BLE UP Southern Region Agreement
TIME
LIMIT FOR DISPLACEMENTS OUTSIDE 30 MILE RADIUS
3. Engineers displaced shall accept assignment within five days
from such displacement, unless for sufficient cause they are unable to do so
within the five-day limit. Engineers not requesting assignment within five
days, except as above, will be assigned to the extra board until a vacancy
occurs. SEE MODIFICATIONS BY 1996
NATIONAL AGREEMENT BELOW
1996 NATIONAL AGREEMENT 48 HOUR BUMP RULE
Section 1
(a) Where agreements that provide for the
exercise of displacement rights within a shorter time period are not in effect,
existing rules are amended to provide that an employee who has a displacement
right on any position (including extra boards) within a terminal or within 30
miles of such employee's current reporting point, whichever is greater, must, from the time of proper
notification under the applicable agreement o
(b) Failure of an employee to exercise
displacement rights, as provided in (a) above, will result in said employee
being assigned to the applicable extra board, seniority permitting. (The applicable extra board is the extra
board protecting the assignment from which displaced.)
(c) In the
event force assignment is not compatible with local agreements, prior to
implementation, the parties will meet on property to determine an avenue of
assignment.
Section 2
This Article shall become effective
1996 Q&As
DISPLACEMENT ARTICLE X
ARTICLE X - DISPLACEMENT
Q-1:
On those properties where employees have less than 48
hours to exercise displacement rights, are such rules amended so as to now apply
a uniform rule?
A-1: No, the existing rules providing for less than 48 hours
continue, unless the parties specifically agree otherwise.
Q-2: Is an employee displaced under Section 1, electing to
exercise seniority placement beyond thirty (30) miles of the current reporting
point, required to notify the appropriate crew office of that decision within
48 hours?
A-2: Yes.
Q-3: How is an employee covered by this Article handled who
fails to exercise seniority placement within 48 hours?
A-3: Such employee is assigned to the applicable extra board,
seniority permitting, pursuant to Section 1(b) and subsequently governed by
existing rules and/o
Q-4: How long a period of time does an employee have to exercise
displacement rights outside the boundaries specified in Section 1(a)?
A-4: The rules governing exercise of displacement rights as
currently contained in existing agreements continue to apply in this situation.
Q-5: What happens if the employee notifies the Carrier that it is
the employee's intent to displace outside of the 30 mile limit, then, after 72
hours, the employee is no longer able to hold that assignment?
A-5: A new 48-hou
Q-6: Is it intended that employees who fail to displace within
48 hours be assigned to an extra list where local or system agreements prohibit
such assignment due to extra board restrictions and or seniority consideration?
A-6: See Section 1(c) of Article X.
Q-7: Is it the intent of Article X to impose discipline on
employees who fail to exercise seniority within 48 hours?
A-7: No, Section 1(b) provides that in these circumstances the
employee will be assigned to the applicable extra board, seniority permitting.
The employee will then be subject to existing rules and practices governing
service on such extra board.
Q-8: Is this rule intended to expand upon the displacement
rights of an individual so as to create situations not currently provided for
in existing agreements and practices?
A-8: No.
Q-9: If an employee notifies the Carrier of their intent to
displace beyond the 30 mile limit, can such employee notify the Carrier
subsequent to the expiration of the 48 hou
A-9: No.
Q-10: How is the 30 miles limit to be measured --rail or
highway?
A-10: Highway.
Q-11: When does the 48 hour time period within which the
employee must exercise displacement rights begin?
A-11: When properly notified under existing rules governing this
situation.