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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Well-Known Member" data-source="post: 5057530" data-attributes="member: 85066">UPS drivers are not classified as outdoor workers. You could argue that the time spent indoors is brief, but there is no guarantee that you can get in and out briefly at the customers premises every time. They can spend extended times in building delivering and picking up packages. They also report to an indoor building to start work and get their package cars. They return and do the same thing. This time is not brief. We cannot get out of our building within a half hour of starting.And UPS will not classify employees individually depending on their job description or route. Here is the classification for an outdoor employee per OSHA.In order to qualify as work performed exclusively outdoors, the following criteria must be met:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The employee must work outdoors on all days (i.e., an employee who works indoors on some days and outdoors on other days would not be exempt from the requirements of this ETS).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The employee must not routinely occupy vehicles with other employees as part of work duties (i.e., do not drive to worksites together in a company vehicle).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The employee works outdoors for the duration of every workday except for de minimis use of indoor spaces where other individuals may be present – such as a multi-stall bathroom or an administrative office – as long as the time spent indoors is brief, or occurs exclusively in the employee’s home (e.g., a lunch break at home).</li> </ul>The employee’s work must truly occur “outdoors,” which does not include buildings under construction where substantial portions of the structure are in place, such as walls and ceiling elements that would impede the natural flow of fresh air at the worksite. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets2/faqs[/URL]</blockquote>

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