Common use of Transportation Activity Trips Clause in Contracts

Transportation Activity Trips. Transportation drivers shall have the opportunity to request activity trips. The employer shall provide a list for employees to sign-up on by the first day of each academic school year, and again before summer routes begin. The initial rotation and computation will take place by seniority utilizing the employees’ original date of hire with the Transportation Department. The employer will offer activity trips to drivers at least five (5) days in advance if known five (5) days in advance. If an activity trip arises in less than five (5) days, the employer will make a concerted effort to follow the procedures set forth in this article and will do so as soon as reasonably possible. Activity trips that extend outside of the normal workday will initially be offered by rotation to employees on the sign-up list from highest to lowest in seniority. After each employee on the sign-up list has completed the initial rotation, subsequent activity trip offers will be made to the next employee, absent conflict with prior scheduling, based on accrued or credited activity trip hours from lowest to highest. For rotation and computation purposes, an employee who is offered and accepts, but later refuses the activity trip, will be charged the actual hours of that trip. An employee who accepts an offer to do an activity trip, but does not drive the activity trip when scheduled, will be charged the actual hours of that trip. Employees have the option to refuse activity trips that take place on non-scheduled workdays, with the exception of weekends of regularly scheduled workweeks. Non-scheduled workdays will be specified on the posted department calendar supplied by the District. Employees that refuse activity trips on non-scheduled workdays will not be charged the actual hours of that trip. Employees that sign up for activity trips after the initial sign-up list and the initial rotation is completed will be credited with the highest number of hours of any other employee on the list. Activity trips shall be paid at the employees’ regular rate of pay. However, any time worked in excess of eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week will be paid at time and one-half. Layover time shall be paid at straight time. Activity trips will not be credited towards full-time employment.