I keep getting on the “list”.
Does anyone have information on what satisfies the minimum on-duty time at a meet point?
Currently, I’m told that I need to give 11 minutes on-duty time for a Post/ Pretrip inspection. Then, 30 minutes off the clock. The on-duty time keeps going up...
Is that the current official policy?
A couple things to consider:
Logs - Company policy can NOT require a
specific amount of time to be shown,
for anything. The time shown on a log is required to be true and accurate. Anything else is a falsification, which you cannot be compelled to do. Note: you'll never see any such requirement of specific time (shown on a log), in print. Certainly not on Company letterhead.
You cannot reasonably go from the drive line, directly off duty, then back to drive line with
different equipment, unless you have a contract that put that duty on someone else, authorized to do those tasks.
Pay - The allowance of time is a matter of pay structure. You have to complete duty & 30 minute break, prior to clock starting for delay pay. Keep in mind, You are being paid (flat fee) for the post trip, drop (hook, pretrip too). Therefore, only after that compensated duty is accounted for, can you qualify for additional pay.
Again, if you can post trip, drop, hook pretrip, all in 10 min, for example, your log can show that, despite what you got paid for. But when it comes to pay, you have to allow for the time you are already compensated for, plus break, before any clock starts on delay pay.
