Started at the end of this week as a helper and the driver said to expect 12 hour days for the week before Christmas at least.
As a seasonal employee do you still get paid an overtime rate for hours over 40?
Me too. I'm sure they don't like to pay ot to helpers, but keep us updated!
Yeah, that would be ugly. We used to have to share helpers. Help one driver for a couple of hours, another driver for a few. Could add up to 8 doing it that way.I can't imagine a dispatch that would require having a helper for 8 hours or more.
Yeah, that would be ugly. We used to have to share helpers. Help one driver for a couple of hours, another driver for a few. Could add up to 8 doing it that way.
I can't imagine a dispatch that would require having a helper for 8 hours or more.
I can't imagine a dispatch that would require having a helper for 8 hours or more.
He works on the metro so he has to be off the car NLT 1530 which would put him at 5.99 hours.
My helper had more OT last week than I did.
They just threw 60 stops in the back of my car with a messed up EDD right before start time.
My helper has had OT a half dozen times already this year. Heaviest day so far 293 + pick ups. They figure its better to pay him OT than me. Im suprprised thats not an edict from on high, $12.75 is better for them than $45.
They did their job, it was on the truck!
Our Center is pulling just the opposite this Peak. Instead of keeping a Helper on for the rest of the run (the last 40 stops we could belt out together in a mere hour) at $8.50, they would rather kick the Helper off to keep them at 3.59 hours (because somebody is making that look good on paper somewhere), necessitating a break off-route of 20 minutes of pure wasted time... and then when they're gone, have the Driver finish it off him/herself in the dark for an ADDITIONAL hour on that would-have-been single hour left of work if we'd been left to do it in TANDEM, for $65 (and/or plus OT) rather than a more cost-effective $41 with the Helper.My helper has had OT a half dozen times already this year. Heaviest day so far 293 + pick ups. They figure its better to pay him OT than me. Im suprprised thats not an edict from on high, $12.75 is better for them than $45.
You are correct, we get OT if and or when we go over 8 hours no matter what. I managed to get maybe 7 hours OT in total last Peak with some 9, 10 and 11 hour nights.I was told by hr that helpers get OT once we pass 8 hrs for the day, no matter if we reach 40 total for the week, though I have yet to stay punched in for more than 6 hours, perhaps this coming week.