Can UPS hire casual employees, and how many?

Yes. The contract allows limited casual hiring with caps tied to the size of the regular workforce and the season.

The UPS National Master Agreement allows the company to use casual (temporary, non-seniority) employees in defined situations — peak season, vacation coverage, and certain TSO/Saturday operations — subject to caps that scale with the size of the regular workforce in the building.

When casuals are used outside the contractual limits or in place of available regular employees who could be working overtime, that's a grievable violation and the displaced employees are typically made whole for the lost hours.

Ask TeamstersGPT with your supplement selected for the exact casual caps, the seasons where casuals are allowed, and the remedy when the company exceeds the cap in your local.

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