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<blockquote data-quote="Mugarolla" data-source="post: 2621984" data-attributes="member: 8481">No sir. No fight what-so-ever. Keep reading and I&#039;ll get to why you are in your tractor &quot;off the clock&#039;&quot;3. Sidewalks and Parking LotsIn most cases, workers&#039; compensation coverage begins when an employee starts his workday by stepping onto his employer&#039;s premises or an area controlled by his employer. It ends when a worker steps off his employer&#039;s premises or an area controlled by his employer.The term &quot;controlled by&quot; refers to property an employer either owns outright, pays a mortgage on, pays property taxes on, pays a third party (like landscapers) to maintain, or is designated as a common area for which the employer contributes rent along with other tenants.An area controlled by an employer is considered an extension of the worker&#039;s actual workplace. Examples of areas controlled by employers include sidewalks, grassy areas, parking lots, and any other property a worker traverses on his way to and from his actual workplace.What you&#039;re told by someone that you did not reference is different than the truth and what is fact.I agree. That is what workers comp is for. And don&#039;t try and tell me that they didn&#039;t collect.Do what you want. We are authorized by UPS to place our personal items in our tractor before our scheduled start time. And, being on the employers premises as referenced above, we are covered under workers comp.I&#039;ll go one step further.I know drivers that take out their radio and such everyday, or drivers that are on the pick board and run different jobs everyday. Hook up radios and remove when they are done.We are instructed by management that if it takes longer than 2 minutes or so to install, or remove, our radios, that it is to be done off the clock.So you tell me, sounds to me like permission from UPS to be in our tractor off the clock, as a matter of fact, a directive to be in our tractor off the clock.And again, as referenced above, you are covered under workers comp.You guys must have the weakest local that ever existed. This is a no brainer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mugarolla, post: 2621984, member: 8481"] No sir. No fight what-so-ever. Keep reading and I'll get to why you are in your tractor "off the clock'" [SIZE=4][B][I]3. Sidewalks and Parking Lots[/I][/B] [/SIZE] [I]In most cases, workers' compensation coverage begins when an employee starts his workday by stepping onto his employer's premises or an area controlled by his employer. It ends when a worker steps off his employer's premises or an area controlled by his employer. The term "controlled by" refers to property an employer either owns outright, pays a mortgage on, pays property taxes on, pays a third party (like landscapers) to maintain, or is designated as a common area for which the employer contributes rent along with other tenants. An area controlled by an employer is considered an extension of the worker's actual workplace. Examples of areas controlled by employers include sidewalks, grassy areas, parking lots, and any other property a worker traverses on his way to and from his actual workplace.[/I] What you're told by someone that you did not reference is different than the truth and what is fact. I agree. That is what workers comp is for. And don't try and tell me that they didn't collect. Do what you want. We are authorized by UPS to place our personal items in our tractor before our scheduled start time. And, being on the employers premises as referenced above, we are covered under workers comp. I'll go one step further. I know drivers that take out their radio and such everyday, or drivers that are on the pick board and run different jobs everyday. Hook up radios and remove when they are done. We are instructed by management that if it takes longer than 2 minutes or so to install, or remove, our radios, that it is to be done off the clock. So you tell me, sounds to me like permission from UPS to be in our tractor off the clock, as a matter of fact, a directive to be in our tractor off the clock. And again, as referenced above, you are covered under workers comp. You guys must have the weakest local that ever existed. This is a no brainer. [/QUOTE]

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