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- How do you pay bus drivers – hourly or by trip/route? What about extra routes, is it hourly or by the trip/route? All CDL drivers guaranteed 5 hours daily, van drivers guaranteed 3 hours daily. they are paid for extra routes hourly, but if they are finished there route and start other work within 1 hour they get paid for the hour also.
- If hourly, how do you help mitigate/prevent padding of time? Clock in? Gps? We have Time Clock Plus and have put in this AM time and they must explain if they are more than 10 minutes late for punching out on a form.
- Do you pay for bus driver training? Do you pay them their hourly rate or a trainee rate? Are they guaranteed a job after, or do they go on sub list? They go on a sub list. They are paid driver training after have received CDL and have finished classes.
- Do you utilize trainers? If so, are they internal, or are they provided by an outside company? Do trainers get paid a shift differential or extra pay? Internal trainers and they receive same pay as when driver.
- Do you have a “shop helper” or “mechanic helper” job classification? What’s the pay rate? Is it year round, summer? Number of hours? We have interns from the Tech school that work in the garage. They are paid $8.00 an hour.
- What’s your sub driver hourly rate? (Ours is $17.88/hourly, couple dollars less than drivers) $19.89 for new hires
- Do you have standby sub drivers? Are they guaranteed one/two hours of minimum pay? we have 4 unassigned drivers that are guaranteed 5 hours a day.
- Do you reimburse drivers for their CDL license? (We pay the difference between a regular driver’s license and the CDL license) We reimburse the whole amount of the license.
Thank you for your response and time.
Centennial School district
How do you pay bus drivers – hourly or by trip/route? What about extra routes, is it hourly or by the trip/route? We pay our drivers hourly. Permanent employees (that have a regular daily route) are guaranteed 2 hr call in minimum or actual whichever is greater. If the extra routes are continuous following their regular route it’s continual paid time. If it is an extra route (they are covering someone else’s midday) then it is a 2 hour minimum or actual whichever is greater.
If hourly, how do you help mitigate/prevent padding of time? Clock in? Gps?
We use GPS and the EVIR pre/post trip system to closely look at actual “on duty” times. We’ve been able to cut back on waste and even condense some routes.
Do you pay for bus driver training? Yes.
Do you pay them their hourly rate or a trainee rate? If they are a current employee it is their hourly rate. If they are a prospective employee they are paid at a base van driver rate until they obtain their CDL.
Are they guaranteed a job after, or do they go on sub list? They go on a sub list and work their way into a permanent position.
Do you utilize trainers? If so, are they internal, or are they provided by an outside company? Yes, they are internal.
Do trainers get paid a shift differential or extra pay? They are paid their normal hourly rate for the actual hours they work.
Do you have a “shop helper” or “mechanic helper” job classification? What’s the pay rate? Is it year round, summer? Number of hours? No we do not have this position.
What’s your sub driver hourly rate? (Ours is $17.88/hourly, couple dollars less than drivers) $16.03 Non-CDL holders, $22.70 CDL holders.
Do you have standby sub drivers? Are they guaranteed one/two hours of minimum pay? Yes both permanent or “book” driver (guaranteed 2 hours am only) and non-permanent (not guaranteed any time).
Do you reimburse drivers for their CDL license? (We pay the difference between a regular driver’s license and the CDL license) Yes, we pay the difference between as well.
Let me know if you need any more information!
Drivers paid hourly for all routes/trips and are only paid for actual time worked. Drivers manually fill out time sheets but we have GPS on most vehicles so time can be checked. We contract our busing so we do not pay for driver training or have an internal shop/mechanic helper position. We pay contractor rate for bus drivers. We request our contractor have stand by drivers for emergencies (they have 2 on stand by daily)–get one hour minimum to be on stand by. Hope this help.
•How do you pay bus drivers – hourly or by trip/route? Hourly
What about extra routes, is it hourly or by the trip/route? Hourly
•If hourly, how do you help mitigate/prevent padding of time? Clock in? Gps? We have them clock in and out and we can use GPS (Zonar).
•Do you pay for bus driver training? The get $360 after they are with us for 1 year
Do you pay them their hourly rate or a trainee rate? See above
Are they guaranteed a job after, or do they go on sub list? They go on as on call subs but they are used almost every day
•Do you utilize trainers? Yes
If so, are they internal, or are they provided by an outside company? We have our own
Do trainers get paid a shift differential or extra pay? They get paid $1.00 extra an hour when they train
•Do you have a “shop helper” or “mechanic helper” job classification? Yes, but no one in that position now
What’s the pay rate? $19.49
Is it year round, summer? Number of hours? 12 months/ 8 hour days
•What’s your sub driver hourly rate? (Ours is $17.88/hourly, couple dollars less than drivers) $20.35
•Do you have standby sub drivers? Are they guaranteed one/two hours of minimum pay? Yes, 2 hours.
•Do you reimburse drivers for their CDL license? (We pay the difference between a regular driver’s license and the CDL license) Yes, same as you