INDEX
A Rule Page
Adjustment of
Shortages........................... 36
41
Advertisement..................................... 6
4
Annulment of
Assignments..........................
8 7
Application for
Employment........................ 24
25
Assignment........................................ 6
4
Attending Court or
Inquest........................ 17 13
Attending
Investigation—Time Allowances........... 21
17
B
Basic
Rate.......................................
2 2
Bereavement...................................... 18
14
C
Called and Not
Used.............................
13 10
Calling and Marking
Up.......................... 9 8
Calls........................................... 13
10
Calls,
Missed...................................
9 8
Choice
Holiday..................................
33 40
Claims, Time Limit
on........................... 20
14
Compulsory
Retirement...........................
23 24
Conferences..................................... 34
40
Court or Inquest,
Attending..................... 17 13
Crew
Base.......................................
1 1
Cut Off
Enroute.................................
14 11
D
Deadheading..................................... 10
9
Decrease/Increase of
Work Forces................ 7 6
Deferment of
Starting Time......................
11 9
Definitions..................................... 1
1
Designated Points
for Going On and Off Duty..... 6 4
Discipline and
Investigation....................
21 17
Displacement.................................... 6
4
Disqualification,
Physical...................... 25 25
E
Employment,
Application for.....................
24 25
Equipment on
Engines............................Letter 11
59
Examinations.................................... 16
12
Expenses Away From
Home......................... 15
11
Extra Board,
Guaranteed......................... 9
8
G RULE PAGE
Guaranteed Extra
Board.......................... 9
8
Guarantees......................................
Letter 2 47
H
Health and
Welfare.............................. 28
2
Hearings........................................
21 17
Held at Other Than Home Crew
Base............... 2
2
Holidays........................................
32 37
I
Increase and Decrease of Engine Work
Force...... 7
6
Inquest or Court,
Attending..................... 17
13
Investigations and
Discipline................... 21
17
J
Jury
Duty....................................... 19
14
L
Laying
Off...................................... 12
10
Leave of
Absence................................ 22
23
Locker
Facilities............................... 26
26
M
Meal
Allowance.................................. 15
11
Meal Period.....................................
31 37
Missed
Calls.................................... 9
8
O
Overtime........................................
2 2
Overtime—Short
Turnaround Passenger Runs........ Letter 6
54
P
Performance of Service by Passenger
Engineers... 1
1
Physical Characteristics, Qualifying
On......... 16
12
Physical
Disqualification....................... 25
25
Pilots..........................................
2 2
Q
Qualifying on Physical
Characteristics.......... 16
12
R
Rate
Schedule................................... 2
2
Regulation on Extra
Boards...................... 9
8
Reporting/Laying
Off............................ 12
10
Representation..................................
1 1
RULE PAGE
Rosters.........................................
5 4
Runarounds......................................
9 8
S
Seniority.......................................
3 3
Seniority District..............................
3 3
Service Between
Zones........................... 4
3
Severability....................................
35 41
Shortage
Adjustment............................. 36
41
Starting Times..................................
37 41
T
Time Limits on
Claims........................... 20
14
Time to
Eat..................................... 31
37
U
Uniforms........................................
Letter 4 52
Union Shop......................................
29 26
Union Shop Dues
Deduction....................... 30
29
V
Vacancies.......................................
6 4
Vacations.......................................
27 26
W
Work Week and
Overtime.......................... 2
2
Work
Zones...................................... 3
3
Y
Yard/Road
Work.................................. Letter 3 50
Z
Zones,
Seniority................................ 3
3
Zones, Service
Between.......................... 4
3
Index
SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENTS
Page
Agreed Upon
Questions and Answers (August 2,1983)........
71
Agreed Upon Question
and Answer Regarding Displacements
(August 2,
1983).........................................
85
Agreement Modifying
the National Vacation Agreement
of April 29, 1949,
Pursuant to Rule 27 (August 2, 1983)..
