Rest Periods

[Dbearman]

Would like to hear how other companies work their rest periods . We have to either work 8 hours OT to get eight hours paid rest or work 3 hours or more between midnight and 8:00 am to get hour for hour paid rest the next day. Curious to hear how others do it . Thanks , Bear

[co lineman]

You have it better then we do..Our rest period starts 8 hours before the start of the next days shift and we only get a maximum of 4 hours rest..Also if you work up to the start of your shift you can take the four hour rest in the afternoon. We are trying to get it changed next year in the contract so it will better for us...

[thrasher]

Our contract says if you work 16 hours in a 24 hour period you are due 8 hours rest when you are released.

[topgroove]

in the eight hours immediately preceeding your normal eight if you work two hours you get four hours rest time as long as you start your overtime before 3:00am. if you work five hours you get the whole day off as long as you start before 2:00am

[PA BEN]

If we work 4hrs or more on OT. we are on OT until we get an 8 hr rest period. If our rest period is during our regular shift we get straight time while on our rest period.

[Squizzy]

Max 16hours followed by a 10 hour break if that 10 hours covers any of your normal hours you get paid your normal hours up to when you can start again. Can't work more than 7 days straight without a 24 break.

[Squizzy]

Forgot to add that if you come in and you have had less than a 10 hour break then you get double time all day. Over in Queensland they have a rule (some companies not all) that if they are working in the rain they get double whatever rate they are on so out of hours they can get double double time......

[lewy222]

We have about three different sets of rules for rest. Some are pretty complicated but basically we get 7 hours off after 17 hours of work. If the rest time falls on regular shift hours we get paid at regular rate, otherwise we rest on our own time. Storms have their own rules. If you work it right though, you may never have to rest. If you get more than 2 hours off during the 17 you are working then your clock starts over. It keeps going, but you get the idea...

[BillyMac]

Right on there Squizzy WIR gotta love it especially this time of year, storm season. This morning out in the rain on a public holiday $$$, we even get the public holiday back in our leave.

We do a maximum of 16hrs straight followed by a 9hr break. Also on call we require a 9hr break from the finish time of our last call, say finish midnight don't go back to work till 9am the next day.

[Squizzy]

Lucky sod! Rain on a public holiday what was that double time and a half times two?! Going to see if we can get that in our next EBA - fat chance but it doen't rain that much here it was 44.2C on boxing day glad I wasn't working. You guys get a 9 hour break I know the minimum is 8 but the local utility runs off 10 which is better for all concerned.

[bashlin]

i have worked 54 hours without rest..(while we were being hit by hurricane)..our company says we can rest after 36 hours..but try telling the dispatching supervisor your going in for a rest..he'll tell ya he has 3 more outages in you area and ask if you could catch those before you go in..but we are not union..so..

[Stinger]

On storms our LU works 16/8 or 18/6 depending on the customer. This starts as soon as we leave the show-up.We are at double the whole time except for rest period which is unpaid .If we are released during the work day and start heading back to where we came from we are still on 2x until we rest. Then when we hit the road again 1.5 pay until we reach our home bases. for example we leave the Boston area for FL, its double all the way, arrive do our work and say three weeks later we are released in the middle of the day. We regroup and head north until we hit our 16 hours, rest for 8, then its 1.5 the rest of the way home. I have heard that a lot of the public utilties get paid straight time durining their rest period. Not bad. Hope this info is of some help

[Three]

Here we earn a rest period after working 12 consecutive hrs, OR 8 consecutive overtime hrs. Then we get a 8 hr break. If you're called back in before your rest period is up, you get dbl time (if not all ready on 2x) till you get 8 off. If less than half your normal work day is left after rest period then you stay home all day & they pay you 8hrs straight time. On storms we usually work 17 on & 7 off, so we stay on dbl.

[grizzly]

At Southern California Edison when a storm roles in we work 32hrs on 8hrs off then 32hrs on 10hrs off and if the storm keeps going we go to 16hrs on 8hrs off until storm is done. Under none storm condition it is 32hrs on 8hrs off but most guys go home fatigue after 24hrs. SCE is looking for Lineman jobs posted at www.sce.com

[BigClive]

Forgot to add that if you come in and you have had less than a 10 hour break then you get double time all day. Over in Queensland they have a rule (some companies not all) that if they are working in the rain they get double whatever rate they are on so out of hours they can get double double time......

Wish I had that here. It's been raining since I started back and most days the water has wicked into the padded lining of my hi viz jacket. It's been getting thrown in the tumble dryer as soon as I get in. Snow is forecast next! :mad:

Oh yeah, and we've got this really annoying French crane that takes about half an hour to initialise on power up, due to a "sophisticated" computerised control system. We get the crane driver in his first position for the day and then go and drink tea while the poxy thing makes "Beep beep" noises and does "stuff". Then we make sure it doesn't get turned off until home time. (From the blank expression on the crane drivers face as he stares at the LCD monitor in his cab, I'd say that maybe the manual is only available in French!) :D

[BillyMac]

How do guys keep track of your hrs and breaks? Is it upto the bloke in the paddock or a co-ordinator in a office?

[Orgnizdlbr]

I keep my own time Billy, too many supervisors and dispatchers conveniently "forget" about the hours......

[Hebrew]

For us here,there has to be a 16 hour break between the knock off and restart.For shift workers like me,that is not always possible so we get paid 4 hours if we have to come back to work under that 16 hours break.