Extra Trip Bids Sample Clauses

Extra Trip Bids. EXTRA TRIP POLICY A. The opportunity to drive extra trips must first be offered to regular drivers, per the following policy on a rotational seniority basis beginning with the highest seniority driver. Transportation Employees, for the first eight (8) days of school only, may bid on extra duty trips only if they are available to drive them without being replaced on their regular run. The Transportation Supervisor, at his/her discretion, may allow the extra trips to be bid, which will be done in accordance with the Master Agreement. Employees will not be permitted to take a trip which requires them to be absent from their regularly scheduled student runs. The Employer may waive this option if necessary. B. Two (2) roster(s) will be maintained by the bus Supervisor for administration of this policy: 1. Monday "M" 2. Emergency "E". The roster(s) for extra trips for all regular drivers will be arranged in seniority order. Employees wishing to drive extra trips must sign the roster when posted to be eligible. The field trip roster shall be posted at the annual bid meeting and shall remain posted until the start of the school year for Bus Drivers to sign and indicate their intent to drive extra trips. New Employees have five (5) working days to sign the rosters. C. It may be necessary to request a regular driver to take off a regular run for an extra trip. D. If taking a trip requires a driver to miss his/her regular run(s) the driver will be paid his/her regular hourly wage for missed run/hourly time and the field trip rate for the remainder of the trip. E. As far as practical, extra trips will be assigned each Monday for the following week. To be eligible for any extra trips during that week, drivers must be present, without pay, except in cases of illness, emergency or other extenuating circumstances. At the Monday meeting when such extra trips are offered, drivers who are absent from the Monday extra trips meeting must notify the Supervisor prior to 9:00 a.m. that they will be available for trip assignments occurring that week. Eligible absent drivers shall be identified by the Supervisor at the beginning of the meeting. F. A driver refusing an extra trip will not be eligible for another extra trip until his/her name is reached in sequence on the extra trip roster. When a senior driver refuses an extra trip, the driver whose name appears next down on the seniority roster who is present will be offered the extra trip, and so on until a driver accepts the trip...