86
Agreement Covering
Itemized Statement of Earnings and
Modifying Rule 20(d)
(August 2, 1983).................... 88
Agreement Amending
Rules 2(b) and 9(a) Relative to the
“Workweek” for Extra
Board Employees (August 2, 1983).... 90
Agreement Concerning
Rule 6(1) (August 2, 1983).......... 92
THIS AGREEMENT made this 26th day of October, 1982, by and
between the National Railroad Passenger Corporation and Passenger Engineers
represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
WHEREAS,
in the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended by the Amtrak Improvement
Act of 1981, Congress has established for the National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak) the goal of maximization of its resources, including the
most cost effective use of employees; and
WHEREAS,
effective January 1, 1983, Amtrak will assume its own train and engine
operations heretofore performed by the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)
pursuant to the Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981; and
WHEREAS,
Amtrak desires to employ persons currently employed by Conrail in its engine
service operations, and those employees desire to accept employment with
Amtrak; and
WHEREAS,
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers now represents all employees of Conrail
in the craft of Locomotive Engineers who would accept Passenger Engineer
positions with Amtrak; and
WHEREAS,
Congress, in the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1981, also imposed upon both Amtrak
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers the duty to enter into a
cooperative effort to achieve the efficiencies and economies necessary to
operate a modern passenger service entity;
NOW, THEREFORE,
it is hereby agreed in conformity therewith that the following Rules shall
govern the rates of pay, rules and working conditions of employees of Amtrak
employed in its engine service operations:
RULE
1- SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
1.
This Agreement
will apply to the work or service of
transporting
passengers performed by the employees specified herein and governs the rates of
pay, hours of service and working conditions of all such employees engaged in
the operation of engines and any other motive power used in performing the work
or services provided by Passenger Engineers and all other work generally
recognized as the work of Passenger Engineers performed on main lines or branch
lines, or within yard facilities, or in road, local or yard service.
It is understood that the duties and
responsibilities of Passenger Engineers will not be assigned to others. If a new type of locomotive or motive power is
placed in service, Passenger Engineers will be instructed in the operation of
the new type of locomotive power and used to operate it.
b. The
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (hereinafter the “Corporation”)
recognizes the General Committee of Adjustment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, the Chairman of which is signatory hereto as bargaining
representative of all Passenger Engineers employed by the Corporation in the
Northeast Corridor.
c. “Duly
accredited representative” means the General Chairman of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers having jurisdiction or any elected officer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers designated by the General Chairman.
d. “Crew
Base” means the territory encompassed within a radius of thirty (30) miles
measured from the principal Amtrak station or facility as designated by the
Corporation for each crew base.
RULE 2- CLASSIFICATIONS AND BASIS OF PAY
a. The
rate of pay for Passenger Engineers effective January 1, 1983, is $16.74 an
hour.
b. Passenger
Engineers will be paid for each trip or tour of duty at the straight-time rate
for the first eight (8) hours between the time they are required to report for
duty until the time they are released on completion of service, and at the time
and one-half rate for all time in excess of eight (8) hours. Passenger Engineers paid forty (40)
straight-time hours in a work week will be paid at the time and one-half rate
for all additional time paid for in the work week. The term “work week” for regularly assigned Passenger Engineers
will mean a week beginning on the first day on which the assignment is
bulletined to work, and for Passenger Engineers assigned to an extra board will
mean a period of seven (7) consecutive days, starting with Monday.
c. Except
as provided in Rule 13, regularly assigned Passenger Engineers and Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will be paid a minimum of eight (8) hours
for each tour of duty.
d. When
pilots are required for engine service, they will come from the ranks of
Passenger Engineers and will be paid the Passenger Engineer’s rate of pay.
Except as provided in Rule 14, Passenger
Engineers held at other than their home
crew base will be paid for the actual time held for the first eight (8) hours
in any twenty-four (24) hour period.
