Lunch and 60/70hr rules.

[Bubblehead]

I searched that site and didn't find a newer version. I also added a reply to that thread asking for any known updates so I can edit the newer one in.

I was asking more from the standpoint that nobody will be talking about it again until next December???

Too many pinned threads screw with my OCD.

 

[cheryl]

I was asking more from the standpoint that nobody will be talking about it again until next December???

Too many pinned threads screw with my OCD.

Ohhh, gotcha. I'll add a reminder to my calendar to unpin it 12/31.

 

[Scuderia]

How do paid breaks not count? What if you have to move the PC to a different location during your paid “break”?

 

[Indecisi0n]

Ohhh, gotcha. I'll add a reminder to my calendar to unpin it 12/31.

I'll do it . You have enough to do already.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

How do paid breaks not count? What if you have to move the PC to a different location during your paid “break”?

You are not supposed to perform any work while off the clock.

Yes, I typed that with a straight face.

 

[iowa boy]

How do paid breaks not count? What if you have to move the PC to a different location during your paid “break”?

Your paid break counts as you are still on the clock towards your 60/70 for the week.

 

[542thruNthru]

Your paid break counts as you are still on the clock towards your 60/70 for the week.

Your paid breaks count as off duty time. They count towards your 14 hours but not your 60/70

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Your paid breaks count as off duty time. They count towards your 14 hours but not your 60/70

Here that count it towards your 60/70

 

[542thruNthru]

Here that count it towards your 60/70

It shouldn't be counted. If UPS wants to count it then great. When they print the report with all our hours on it mine are always removed.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It shouldn't be counted. If UPS wants to count it then great. When they print the report with all our hours on it mine are always removed.

I don't understand why they count it. Especially when they are hurting for hours this time of the year.

 

[Brown echo]

I don't understand why they count it. Especially when they are hurting for hours this time of the year.

call me

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

call me

Collect?

 

[Brown echo]

Collect?

no, the private line

 

[Brown echo]

Collect?

 

[Scuderia]

Is the 70 hour approval a week to week thing or for as long as the center needs it?

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Maybe if UPS would get their together and actually be prepared for peak they could dispatch fairly and no one would be worried about such nonsense.

 

[iowa boy]

Is the 70 hour approval a week to week thing or for as long as the center needs it?

We were told thru Christmas week. But with peak going thru Jan 15th now, (according to the contract), we will never be told the truth.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

no, the private line

Go wait by the phone

 

[Mugarolla]

Your paid breaks count as off duty time. They count towards your 14 hours but not your 60/70

Here that count it towards your 60/70

We used to have to count our paid breaks as on-duty time until about 5 years ago. We were told that some lawyer for UPS realized that we should count it as off-duty, especially since it could help out UPS hours wise.

The FMCSA has 2 requirements for logging time as off-duty, and a paid break is within the scope of those rules. We can leave the package car or tractor, and pursue whatever we want during that break. We can go inside a restaurant, golf, swim, go to a gym and workout...

Yes, I know, what can you do in 10 minutes, but it does satisfy the requirements of pursuing activities of our choosing.

The 2 requirements are as follows. Judge for yourself as to what you are allowed to do during your break. UPS may have you count them against your 60/70, but, that is of their choosing, not the DOT's.

1. The driver is relieved of all duty and responsibility for the care and custody of the vehicle, its accessories, and any cargo or passengers it may be carrying.

2. During the stop, and for the duration of the stop, the driver must be at liberty to pursue activities of his/her own choosing.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

We used to have to count our paid breaks as on-duty time until about 5 years ago. We were told that some lawyer for UPS realized that we should count it as off-duty, especially since it could help out UPS hours wise.

The FMCSA has 2 requirements for logging time as off-duty, and a paid break is within the scope of those rules. We can leave the package car or tractor, and pursue whatever we want during that break. We can go inside a restaurant, golf, swim, go to a gym and workout...

Yes, I know, what can you do in 10 minutes, but it does satisfy the requirements of pursuing activities of our choosing.

The 2 requirements are as follows under. Judge for yourself as to what you are allowed to do during your break. UPS may have you count them against your 60/70, but, that is of their choosing, not the DOT's.

1. The driver is relieved of all duty and responsibility for the care and custody of the vehicle, its accessories, and any cargo or passengers it may be carrying.

2. During the stop, and for the duration of the stop, the driver must be at liberty to pursue activities of his/her own choosing.

I was always curious why they counted my paid break towards my 60/70