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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 579355" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>UPS's response to this in my area has been to say that we are no longer allowed to break trace on the clock for <em>any</em> reason and that if this is a problem for drivers they should start bringing their lunch instead of using the truck to drive to a restraunt. Drivers in rural areas are allowed to drive no more than one mile off trace for lunch/breaks and this must occur on the drivers time, not while on the clock.</p><p> </p><p>We are going to be fighting this, on the grounds that drivers in rural areas who follow the company trace and service expectations (NDA by 1030, NDA saver by 3, no business attempts between 12 and 1 etc.) and are therefore not in a suitable location to take lunch or breaks should not in most cases be required to drive to one off of the clock. A reasonable definition of "suitable location" would be one with legal parking and a public restoom.</p><p> </p><p>As far as the issue of liability for operating the vehicle off the clock, we do not enter our lunch or break periods until <em>after</em> we complete them. Therefore, a driver who operates a vehicle is always assumed to be "on the clock" in case of an accident, he isnt going to enter his lunch or break until <em>after</em> the fact.</p><p> </p><p>The sad part about all of this is that the energy and effort being spent to micromanage every moment of the drivers day could be better spent on improving service and growing the business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 579355, member: 14668"] UPS's response to this in my area has been to say that we are no longer allowed to break trace on the clock for [I]any[/I] reason and that if this is a problem for drivers they should start bringing their lunch instead of using the truck to drive to a restraunt. Drivers in rural areas are allowed to drive no more than one mile off trace for lunch/breaks and this must occur on the drivers time, not while on the clock. We are going to be fighting this, on the grounds that drivers in rural areas who follow the company trace and service expectations (NDA by 1030, NDA saver by 3, no business attempts between 12 and 1 etc.) and are therefore not in a suitable location to take lunch or breaks should not in most cases be required to drive to one off of the clock. A reasonable definition of "suitable location" would be one with legal parking and a public restoom. As far as the issue of liability for operating the vehicle off the clock, we do not enter our lunch or break periods until [I]after[/I] we complete them. Therefore, a driver who operates a vehicle is always assumed to be "on the clock" in case of an accident, he isnt going to enter his lunch or break until [I]after[/I] the fact. The sad part about all of this is that the energy and effort being spent to micromanage every moment of the drivers day could be better spent on improving service and growing the business. [/QUOTE]
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