RULE
3- SENIORITY
a. Passenger
Engineers will have Northeast Corridor
(NEC)
seniority divided into two (2) prior right working zones. NEC Working Zone 1 is the territory between Boston,
MA, and New York, NY (exclusive), including Springfield, MA. NEC Working Zone 2 is the territory between
New York, NY (inclusive), and Washington, DC (exclusive), including Harrisburg,
PA.
b. The
seniority ranking in the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Region for Passenger
Engineers with Conrail engine service seniority as of January 1, 1983, will be
in accordance with the Order Selection List established pursuant to the
Agreement made in accordance with Section 1165 of the Northeast Rail Service
Act of 1981. Employees on the Order
Selection List who possess seniority on Conrail Seniority District
F-Northeastern will have prior rights to assignments in NEC Working Zone
1. Employees on the Order Selection
List who possess seniority on Conrail Seniority District G-Southeastern will
have prior rights to assignments in NEC Working Zone 2.
c. Passenger
Engineers, without prior rights as defined in paragraph “b” of this Rule, who
enter service in a classification covered by these work rules will establish
seniority as of the time and date they first report to the medical
examiner. When two (2) or more
Passenger Engineers without prior rights start at the same time on the same
day, they will be ranked in alphabetical order according to their last
names. The ranking of all employees
covered by this paragraph “c” will follow the ranking of all employees covered
by paragraph “b.”
RULE
4- SERVICE BETWEEN ZONES
Assignments between any two (2) or more
working zones may be established. When
such assignments are established, prior right Passenger Engineers of the zones
over which such assignment or assignments operate will participate in such
service on the basis which the ratio of the mileage in each zone bears to the
total mileage covered by such assignment or assignments, measured from the
principal station of the originating crew base to the principal station of the
terminating crew base.
RULE
5- SENIORITY ROSTER
a. A
roster showing seniority dates, promotion dates, prior rights (if any), and
seniority standing will be posted in a conspicuous place at all crew bases for
the information of Passenger Engineers, with copies to the General Chairman.
b.
The roster will be revised and posted in January of each year and will
be open to protest by the Passenger Engineer or his duly accredited
representative for a period of sixty (60) calendar days from date of
posting. Protests on seniority dates
will be confined to names added or changes made since posting the previous
rosters.
Upon an employee’s presentation of proof of
error, such error will be corrected.
Passenger Engineers who are off on leave of absence, vacation, sickness,
disability or suspension at the time the rosters are posted will be given sixty
(60) calendar days from the date of their return to duty in which to
protest. If no protest is made during
this time, their seniority dates will be deemed correct.
RULE
6- BULLETINS AND ASSIGNMENTS
a.
New assignments, assignments subject to readvertisement, extra board assignments
and vacancies will be advertised every Wednesday. The advertising period will close 11:59 p.m. the following
Saturday, and assignments will be made effective 11:00 a.m. the following
Wednesday.
b.
Vacancies caused by sickness, temporary disability, suspension or leave
of absence, when it is known that the Passenger Engineer will be off for a
period of thirty (30) or more days or when such Passenger Engineer will have
been off duty for a period of thirty (30) days, will be advertised in accordance
with paragraph “a” of this Rule.
c. For
regular assigned service, the advertisement bulletin will show the crew base;
reporting and relieving point; turnaround or layover point; days on which the
assignment is scheduled to work; assigned reporting time; and train or crew
numbers.
NOTE: Unless
otherwise agreed to by the duly accredited representative and the District
Manager-Labor Relations, the reporting and the relieving point for any
assignment will be the same point.
d. A
Passenger Engineer who bids for and is awarded another assignment will not be
permitted to bid for his former position until it has been filled and again
advertised, unless the position has been materially changed. He will be permitted to exercise his
seniority to his former assignment if he is displaced from the position to
which he bid.
e. A
Passenger Engineer who is occupying a regular assignment which is readvertised
in accordance with the provisions of this Rule may elect to exercise his
seniority to another assignment within forty-eight (48) hours after the
effective date and time of the change causing the readvertisement. A Passenger Engineer who elects to remain on
the assignment must bid for it if he desires to remain after the advertisement
is closed and the assignment has been made.
