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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 614406" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>Somthing to bear in mind is that we do not actually "clock off" until <em>after </em>our lunch is over and we enter then duration of that lunch into the DIAD.</p><p> </p><p>A driver who is operating a UPS vehicle is automatically on the clock and if an accident occured on the way to/from lunch he would be on the clock for the purposes of liability and workmens comp.</p><p> </p><p>I will not disagree with the fact that the company should have every right to limit "personal' use of its vehicles and minimize excess mileage and nonproductive time.</p><p> </p><p>A driver in an urban area with numerous public restrooms/restraunts should have little or no need to break trace by any significant amount in order to eat or go to the bathroom.</p><p> </p><p>In rural areas however, the company does not have the right to effectively deny its employees the right to use suitable sanitary toilet facilities by chaining them to a "trace".</p><p> </p><p>The company and the union need to agree upon a <em>reasonable</em> set of rules to cover these situations. Arbitrary .25 mile "boundaries" are not <em>reasonable</em>. Telling drivers they must pee in the bushes is not <em>reasonable</em>. Telling drivers that they cannot wash their hands is not<em> reasonable</em>.Telling drivers that they must sit in the truck in sub-zero weather without idling for heat is not <em>reasonable</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Lets be reasonable!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 614406, member: 14668"] Somthing to bear in mind is that we do not actually "clock off" until [I]after [/I]our lunch is over and we enter then duration of that lunch into the DIAD. A driver who is operating a UPS vehicle is automatically on the clock and if an accident occured on the way to/from lunch he would be on the clock for the purposes of liability and workmens comp. I will not disagree with the fact that the company should have every right to limit "personal' use of its vehicles and minimize excess mileage and nonproductive time. A driver in an urban area with numerous public restrooms/restraunts should have little or no need to break trace by any significant amount in order to eat or go to the bathroom. In rural areas however, the company does not have the right to effectively deny its employees the right to use suitable sanitary toilet facilities by chaining them to a "trace". The company and the union need to agree upon a [I]reasonable[/I] set of rules to cover these situations. Arbitrary .25 mile "boundaries" are not [I]reasonable[/I]. Telling drivers they must pee in the bushes is not [I]reasonable[/I]. Telling drivers that they cannot wash their hands is not[I] reasonable[/I].Telling drivers that they must sit in the truck in sub-zero weather without idling for heat is not [I]reasonable[/I]. Lets be reasonable! [/QUOTE]
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