Article 6
Section 4
(8) No employee shall be discharged on a first offense if such discharge is based solely upon
information received from GPS or any successor system unless he/she engages in dishonesty
(defined for the purposes of this paragraph as any act or omission by an employee where he/she
intends to defraud the Company). The degree of discipline dealing with off-area offenses shall not
be changed because of the use of GPS.
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"Intends" is, in my opinion, the key word here.
Its not enough to use Telematics to show that you took too long at a particular stop, or went off area, or that you made a data-entry error in regards to recording personal time or breaks. The burden of proof is on the company to prove intent in regards to any accusation of dishonesty.
The average employee who intends to do his job honestly and who accurately records data to the best of his ability doesnt have anything to fear from Telematics... other than the constant, annoying nit-picking and nagging from sups who appear to be justifying their jobs by finding trivia to complain about. While irritating, it is not threatening and after awhile you learn to just ignore it.