If he does not bid for it, and he is not assigned to any other job as
the result of that advertisement, he will immediately leave the assignment he
has been holding, and will be allowed five (5) days in which to exercise his
seniority and may select any job held by a junior man, except the job he has
been occupying and on which he did not bid.
f. A
Passenger Engineer returning to duty after being absent less than thirty (30)
days by reason of sickness, temporary disability, suspension or leave of
absence, will be permitted to exercise his seniority on an assignment
advertised and filled during his absence, provided he exercises such right
before he performs any service. A
Passenger Engineer absent because of a reason listed in this paragraph for a
period of thirty (30) days or more, upon his return to duty, may exercise his
seniority on any assignment.
g.
Regular assignments will be readvertised when any of the following
permanent changes are made in such assignments:
1. changing the crew base, layover or turnaround point;
2. changing advertised starting time at the crew base or arrival
time at the end of the assignment, one (1) hour or more;
3. changing
the assigned rest days.
h. Assignments
will be made to Passenger Engineers in seniority order from written bids
submitted to the officer of the Corporation designated in the advertisement
notice prior to the close of an advertisement period. Passenger Engineers will be given a receipt for bids submitted to
the designated officer of the Corporation.
i.
When no bids are received for advertised assignments, the assignments
will be filled by the junior Passenger Engineer working at the same crew base
as the assignment that failed for bid.
j. When an assignment that failed for bid is
filled in accordance with paragraph “i,” the Passenger Engineer assigned will
remain on the assignment until a junior Passenger Engineer becomes available at
the crew base. The senior Passenger
Engineer who is force assigned in accordance with paragraph “i” will be
promptly notified and have twenty-four (24) hours after notification to elect
to vacate the assignment and exercise his seniority. If the assignment is vacated, the junior Passenger Engineer will
be assigned to the vacated Passenger Engineer assignment. If the senior Passenger Engineer who was
force assigned in accordance with paragraph “i” elects to remain on his
assignment, the next junior Passenger Engineer who was force assigned will be
permitted to vacate his assignment and exercise his seniority as outlined
herein. A Passenger Engineer who is
force assigned will be permitted to bid for any Passenger Engineer assignment.
k.
When an extra board is to be increased, the required number of Passenger
Engineers may be added to the board during the advertisement and assignment
period with the understanding that they are bidders for the board.
1.
When regular runs are rearranged, the local representative of the
Corporation and the duly accredited representative(s) having jurisdiction will
arrange to meet for the purpose of grouping such runs consistent with
seniority, with the understanding that the Corporation reserves the right to
place a schedule in effect to protect the service when no agreement is reached.
RULE
7- REDUCING AND INCREASING FORCES
a. In
reducing forces, seniority will govern.
Passenger Engineers affected by a reduction of force or abolishment of
positions will be given five (5) calendar days’ advance notice. A copy of such notice will be posted on
bulletin boards, with a copy to the duly accredited representative.
Passenger Engineers whose positions are
abolished may exercise their seniority rights to displace junior Passenger
Engineers within five (5) calendar days after the date of notification of
abolishment. Passenger Engineers
displaced may exercise their seniority in the same manner within five (5)
calendar days after the date of notification of displacement. Passenger Engineers who are able to but fail
to exercise their displacement rights within the prescribed time limit will
revert to the extra board. Passenger
Engineers not possessing sufficient seniority to displace any Passenger
Engineers will be placed in furlough status.
