UPS Shifts

Why does UPS hire someone as a package handler and then send them home when they arrive for their shift? At today's gas prices this is ridiculous!

deyes in Glendale Heights, Illinois said: Why does UPS hire someone as a package handler and then send them home when they arrive for their shift? At today's gas prices this is ridiculous!

Its me again. Does anyone have an answer? This happen again tonight. 3 days in a roll, sent home.

Are you still working at UPS now?

Actually, it is my son. It is his first job, but he was hired to work 5:00 to 10:00, Monday through Friday and he is lucky if he gets to work 2 - 3 days a week. The other days he drives into work and then they send him home.

Do you work for UPS?

yes...and once he gets his senority and is in the union. He MUST get paid so many hours per day/shift. Even if he works them or not. How long has he worked there? Trust me, peak is comming up and he will be working 5 days soon.

He has been there about 45 days now. He is at the half way point. What happens at 90 days. Does he become union automatically or will he have to initiate it?

deyes in Glendale Heights, Illinois said: He has been there about 45 days now. He is at the half way point. What happens at 90 days. Does he become union automatically or will he have to initiate it?

He Should be in the Union as of day one. I just started with UPS on 10/17/08 and I filled out Union paperwork on my hire date. I also know that I will be paying union dues as of day one. Which means that I will have Union backing from day one.

The Union Contracts state that one is guaranteed 3.5 hrs per shift and that if a person is being sent home early or being sent home that one should still see payment for said days regardless of actually working. If this is not the case then he should take his pay stubs to his union rep and fill a grievance.

what is the ups driver helper?

deyes in Glendale Heights, Illinois said: Its me again. Does anyone have an answer? This happen again tonight. 3 days in a roll, sent home.

Under US Fed labor law (code) if the employer asks you to show up on the job and sends you home they are required to pay you 2 hours for "Show-Up" time. It's the law.