Guarantee Deducted: Federal Rest

Your claims:

• When guarantee is deducted due to Carrier counting FR as an unavailable status.

Required Documentation:

• Copy of your job history, showing your starts and resultant FR status.
• A copy of your guarantee summary, showing the deduction.
• A copy of your denied non-service claim.

REQUIRED CLAIM LANGUAGE EXAMPLE:

Was assigned to the (circ-7 and board) from (date)-(date)_ . Was required to initiate 6 consecutive on duty periods between (date)-(date), tying up at the home terminal at _____hrs on (date). Per Federal Rest Requirements, was not rested to work until _____hrs on (date). As a result of the rest status which Carrier placed me in, was improperly denied payment of extra board guarantee from _____hrs on (date) to _____hrs on (date). I did not lay off, nor was otherwise unavailable for service, as defined by the Northwest District 1989 1st District Crew Consist Modification, Article IX, Section 6(c), which states that the guarantee deductions shall not apply in instances where the employee is held at the instruction of the Carrier. I was paid a total of $ __________. Please allow ________ difference in pay.