Husband did this one time in Johnstown, NY at Walmart. It had snowed and was cold out, hung qualcomm out the window in a plastic trash bag. Took care of that problem.
The company was bad about doing that all hours of the sleep period, it wasn't just the last 2 hrs.
Can a company legally interupt your 10 hour rest period
Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Daddydame, Sep 7, 2014.
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Just ignore it.
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I wouldn't be shady about it, put a stop to it. I been a union hand a long time, first thing you do is go to the stewart on the job find out if they can or can't by the agreement. If they can then you either need to accept it or move on its about that simple. You said you had been disciplined for not answering so apparently they are not asking you to violate HOS. You also said after 8 hours so I'm thinking there is the answer about the union contract. Its common for employers to call employee's when they are off. You have the choice of not answering, accepting the outcome, putting up with it, or moving on.
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I simply would not answer. A phone is a device enabled by a human, not a taskmaster demanding action(unless you allow it to have that affect on you), don't be a slave to a device that is a convenience. Turn the #### thing off when you are off duty.
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It's why I suggested that if all else fails a more devious approach may be required... (scroll back a few posts).
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If they call you about company business, simply restart the 10 hour period.
That being said you may want to pick your battles. I do not answer the company phone when off duty/sleeper. They can leave me a message. I drove for several years when there was only payphones and the loads still got delivered on time. They can leave me me mail on the elog system also.
Discipline for sleeping for when off duty on a rest period. I dont thnk so. You said your union, file a grievance. There again pick your battles.NavigatorWife, slow.rider, Grumppy and 2 others Thank this. -
Ex: A few weeks ago while getting fuel I overheard a driver talking to dispatch behind me, while waiting to pay for fuel. This driver HAD to explain to dispatch that he DID have to stop from time to time for bodily functions... AND being this was the case, decided to fuel at this point. In other words, dispatch was questioning the reason for the drivers stop, and why the driver fueled...
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