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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 599516" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The reality of TAW is that it often involves a lot of make-work.</p><p> </p><p>It exists so that the company can have lower workmen's comp rates. An employee on TAW doesnt show as a "lost time" injury.</p><p> </p><p>Its a win-win to some extent because the employee does not lose any pay and has the opportunity to spend a couple of days healing from a minor inury that would otherwise result in a comp claim and lost time.</p><p> </p><p>It is, in some respects, a "freebie". The company made a decision to pay the driver for 8 hrs of TAW; so if he isnt out shuttling stops or shagging misloads, he would be sitting in the office reading a paper or doing trivial "make work". TAW can in some respects be compared to jury duty, funeral leave, or other non-productive paid time.</p><p> </p><p>I can tell you that TAW is incredibly boring and demoralizing for a driver who is used to busting his ass and being productive for 9-10 hrs a day. I would rather work hurt and be in pain than to take TAW, but sometimes there just isnt any other option.</p><p> </p><p>The current "rules" prevent TAW employees from being used at maximum efficiency because any work they do with a DIAD creates the illusion of decreasing the center SPORH average...even when they are in fact helping to <em>increase </em>that average.</p><p> </p><p>Its a coding issue, nothing more. Fix the issue, dont put a band-aid over it by making the TAW guy wait there while the regular driver breaks trace to deliver a stop that the TAW guy could do for him.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 599516, member: 14668"] The reality of TAW is that it often involves a lot of make-work. It exists so that the company can have lower workmen's comp rates. An employee on TAW doesnt show as a "lost time" injury. Its a win-win to some extent because the employee does not lose any pay and has the opportunity to spend a couple of days healing from a minor inury that would otherwise result in a comp claim and lost time. It is, in some respects, a "freebie". The company made a decision to pay the driver for 8 hrs of TAW; so if he isnt out shuttling stops or shagging misloads, he would be sitting in the office reading a paper or doing trivial "make work". TAW can in some respects be compared to jury duty, funeral leave, or other non-productive paid time. I can tell you that TAW is incredibly boring and demoralizing for a driver who is used to busting his ass and being productive for 9-10 hrs a day. I would rather work hurt and be in pain than to take TAW, but sometimes there just isnt any other option. The current "rules" prevent TAW employees from being used at maximum efficiency because any work they do with a DIAD creates the illusion of decreasing the center SPORH average...even when they are in fact helping to [I]increase [/I]that average. Its a coding issue, nothing more. Fix the issue, dont put a band-aid over it by making the TAW guy wait there while the regular driver breaks trace to deliver a stop that the TAW guy could do for him. [/QUOTE]
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