Guarantee
1. Engineers assigned to an extra board under
this Agreement shall be guaranteed as a combination road/yard extra board the
money amount of $2,199.97 per pay period. These rates are subject to future
general wage adjustments, including COLA. The guarantee shall be computed on a
daily basis and shall not apply to any calendar day the extra engineer lays off
(except pursuant to Item 4. next under) or otherwise becomes unavailable for
service. See Attachment “A” for guarantee computations.
2. Engineers
assigned to the guaranteed extra board for less than a full pay period shall
have their guarantee prorated based upon the number of days in the payroll
period. Payment of the guarantee shall be made currently with payment of
earnings for the period.
3. Engineers
added to the guaranteed extra board will be entitled to guarantee payment for
the calendar day, provided they meet the availability requirements of this Agreement.
All earnings for the calendar day shall not be used as an offset against the
guarantee. Guarantee shall not be paid to an engineer for the calendar day on
which reduced from the guaranteed extra board.
4. Engineers
assigned to the guaranteed extra board for an entire pay period (or who is
reduced from the board by the Carrier prior to completion of the pay period)
shall be entitled to one (1) lay—off day (a 24-hour period or portion thereof)
during the pay period for which no deduction will be made from the guarantee,
subject to the following conditions:
(a) At the time of layoff the engineer must be
other than first out.
(b) The layoff must be taken at any time
commencing
(c) The layoff cannot exceed 24 hours.
(d) This provision does not affect or modify any
provision contained in the paid holiday agreement.
5. Engineers assigned to the guaranteed extra
board for an entire pay period who remain marked up and available for service
during that entire pay period shall be entitled to an incentive payment of one
prorated guaranteed day representing the one (1) “free” layoff to which
entitled under Item 4 above but not taken.
This incentive for full availability during the pay period shall be paid
regardless of whether an engineer does or does not exceed the guarantee for the
period and shall be in addition thereto.
6. All
earnings received by an engineer assigned to the guaranteed extra board shall
be used in computing the employee’s guarantee, except for payments made for
transportation allowance, meal allowance, penalty time claims, and for
instructing a fireman in training.
(a) When First Out: A Guaranteed
Extra Board employee who is first out and lays off on call, misses call, or is
not available for call, shall have their guarantee reduced by the amount they
would have earned had they accepted the call, with a minimum reduction of one
(1) prorated guaranteed day.
(b) When Other Than First
Out: An employee who misses a call or lays off when other than first out
shall have their guarantee reduced by one prorated day for each 24—hour period
or portion thereof.
(c) An employee will not have their guarantee
reduced or negated for the pay period when requested by the Carrier to attend
safety, CMS, or other Company sponsored functions while on the guaranteed extra
board.
(d) An employee assigned to the Guaranteed Extra
Board who is unavailable for more than two (2) occurrences during a pay period
shall forfeit their guarantee for that pay period. An occurrence will not be
counted for jury duty, bereavement leave, personal leave day, required
attendance at formal investigation (if not found to be in violation of any
rules), or layoff by a BLE Local Chairman for necessary union business.
(e) The minimum lay off period for an employee
assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board shall be twelve (12) hours.