Getting Sent home but still getting paid?

[Mito86]

So I am leaving Ups soon and essentially sense my sups knw this I am usually their first pick to send home, but I would still like to get some hours before I leave. My friend said that if you clock in but they send you home that you can still get your 3 1/2hrs. If true, how does this work?

Like today, I came in on time as usual and after about half an hour my Pt decided to send me home, this is kind of messed up because I get a ride to work, so that person has to drive all the way back to come get me.

[outamyway]

If you voluntarily leave then no you don't get the guarantee. If the send you home, then yes you do.

Talk to a steward.

[satellitedriver]

Originally Posted by Mito86

So I am leaving Ups soon and essentially sense my sups knw this I am usually their first pick to send home, but I would still like to get some hours before I leave. My friend said that if you clock in but they send you home that you can still get your 3 1/2hrs. If true, how does this work?

Like today, I came in on time as usual and after about half an hour my Pt decided to send me home, this is kind of messed up because I get a ride to work, so that person has to drive all the way back to come get me.

If you are leaving, leave.
Make a paycheck somewhere else.
Sounds to me like you are just looking for free money

[Diegotron]

Originally Posted by satellitedriver

If you are leaving, leave.
Make a paycheck somewhere else.
Sounds to me like you are just looking for free money

Calm down, he's not asking how he can go home and get paid, he's asking that if he HAS to go home is he or is he not entitled some hours.

[speeddemon]

His sup knows he is not suppose to send him home if he is to report to work that day. Poawer to you getting paid and not having to work for it. Just another case of UPS sups abusing thier employees and the contract.

[bellesotico]

Make sure you tell your sup you want your 3 1/2. If they have nothing else for you to do..pushing a broom..folding bags..cleaning...whatever..then you get paid to be at home.

[cachsux]

Also going home is by seniority. If they are fat and want to cut people early they should ask by the highest seniority first for volunteers on down the list until they reach the bottom and then begin bouncing the lowest seniority people. Unless you volunteer you get your guaranteed hours.

[browniehound]

To take it a step farther, full-time employees are guaranteed 8 hours of work if they report to work from what I understand. Its also to be started at your start-time which is somewhere around 815-930 for drivers depending on your location.

During slow times we can have as many as 6 guys without routes to do. If they want to work, management tells them they have to come back at 130 for the day and twi sorts to work the hub.

Unless I'm wrong, these drivers can demand 8 hours starting at their normal start time. I have never seen it done before (all six drivers demanding 8 hours), but I would love to see what the center team would come up with to get them their hours.

Problem is, these drivers don't want to take it on the chin and go out blind (I don't blame them!), don't have the guts to confront the sups, or would just rather go home to catch up on General Hospital and eat doritos on the couch.

I would like to witness this just once to see what our CM could come up with. The thing is, the CM can always find at least 3 guys who would give up their route for the day and he could probably get 6 guys to take the day off if he was persistent.

I also heard a rumor that if you come to work and are sent home they have to pay you, by law, for about an hour for coming in. I don't know the validity of this statement, but a fellow driver who likes to gossip told me this one. He said its written on those posters that tell you the minimum wage and how much break time you are entitled to.

Again, I don't know how accurate his statement is and I've never heard of anyone at UPS getting paid an hour of time for showing up to work and being sent home.

Has anyone here witnessed any of the above? If so, I would love to read about it,

Brownie

[cachsux]

I don`t believe from my experience the paid travel time is fact. I have however had times in package car where ,as senior swing driver,chosen to not take any of the covered routes and went home. I was called at home and asked to come back because a situation arose. I was put on the clock from the time I left my house until I punched out at the end of day. I was also paid at times to shuttle other packages to centers on my way home.

[cino321]

In my center its so crazy I'd kill for a day off at this point.

[drewed]

Originally Posted by browniehound

To take it a step farther, full-time employees are guaranteed 8 hours of work if they report to work from what I understand. Its also to be started at your start-time which is somewhere around 815-930 for drivers depending on your location.

During slow times we can have as many as 6 guys without routes to do. If they want to work, management tells them they have to come back at 130 for the day and twi sorts to work the hub.

Unless I'm wrong, these drivers can demand 8 hours starting at their normal start time. I have never seen it done before (all six drivers demanding 8 hours), but I would love to see what the center team would come up with to get them their hours.

Problem is, these drivers don't want to take it on the chin and go out blind (I don't blame them!), don't have the guts to confront the sups, or would just rather go home to catch up on General Hospital and eat doritos on the couch.

I would like to witness this just once to see what our CM could come up with. The thing is, the CM can always find at least 3 guys who would give up their route for the day and he could probably get 6 guys to take the day off if he was persistent.

I also heard a rumor that if you come to work and are sent home they have to pay you, by law, for about an hour for coming in. I don't know the validity of this statement, but a fellow driver who likes to gossip told me this one. He said its written on those posters that tell you the minimum wage and how much break time you are entitled to.

Again, I don't know how accurate his statement is and I've never heard of anyone at UPS getting paid an hour of time for showing up to work and being sent home.

Has anyone here witnessed any of the above? If so, I would love to read about it,

Brownie

the minimum for coming in varies state to state, if you come in up here you get 3 hrs pay per WH law, coicendence thats what in the supplement lol

[Jones]

Originally Posted by browniehound

To take it a step farther, full-time employees are guaranteed 8 hours of work if they report to work from what I understand. Its also to be started at your start-time which is somewhere around 815-930 for drivers depending on your location.

During slow times we can have as many as 6 guys without routes to do. If they want to work, management tells them they have to come back at 130 for the day and twi sorts to work the hub.

Unless I'm wrong, these drivers can demand 8 hours starting at their normal start time. I have never seen it done before (all six drivers demanding 8 hours), but I would love to see what the center team would come up with to get them their hours.

Problem is, these drivers don't want to take it on the chin and go out blind (I don't blame them!), don't have the guts to confront the sups, or would just rather go home to catch up on General Hospital and eat doritos on the couch.

I would like to witness this just once to see what our CM could come up with. The thing is, the CM can always find at least 3 guys who would give up their route for the day and he could probably get 6 guys to take the day off if he was persistent.

I also heard a rumor that if you come to work and are sent home they have to pay you, by law, for about an hour for coming in. I don't know the validity of this statement, but a fellow driver who likes to gossip told me this one. He said its written on those posters that tell you the minimum wage and how much break time you are entitled to.

Again, I don't know how accurate his statement is and I've never heard of anyone at UPS getting paid an hour of time for showing up to work and being sent home.

Has anyone here witnessed any of the above? If so, I would love to read about it,

Brownie

If all six guys demanded to work at their start times, you would probably get a good laugh watching management flail about trying to deal with it. The laughter would be over the following morning when the layoff notices got handed out.