[zukofsu]

I have a foreman that has a company truck to drive to and from work. Once reaching work he will usually take the larger truck to the job site.

He has the responsibility of picking up two laborers every morning (approx. 5-10 min one way from his house) and dropping them off in the afternoon.

He has been filling out his time card beginning with the time he starts the truck at HIS house in the morning to the time he turns it off. I am not happy with this system as I am paying for gas, vehicle, and most of the hours end up being overtime.

I am looking for what other companies do in this scenario or any solutions. I want to keep the foreman happy and I understand compensation for his time, but it seems that I am paying too much.

One possible scenario would be to just add the additional minutes to and from his house to the laborers house. This would be a fixed amount per day. I should not pay for him to drive home or drive to work as this would never be paid for if he did not have anyone to pickup.

Let me know what you guys think.

THANKS!

[familyguy]

Our foreman has a company vehicle with the same benefits you are describing. (gas, insurance, etc.)

We also have 3 employees with no vehicles. Our foreman is not REQUIRED to pick them up in the morning but sometimes he does as a kindness to them.

You are requiring your foreman to pick up the folks on his way to work, therefore, he is working and should be on the clock exactly the way he is clocking in and out.

We have 1 guy who needs to be done at 5 every day. Usually the folks who drop him off on the way back to the shop are getting paid to drop him off because they are required to do it.

However, the guys with cars will give those without rides as a niceness. (Sometimes they will charge the non-car having guys smokes for the ride.) Probly would have enough money to pay for a car if they quit smoking.

[TrickyDick]

You should be paying him for whatever EXTRA time he spends driving as a result of having to pick someone up but not anything more than that.

[Dale Wiley]

It seems like he does not take into account the value of having a take home company vehicle.

I would think that would offset the extra 5 minutes or so to pick those guys up. Just sayin... there is a value to that take home vehicle since he does not have to pay for gas and wear and tear on his vehicle.

[Terre]

Just a thought here, but, have you considered putting him on salary? Average what you usually pay him including overtime to get a starting point for your salary, but then deduct something for his having free use of the truck.

He is probably eligible, if he is in a supervisory position. If he regularly supervises two or more employees, is in charge of a unit, department or shift, and his job requires discretion and independent judgement. If the amount of overtime varies greatly week to week, there are possible advantages for you both.