Agreement - Teamsters Local 399

If travel time, with other than truck transportation as above
provided in Paragraph 36(f), added to recesses (if any) immediately
before and after such travel, totals less than eight (8) hours, such interval
shall be deemed an “interruption” for the purposes of Golden Hours, but
if such interval equals eight (8) or more hours, it shall be considered a
“full rest period.”
(b) The rate for Golden Hours for distant location employment
shall be as follows: For such employment occurring on any day other
than a holiday or the seventh day worked in an employee’s workweek,
two and one-half (2½) times the employee’s scheduled Regular Basic
Hourly Rate. For such employment occurring on a holiday or the
seventh day worked in the employee’s workweek, five (5) times the
employee’s scheduled Regular Basic Hourly Rate.
(c) In addition, Paragraphs 10(b), (c) and (d), as modified in this
Paragraph, shall apply.
40. Meal Periods on Distant Location
(a) Meal periods (not counted as time worked) shall be not less
than one-half (½) hour nor more than one (1) hour in length. If an
employee works less than nine and one-half (9½) hours on a shift, only
one meal is to be deducted. If the employee works nine and one-half
(9½) hours or more, more than one meal period may be deducted.
(b)
Except as provided in subparagraph (c) below:
(1) An employee’s first meal period shall commence no
earlier than two (2) hours after such employee reports for work and no
later than six (6) hours after reporting for work; and
(2) Subsequent meal periods shall be called not later than
six (6) hours after the expiration of the previous meal period.
There will be a twelve (12) minute grace period, which
is not to be a scheduled grace period, prior to imposition of any meal
penalty.
(c) When necessary to phase any employee into the meal
schedule of the remainder of the crew, such employee may be given a
reasonable meal without deducting the time spent in eating (30 minutes)
from work time, in which case a deductible meal for such employee may
be within six (6) hours thereafter. Unless specifically directed by an
authorized representative of the Employer not to eat, it will be assumed
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