Passenger Engineers exercising displacement
rights under this Rule must meet all the qualifications required of the
assignment to which they displace before being permitted to work.
b. Passenger
Engineers will promptly notify the Corporation in writing, by certified mail,
return receipt requested, of any change of name or address, and provide a copy
to the duly accredited representative.
c. When
forces are increased or vacancies occur, furloughed Passenger Engineers will be
notified by certified mail or telegram, sent to the last address given, with a
copy provided to the duly accredited representative, and will be recalled to
service in seniority order.
d. Furloughed
Passenger Engineers who fail to return to service within thirty (30) calendar
days after being notified in accordance with paragraph “c” of this Rule will be
considered as having resigned, unless they present sufficient proof that
circumstances beyond their control prevented their return.
RULE
8- ANNULMENT OF ASSIGNMENTS
a. When
it is known that the assignment of a regular assigned Passenger Engineer,
except the extra board, is to be annulled for one (1) day or longer, the
Passenger Engineer will be notified at least four (4) hours in advance of
reporting time.
b. Advance
notice before annulling assignments is not required under emergency conditions
such as flood, snow storm, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, fire, strike or
derailment, provided that such conditions result in suspension of the Corporation’s
operation in whole or in part. Such
emergency annulments will be confined solely to those work locations directly
affected by any suspension of operation.
Passenger Engineers who are affected by an
emergency annulment and report for work without having been previously notified
not to report, will receive two (2)
hours’ pay at the applicable rate of their positions. If Passenger Engineers work any portion of
the day, they will be paid in accordance with Rule 2. Upon termination of the emergency conditions and restoration of
the service, all positions and incumbents thereof will be restored to the
status prevailing prior to the emergency.
RULE
9- GUARANTEED EXTRA BOARD
a. A
Passenger Engineer assigned to an extra board who is available for service
during an entire weekly period or who does not lay off or miss a call will be
guaranteed a money equivalent of forty (40) straight-time hours each weekly
period. The term “weekly period” means
a period of seven (7) consecutive days, starting with Monday. The Corporation will determine the location
of and the number of Passenger Engineers assigned to an extra board.
b. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will be called first in, first out, as
registered on the extra board.
Passenger Engineers assigned to an extra board must be qualified to work
any assignments which the extra board protects.
c. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board must register on the extra board
immediately upon release from duty at the relieving point in the crew base.
d. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board missing a call for an assignment for which
they stand will be placed at the bottom of the extra board.
e. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board deadheading to their home crew base will
not be marked up on the board until actual arrival at their relieving point in
the home crew base.
f. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will be called as nearly as possible two (2)
hours before the time required to report for service or deadhead. Where local conditions warrant the duly
accredited representative and the designated Labor
Relations
officer may agree to a different calling time, subject to the approval of the
General Chairman and the highest appeals officer of the Corporation.
g. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will not be called to fill vacancies
unless they have sufficient rest to complete the assignment under the Hours of
Service law.
h. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board who are sent from their crew base to
outlying points will not be required to remain there longer than one (1) week
at a time. Deadhead pay will be allowed
only to the first Passenger Engineer for the going trip and to the last
Passenger Engineer for the returning trip.
i. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board who are not called in their turn will be
paid four (4) hours and will retain their place on the extra board.
RULE
10- DEADHEADING
a. Deadheading
and service may be combined in any manner that traffic conditions require, and
when so combined, will be paid actual hours on a continuous time basis, with
not less than eight (8) hours for the combined deadheading and service.
b. When
deadheading is paid for separately and apart from service, actual time consumed
with a minimum of eight (8) hours will be allowed.
c. Passenger
Engineers are not entitled to deadhead pay for traveling from one point to
another in exercising seniority.
d. Passenger
Engineers will be notified at the time called whether deadheading will be
combined with service or separate, and the proper officer of the Corporation
will mark their timeslips accordingly.
If not so notified, paragraph “b” will apply.
RULE
11- DEFERRED STARTING TIME
Where Passenger Engineers normally report for
duty without being called, and it is desired on any day to defer the reporting
time, at least two (2) hours’ advance notice will be given before the usual
reporting time of the assignment. The
advance notice will specify the new reporting time, and the Passenger
Engineers’ trip or tour of duty will not begin until that time. If not so notified, the reporting time will
be as provided in the assignment. A
Passenger Engineer may have his starting time deferred only once for each trip
or tour of duty.
