dannyboy
From the promised LAND
There have been several discussions about working off the clock. And after a conversation with the shop steward that is our current cochair, he brought up something I had forgotten.
During the time that our center had issues with off the clock working, it was very hard to get management to stop the practice. We would file, they would pay the driver, we would file again and they kept paying.
When they implemented the safety committee, it allowed access to both injury and accident information. And in compiling what the company wanted, we also gathered information in other areas.
It was very interesting to note that the drivers, that were working off the clock, were responsible for
100% of our roll aways, all 3 of them were drivers that were on the truck an hour before start time.
that while they comprised less than 30% of the drivers, they accounted for over 60% of our accidents with one being off the clock at the time of the accident
almost 75% of our injuries, several while off the clock.
There were also statistically significant attendance issues, customer complaints, and other discipline issues with those that worked off the clock.
It did change things for a while, and at least until I left, there were no drivers on the car before start time.
But the data was there.
All of the drivers in question thought of themselves as some of the best, safest UPS employees, all of which thought they were good at following methods.
I wonder if the true cost of this practice was studied by UPS, that "free" work that drivers do is not really that free. It is actually at a pretty steep cost.
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During the time that our center had issues with off the clock working, it was very hard to get management to stop the practice. We would file, they would pay the driver, we would file again and they kept paying.
When they implemented the safety committee, it allowed access to both injury and accident information. And in compiling what the company wanted, we also gathered information in other areas.
It was very interesting to note that the drivers, that were working off the clock, were responsible for
100% of our roll aways, all 3 of them were drivers that were on the truck an hour before start time.
that while they comprised less than 30% of the drivers, they accounted for over 60% of our accidents with one being off the clock at the time of the accident
almost 75% of our injuries, several while off the clock.
There were also statistically significant attendance issues, customer complaints, and other discipline issues with those that worked off the clock.
It did change things for a while, and at least until I left, there were no drivers on the car before start time.
But the data was there.
All of the drivers in question thought of themselves as some of the best, safest UPS employees, all of which thought they were good at following methods.
I wonder if the true cost of this practice was studied by UPS, that "free" work that drivers do is not really that free. It is actually at a pretty steep cost.
d
