AVSTA CSEA-CONTRACT-April 12, 2023

3.9.3.13 During summer, the Agency may not be required to offer Saturday or Sunday trips to any bus driver who declines a Monday through Friday trip in the same week. Summer trips will only be assigned to contracted trip certified drivers. 3.9.3.14 On multi-bus trips, if the number of busses assigned to a trip is reduced, the least senior driver(s) shall be released from the trip.

3.9.4 Trip drivers

3.9.4.1 Trip drivers shall be the first to do weekday trips, even if minor overtime is anticipated.

3.9.4.2 Minor overtime is defined as ninety (90) minutes or less.

3.9.4.3 Trip drivers are not subject to this subsection for assigned weekday (Monday through Friday) trips. However, assigned weekend (Saturday or Sunday) trips will be reassigned to the next driver in order, if the assigned trip driver is absent any part of the contracted assignment two (2) days before the trip. The actual hours of the weekend trip will be charged against the absent trip driver as well as the assigned driver. 3.9.4.4 Trip drivers shall be qualified in both special needs and transit departments, which includes wheelchair qualifications, and bus proficiencies. Trip drivers shall remain proficient in all Agency equipment.

3.9.4.5 On multi-bus trips, if the number of buses assigned to a trip is reduced, the least senior driver(s) shall be released from the trip.

3.9.4.6 Driver must complete the trip once it is offered and has been accepted, unless the driver provides written notice to a supervisor more than 24 hours prior to time of the trip. Failure to complete a trip once it is offered and accepted, for any reason other than a medical absence supported by a physician’s note, will result in the following: (1) The driver will receive a for your attention memo. (2) A second occurrence will result in the driver being removed from, and ineligible for, the trip list for ninety (90) days. (3) A third occurrence will result in the driver being removed from, and ineligible for, the trip list for the subsequent twelve (12) months.

3.9.4.6.1

Drivers who cancel driving their trip within 24 hours prior to the trip, may provide notice to the CEO, or designee, of their decision. In extenuating circumstances, the CEO, or designee, may approve the driver’s trip cancelation without the driver being removed from the trip eligibility list. Drivers who are offered and accept a trip less than 24 hours prior to the trip may cancel driving the trip without the driver being removed from the trip eligibility list.

3.9.4.6.2

3.10 Compensatory Time: Office clerks, custodians, dispatchers, and shop employees are only eligible to receive compensatory time. Compensatory time election shall be by mutual agreement of the employee and the Agency prior to the assignment.

3.10.1 Compensatory time shall be computed at the rate of one and one-half hours (1.5 hours) for every hour worked.

3.10.2 Compensatory time shall be taken at a time mutually acceptable to the employee and the Agency within twelve (12) months of the date it was earned. A cap of (eighty) 80 hours of compensatory time will be allowed, unless the overtime worked by the unit employee was “suffered” or “permitted” to work by the supervisor in accordance with the Fair Labor Standard Act.

3.10.3 Compensatory time not taken within the specified time limit shall be paid at the rate which it was earned.

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