RULE
12- LAYING OFF/REPORTING
a. Regularly
assigned Passenger Engineers laying off due to sickness must notify the
appropriate official as soon as possible.
Passenger Engineers who desire to lay off for personal reasons may do so
when such absence is authorized in advance by the proper officer of the
Corporation.
b. A
regularly assigned Passenger Engineer who has laid off will mark up for his
regular assignment not less than three (3) hours in advance of the reporting
time.
RULE
13- CALLS
a. Passenger
Engineers called, or required to report without being called, and released
without having performed service will be paid for actual time held with a
minimum of four (4) hours and, in the case of Passenger Engineers assigned to
an extra board, will remain first out on the extra board; if held over four (4)
hours and released without having performed service, they will be paid eight
(8) hours and, in the case of Passenger Engineers assigned to an extra board,
will be placed at the bottom of the extra board.
b. Passenger
Engineers who are called in an emergency situation after having already
performed compensated service on the day involved will be paid for the actual
time worked at the time and one-half rate, with a minimum of two (2) hours.
NOTE: The
term emergency as used in this paragraph is defined as a situation that:
1. Involves or may cause delay to traffic because all tracks are
blocked.
2. Involves
delay to a passenger train or trains.
3. Involves
violation of laws or local ordinances.
4. Involves injury to persons requiring prompt treatment or removal
to hospital.
RULE
14- CUTOFF UNDER HOURS OF SERVICE
a. Passenger
Engineers will not be released from duty before arriving at their advertised
crew base or turnaround point, unless it is apparent that the trip cannot be
completed under the laws limiting the hours on duty. Passenger Engineers will be released from duty under this Rule
only upon instructions from the proper officer of the Corporation.
b. Passenger
Engineers will not be cut off for rest pursuant to this Rule, except at
locations where food and lodging are available. In such cases, the Passenger Engineers will be covered by Rule
15—Expenses Away From Home.
c. Passenger
Engineers cut off under the law limiting the hours on duty who then deadhead
into their crew base or turnaround point will be paid continuous time until
released at their relieving point.
d. Passenger
Engineers cut off between crew bases under the law limiting the hours on duty
will again be considered on duty and under pay immediately after expiration of
the legal rest period.
RULE
15- EXPENSES AWAY FROM HOME
a. When
a Passenger Engineer is released from duty at a location other than the
designated crew base of the assignment for more than four (4) hours, he
will be provided suitable lodging at the Corporation’s expense and will receive
a meal allowance of $3.85. A second
allowance of $3.85 will be provided after being held an additional eight (8)
hours.
b. Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will be provided with lodging and meal
allowance in accordance with the provisions of this Rule when they are released
from duty at other than their assigned crew base.
c. Passenger
Engineers called from the extra board to fill vacancies at outlying points will
be provided lodging and meal allowance in accordance with the provisions of this
Rule at the outlying point in the same manner as if held at a point other than
their assigned crew base, subject to the following conditions:
1. An
“outlying point” is one which is outside the crew base territory of the extra
board from which they are called.
2.
Suitable lodging will be provided when Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board are
held at the
outlying point for more than one (1) tour of
duty.
RULE
16- TRAINING. QUALIFYING AND EXAMINATIONS
a. Passenger
Engineers will be required to attend training classes and take examinations
connected with their duties.
Examinations may be written or oral and include physical examinations,
territorial qualification examinations and service examinations (on the
Operating Rules, Safety Rules, air brake and other equipment rules).
b. Subject
to the exceptions listed below, Passenger Engineers required to attend a
training class or an examination will be compensated for the time engaged in
such training or examination. If
required to lose time, Passenger Engineers will be paid an amount not less than
they would have earned on the assignment they would have worked. If no time is lost, compensation will be for
the actual time consumed in such training class or examination, at the straight
time hourly rate, with a minimum of eight (8) hours.
