Friday, April 23, 2010

"Meal Period" Update

Fedex is now doing the right thing at our California terminals with "Meal Periods". If a driver is unable to take his or her lunch on time, before the fifth hour, and you have to work through your lunch at the customers. You will be paid one hour of your hourly wage. It will show up on your paycheck as "ca meal".
So if you are caught up at a delivery and work through your lunch keep a written record. Make sure you have the date,time, and supervisor name you have contacted who knows what is happening.

Aren't you glad you work in California?

8 comments:

tea_party_4_ever said...

Callifornia is a liberal state thatswhy they have to pay you for lunch this isthe fawlt of the LiberalMedia not the people The People hate regalation!!!!

Anonymous said...

What about the P.T drivers when fedex freight is going to do the right thing to let the fedex line drivers to move company freight instead of using P.T drivers hopes fdx don't start using J.B HUNT aka DUNCAN .GARDENA DRIVER

Anonymous said...

be aware, the red shirt at the terminal I work at said if fedex pays for the priemum lunch(1hr) he called it.On your paycheck it will say ca lunch,if you recieve this more than 5 times you can get terminated.

Anonymous said...

Let me guess this must be anaheim whittiet gardena or fontana management intimidating workers again i think that it's time to go back to anger management class or labor class to educate yourself about california law FDX DRIVER.

Anonymous said...

". . .if you recieve this more than 5 times you can get terminated."

You can't be terminated for this; it's a law that Fedex must abide by. What the TM is saying is that if this happens more than five times, he will find a way to terminate your employment with the company, so he won't be accused of not following the pay policy.

The way to make this all go away is by simply not claiming a lunch. It's a win-win situation: Fedex doesn't have to pay for lunches, and you will get to keep your job.

After all, you should consider yourself lucky that you have a job.

Anonymous said...

Hope no senior line driver get hurt working on the dock cause fdx don't want you back with restrictions management will look you and treat like shit. fedex driver.

Anonymous said...

when larry miller got canned did fred smith tell him. "YOURE KILLING ME LARRY"

Anonymous said...

Does not matter if you claim it or not, they will write you up. Brinker decision is in, they dont have to do this but we will see if they change. Several line runs that run through Los Angeles etc have an almost impossible task of trying to comply within the time frame.Lunch should not be this stressful, Its rediculous at best.