Common use of UTILITY DRIVERS Clause in Contracts

UTILITY DRIVERS. (a) It is agreed that package operations may hire utility drivers. Regular employees (in order of seniority) who desire to be considered as a utility driver shall submit a letter of intent to his/her their center manager. Those employees who successfully meet the qualification standards for UPS drivers will be considered for the utility driving job. In buildings where there are more than one package center, the utility driver shall choose the center he/she they wants to be permanently assigned to prior to classroom training. New utility drivers shall be considered qualified once they complete a trial period as defined by Article 4, Section 1 (b) of the Western Region Supplement. Utility drivers shall be placed on a designated area during their trial period. A qualified, current utility driver will not be required to complete another package car driver trial period. They must make themselves available on a daily basis unless mutually agreed by the Company and Union. The company shall notify the union of any utility driver found in non-compliance, after notification to the union, if the employee continues to be unavailable for utility work, it may be grounds for the employee being removed from the utility driving list. If removed, the employee may request to place their name back on the utility list, if there is an opening, after six (6) months. Utility drivers will not be required to work their part-time shift on days when they work as a utility driver for eight (8) hours or more. (b) The rate of pay shall be the starting rate of pay for the package car drivers or their inside rate of pay, whichever is greater. (c) The Employer shall work utility drivers in company seniority order within their assigned center. These utility drivers may be used to cover absentees, overflow work, vacations, etc., but will continue to be carried on their appropriate part-time seniority list. Utility drivers shall not work in any center where there are laid off full-time drivers. Should any such employee work more than eight (8) hours in any combination of work in one (1) day, all time in excess of eight (8) hours in that day will be at time and one half (1 ½). Utility drivers who work in centers located in hub buildings where hub work is available will be guaranteed eight (8) hours pay. In other locations where hub work is not available, the eight (8) hour guarantee will not apply.

UTILITY DRIVERS. (a) It is agreed that package operations may hire utility drivers. Regular employees (in order of seniority) who desire to be considered consid- ered as a utility driver shall submit a letter of intent to his/her their center manager. Those employees who successfully meet the qualification qualifica- tion standards for UPS drivers will be considered for the utility driving job. In buildings where there are more than one package center, the utility driver shall choose the center he/she they wants want to be permanently assigned to prior to classroom training. New utility drivers shall be considered qualified once they complete a trial period pe- riod as defined by Article 4, Section 1 (b) of the Western Region Supplement. Utility drivers shall be placed on a designated area during their trial period. A qualified, current utility driver will not be required to complete another package car driver trial period. They must make themselves available on a daily basis unless mutually mu- tually agreed by the Company and Union. The company shall notify no- tify the union of any utility driver found in non-compliance, after notification to the union, if the employee continues to be unavailable unavail- able for utility work, it may be grounds for the employee being removed from the utility driving list. If removed, the employee may request to place their name back on the utility list, if there is an opening, after six (6) months. Utility drivers will not be required re- quired to work their part-time shift on days when they work as a utility driver for eight (8) hours or more. (b) The rate of pay shall be the starting rate of pay for the package car drivers or their inside rate of pay, whichever is greater. (c) The Employer shall work utility drivers in company seniority order within their assigned center. These utility drivers may be used to cover absentees, overflow work, vacations, etc., but will continue contin- ue to be carried on their appropriate part-time seniority list. Utility drivers shall not work in any center where there are laid off full-full- time drivers. Should any such employee work more than eight (8) hours in any combination of work in one (1) day, all time in excess of eight (8) hours in that day will be at time and one half (1 ½1/2). Utility drivers who work in centers located in hub buildings where hub work is available will be guaranteed eight (8) hours pay. In other locations where hub work is not available, the eight (8) hour guarantee will not apply.

UTILITY DRIVERS. (a) It is agreed that package operations may hire utility drivers. Regular Reg- ular part-time employees (in order of seniority) who desire to be considered con- sidered as a utility driver shall submit a letter of intent to his/her their center manager. Those employees who successfully meet the qualification standards for UPS drivers will be considered for the utility driving job. In buildings where there are more than one package center, the utility driver shall choose the center he/she they wants want to be permanently assigned to prior to classroom training. New utility drivers shall be considered qualified once they complete a trial period as defined by Article 4, Section 1 (b) of the Western Region Supplement. Utility drivers shall be placed on a designated area during their trial period. A qualified, current utility driver will not be required to complete another package car driver trial period. They must make themselves available on a daily basis unless mutually agreed by the Company company and Unionunion. The company shall notify the union of any utility driver found in non-compliance, after notification to the union, if the employee continues to be unavailable for utility work, it may be grounds for the employee being removed from the utility driving list. If removed, the employee may request to place their name back on the utility list, if there is an opening, after six (6) months. Utility drivers will not be required to work their part-time shift on days when they work as a utility driver for eight (8) hours or more. (b) The rate of pay shall be the starting rate of pay for the package car drivers driver or their inside rate of pay, whichever is greater. (c) The Employer shall work utility drivers in company seniority order or- der within their assigned center. These utility drivers may be used to cover absentees, overflow work, vacations, etc., but will continue to be carried on their appropriate part-time seniority list. Utility drivers shall not work in any center where there are laid off full-time drivers. Should any such employee work more than eight (8) hours in any combination of work in one (1) day, all time in excess of eight (8) hours in that day will be at time and one half (1 ½1/2). Utility drivers who work in centers located in hub Hub buildings where hub Hub work is available will be guaranteed eight (8) hours pay. In other locations where hub Hub work is not available, the eight (8) hour guarantee will not apply.