Exceptions:
1. Any
qualification examinations or familiarization trips necessary in the voluntary
exercise of seniority.
2. Physical
examinations, including vision and hearing examinations.
3. Territorial
qualification examinations, except as provided in paragraph “c” of this Rule.
c. Passenger
Engineers who are instructed to qualify or who are force-assigned to a crew
base, regular assignment or extra board where it is necessary to qualify will
be compensated for such qualifying. If
required to lose time, Passenger Engineers will be paid an amount not less than
they would have earned on the assignment they would have worked. If no time is lost, compensation will be for
the actual time consumed in qualifying, at the straight-time hourly rate, with
a minimum of eight (8) hours.
d. To
the extent practicable and except as provided in paragraph “c” of this Rule,
the Corporation will schedule territorial qualification examinations so that
Passenger Engineers may arrange to take them without loss of time. Unless otherwise specified by the
Corporation, Passenger Engineers will arrange to schedule their own physical
examinations.
RULE
17- ATTENDING COURT OR CORONER’S INQUEST
a. Regular
Passenger Engineers attending court or inquest or giving a deposition or
stenographic statement in connection with other legal proceedings as a witness
on behalf of the Corporation at the direction of a proper officer of the
Corporation will be paid for the time actually lost on their assignments. Necessary reasonable expenses, including
travel expenses, will be paid when away from home.
b. A
Passenger Engineer assigned to an extra board attending court or inquest, or
giving a deposition or stenographic statement in connection with other legal
proceedings as a witness on behalf of the Corporation at the direction of a
proper officer of the Corporation will be paid the amount he would have earned
and placed in the same relative standing had he been called in his turn from
the extra board. Necessary reasonable
expenses, including travel expenses, will be paid when away from home.
c. Passenger
Engineers attending court or inquest as a witness on behalf of the Corporation
or giving a deposition or stenographic statement in connection with other legal
proceedings at the direction of a proper officer of the Corporation, when no
time is lost, will be paid actual time consumed, with a minimum of eight (8)
hours. Necessary reasonable expenses,
including travel expenses, will be paid when away from home, and Passenger
Engineers assigned to an extra board will hold their same relative standing on
the crew board.
d. No
deadhead payment will be made to Passenger Engineers for any traveling
necessary to their attendance at court or inquest.
e. Witness
fees and mileage allowance will be remitted to the Corporation.
RULE
18- BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
Bereavement leave will be allowed in case of the
death of a Passenger Engineer’s brother, sister, parent, child, spouse or
spouse’s parent, not in excess of three (3) calendar days following the date of
death. In such cases, eight (8) hours’
pay will be allowed for each work day lost during bereavement leave. Passenger Engineers involved will make
provision for taking leave with their supervisor in the usual manner. Agreed to questions and answers to the
National Agreements where applicable, are made a part of this Rule and are
attached as Supplement 1 to this Agreement.
RULE
19- JURY DUTY
When Passenger Engineers are summoned for
jury duty and are required to lose time from their assignments, they will be
paid for actual time lost with a maximum of eight (8) hours’ pay for each
calendar day lost. From this amount
will be deducted the amount allowed for jury service for each such day, except
allowances paid by the court for meals, lodging or transportation. These payments are subject to the following
requirements and limitations:
1. A
Passenger Engineer must furnish the Corporation with a statement from the court
of jury allowances paid and the days on which jury duty was performed.
2. The number of days for which jury duty pay
will be paid is limited to a maximum of sixty (60) days in any calendar year.
3. No
jury duty pay will be allowed for any day the Passenger Engineer is entitled to
vacation. Agreed to questions and
answers to the National Agreements where applicable are made a part of this
Rule and are attached as Supplement 2 to this Agreement.
RULE
20- TIME LIMIT ON CLAIMS