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<blockquote data-quote="Benben" data-source="post: 1224516" data-attributes="member: 25133"><p>This wouldn't take 9 hours OT away as your added driver has an OT hour in your example. The issue is in the bennies. UPS pays an hourly charge of between $8 and $16 per hour (depending on which source you read) for every hour worked <u><strong>UP TO 8 HOURS</strong></u> in benefits. After 8 hours that charge disappears with regard to the pension cost. Note, this is my limited understanding of a complex issue. So from our perspective its like we are getting our straight pay while at the same time getting paid the equivalent of a second job in our first 8 hours. From the company's perspective, after the 8th hour labor costs remain unchanged (not paying the cost of bennies is offset by the higher OT hourly rate) but the cost in fuel and equipment plus maintaining (wear and tear) said equipment makes it a <u>WIN</u> for the company.</p><p></p><p>I think there may be other issues involved, hell I am sure of it. In the bean counter's world abstract things always play a role. The cost to provide insurance per employee is <strong>X</strong>. If you divide <strong>X</strong> by the 8 hours a driver works you get <strong>Y</strong>. If that employee works 10 hours instead of 8, <strong>Y</strong> becomes smaller. Multiply this by 100,000 drivers and we are talking millions and millions of dollars. I also think there is a statistic that says for every truck "out there" UPS can expect ____ number of accidents and ___ number of injuries. So in a twisted-tunnel vision way of seeing it, less trucks on the road would mean less injuries and accidents. twisted, just twisted I say. But I don't think this last plays a significant role as UPS posts Frequencies in relation to hours worked. But it is an example of how things could be viewed and measured.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Benben, post: 1224516, member: 25133"] This wouldn't take 9 hours OT away as your added driver has an OT hour in your example. The issue is in the bennies. UPS pays an hourly charge of between $8 and $16 per hour (depending on which source you read) for every hour worked [U][B]UP TO 8 HOURS[/B][/U] in benefits. After 8 hours that charge disappears with regard to the pension cost. Note, this is my limited understanding of a complex issue. So from our perspective its like we are getting our straight pay while at the same time getting paid the equivalent of a second job in our first 8 hours. From the company's perspective, after the 8th hour labor costs remain unchanged (not paying the cost of bennies is offset by the higher OT hourly rate) but the cost in fuel and equipment plus maintaining (wear and tear) said equipment makes it a [U]WIN[/U] for the company. I think there may be other issues involved, hell I am sure of it. In the bean counter's world abstract things always play a role. The cost to provide insurance per employee is [B]X[/B]. If you divide [B]X[/B] by the 8 hours a driver works you get [B]Y[/B]. If that employee works 10 hours instead of 8, [B]Y[/B] becomes smaller. Multiply this by 100,000 drivers and we are talking millions and millions of dollars. I also think there is a statistic that says for every truck "out there" UPS can expect ____ number of accidents and ___ number of injuries. So in a twisted-tunnel vision way of seeing it, less trucks on the road would mean less injuries and accidents. twisted, just twisted I say. But I don't think this last plays a significant role as UPS posts Frequencies in relation to hours worked. But it is an example of how things could be viewed and measured. [/QUOTE]
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