UTILITY DRIVERS. (a) A. It is agreed that package operations may hire utilize utility drivers. Regular The Company will post a list on a quarterly basis for regular part- time employees (in order of seniority) who desire to be considered utilized as a utility driver shall submit a letter of intent to his/her their center managerdriver. Those part-time employees who successfully meet the qualification standards for UPS drivers utility drivers, shall be placed on the building utility driver list by area practice and will be considered dispatched by the most senior utility driver qualified to deliver or pick up by area knowledge. If judged to be not qualified by area knowledge the Employer will at its earliest opportunity provide training to qualify the employee in the area knowledge needed. It is hereby agreed between the Employer and the Union that the Employer may deviate from seniority for “lack of area knowledge” for only one (1) occurrence (an occurrence can be one (1) workday up to maximum of five (5) consecutive workdays) on the utility driving jobsame route. In buildings where there are more than one package center, Thereafter the Employer will dispatch the utility driver shall choose by seniority for the center he/she they wants to be permanently assigned to prior to classroom trainingroute. New utility Utility drivers shall be considered qualified once they complete upon completion of a trial period as defined by in Article 4, Section 1 (b1(b) of the Western Region Supplement. Utility drivers Re- gion Supplement and shall be placed on a designated area during their trial period. A qualified, current utility driver will not be required to complete another package car driver a subse- quent trial periodperiod if or when they accept a full-time driving position. They must make themselves available on Once a daily basis unless mutually agreed by the Company and Union. The company shall notify the union of any utility driver found in non-compliance, after notification is considered qualified to the union, if the employee continues drive they shall not have to be unavailable complete another trial period for utility work, it may be grounds for the employee being removed a driving position. Utility drivers disqualified from the any driving position shall not return to utility driving list. If removed, the employee may request to place their name back on the utility list, if there is an opening, after or any other position requiring driving for a period of six (6) months. Qualified utility drivers, entering the Utility drivers will not Classification after rat- ification of this Agreement, may be required to work their part-time shift on days when they work as a utility driver for eight if scheduled on the posted workweek schedule the previous Friday. Utility drivers may be required to have a one (8) hours or more1) year com- mitment in the utility driver capacity. (b) The rate of pay shall be the starting rate of pay for the package car drivers or their inside rate of pay, whichever is greater. (c) The Employer shall work utility drivers in company seniority order within their assigned center. These utility B. Utility drivers may be used to cover absentees, overflow work, vacations, etc. There shall be no restrictions on the starting time of utility drivers. When scheduled the Friday prior to the week of as a utility driver there shall be a guarantee of eight (8) consecutive hours of work or pay if reporting to work pursuant to the posted start time for utility work, excluding their lunch break. C. If an individual works as a utility driver for more than one (1) hour and then performs their regularly assigned work on a continu- ous basis, but all hours worked for the day will continue to be carried on their appropriate part-time seniority list. paid at the higher rate. D. Utility drivers who work as a utility driver for three (3) or more days during the week of a Holiday shall not work in any center where there are laid off full-time drivers. Should any such employee work more than receive eight (8) hours of Holiday pay for each Holiday of that workweek at the utility driv- ers rate of pay that week. E. No part-time employee receiving a higher rate of pay shall suf- fer a reduction in any combination hourly rate as a result of being used as a utility driver. F. Part-time employees disqualified from full-time driving and utility drivers disqualified from utility driving for serious avoidable accidents, serious and bona fide customer complaints, or serious service problems may be disqualified from utility work in one for six (16) day, all time in excess of eight (8) hours in that day will be at time and one half (1 ½). Utility drivers who work in centers located in hub buildings where hub work is available will be guaranteed eight (8) hours paymonths from the date they were disqualified. In other locations where hub work is not availableaddition, the eight (8) hour guarantee will not apply.part-time employees who fail to qualify as a utility driver during their thirty