. There is no express or implied guarantee that summer driving shall be available on either a part time or full time basis. If more drivers want to work than there are available routes, bidding will proceed by seniority until all routes are filled. Lower seniority drivers will then be considered unassigned. Unassigned drivers are not laid off and are not eligible for unemployment compensation. They continue to be employed by the district and to be eligible for such driving opportunities as their seniority entitles them. They continue to be eligible for fringe benefits. Prior to utilizing substitutes during the summer, management shall attempt to schedule unassigned drivers and transportation assistants to meet the needs of the district. B. If there are more routes available than drivers that want to work during the summer, the following process will be used to assign employees to the unfilled positions. 1. Substitutes will be used before forcing regular employees.employees.‌ 2. If job share requests have been received, they shall be denied in reverse seniority order ranked by using the higher seniority driver of each team. The drivers whose job share requests have been denied shall have the option of taking the summer off or working a full route. This process would continue until all routes were filled. Transportation Assistants would follow the same process.process.‌ 3. If there are still unfilled routes, drivers/transportation assistants who have requested the summer off will be required to work in reverse seniority order.order.‌ C. Transportation assistant shall be governed by provisions which are the equivalent of A. and B. above. D. After route selection, unassigned drivers/TAs shall sign a posted form indicating a desire to work. E. The employer shall attempt to assign open routes no later than one (1) hour prior to starting time. F. In the event there are more transportation assistant positions available than assistants who want to work, drivers may bid on the open positions in order of seniority. Pay will be at the transportation assistant rate. Seniority, however, shall continue to accrue on the driver classification.classification.‌‌ X. Xxxxxx G. Summer job sharing arrangements, if available, may be developed in consultation with the union providing the department is able to fulfill the district's transportation obligations. Rules and regulations as determined by management will be shared with the interested parties. H. Summer relief driver and transportation assistant positions, if available, shall be posted for bid at route selection. The summer relief drivers and transportation assistants, shall be scheduled for work by seniority and shall have priority for assignments over: 1. Regular employees who did not secure a route but indicated in writing that they are willing to work, and;and;‌ 2. Substitutes.‌