FEEDER QUALIFICATION SCHOOL. Full time employees, who are interested in qualifying as tractor-trailer drivers, shall be required to complete the qualification process, which will be the same as the qualification process for new hires off the street. Such employees, will be permitted to attend, on their own time, the Company Sponsored Feeder School when there is a need to qualify additional tractor trailer drivers. A good driving record is a prerequisite to such training. The Company agrees to furnish the instructors and necessary equipment. Employees who successfully complete this Company Sponsored Feeder School will be placed on the Feeder Qualified Transfer List. Should any seniority full-time employee choose to complete a Feeder School other than the Company Sponsored Feeder School and fill an open feeder classification position, UPS will reimburse the employee upon completion of their 30th day, in the feeder classification, subject to Section 3 below for the vendor that completed the training, only up to the prevailing rate of the current Company Sponsored Feeder School. Employees who will fill new feeder openings must remain in the feeder classification for a one (1) year period. In order to return to their previous classification after one (1) year, an Employee must so notify the Company during their first thirty (30) days in the feeder classification. Such employees shall be allowed after one (1) year in the feeder classification to return to their previous classification without loss of seniority. SECTION 3 Employees who do not complete Feeder Schools sponsored by the Company and conducted by outside vendors or fail to pass the state road test licensing requirement after a maximum of three (3) attempts per Feeder School attended will be responsible to reimburse the Company for the full amount paid to the vendor that provided the training. The employee will have the option to make full reimbursement within one week of their disqualification or pay one hundred dollars ($100.00) per week until reimbursement is completed. In addition those employees who choose not to become Feeder Drivers or who choose to return to their original classification within one (1) year of entering the feeder classification will be required to reimburse the Company for the full amount paid to the vendor that provided the training. Employees who choose to return to their previous classification under the provisions set forth in Section (2) two of this Article will not be responsible for any form of reimbursement. It is understood that hardships may exist, and in such cases will be reviewed by both the Company and the Union. If it is agreed to return an employee under the provisions of hardship, no reimbursement will be required. Any decision pertaining to hardships must be mutually agreed to by the Company and the Union.
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FEEDER QUALIFICATION SCHOOL. Full time employees, who are interested in qualifying as tractor-trailer drivers, shall be required to complete the qualification process, which will be the same as the qualification process for new hires off the street. Such employees, will be permitted to attend, on their own time, the Company Sponsored Feeder School when there is a need to qualify additional tractor trailer drivers. A good driving record is a prerequisite to such training. The Company agrees to furnish the instructors and necessary equipment. Employees who successfully complete this Company Sponsored Feeder School will be placed on the Feeder Qualified Transfer List. Should any seniority full-time employee choose to complete a Feeder School other than the Company Sponsored Feeder School and fill an open feeder classification position, UPS will reimburse the employee upon completion of their 30th day, in the feeder classification, subject to Section 3 below for the vendor that completed the training, only up to the prevailing rate of the current Company Sponsored Feeder School. Employees who will fill new feeder openings must remain in the feeder classification for a one (1) year period. In order to return to their previous classification after one (1) year, an Employee must so notify the Company during their first thirty (30) days in the feeder classification. Such employees shall be allowed after one (1) year in the feeder classification to return to their previous classification without loss of seniority.
SECTION 3 Employees who do not complete Feeder Schools sponsored by the Company and conducted by outside vendors or fail to pass the state road test licensing requirement after a maximum of three (3) attempts per Feeder School attended will be responsible to reimburse the Company for the full amount paid to the vendor that provided the training. The employee will have the option to make full reimbursement within one week of their disqualification or pay one hundred dollars ($100.00) per week until reimbursement is completed. In addition those employees who choose not to become Feeder Drivers or who choose to return to their original classification within one (1) year of entering the feeder classification will be required to reimburse the Company for the full amount paid to the vendor that provided the training. Employees who choose to return to their previous classification under the provisions set forth in Section (2) two of this Article will not be responsible for any form of reimbursement. It is understood that hardships may exist, and in such cases will be reviewed by both the Company and the Union. If it is agreed to return an employee under the provisions of hardship, no reimbursement will be required. Any decision pertaining to hardships must be mutually agreed to by the Company and the Union. The employees’ responsibility for reimbursement will be limited to training provided by outside vendors hired by the Company to provide training.
SECTION 4 Any dispute involving the application of this provision shall be submitted to a representative of the Union and the Company for mutual Agreement.
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