SPLIT VACATION AGREEMENT- HOSTLER&FIREMEN
| Description: AGREEMENT
IT IS AGREED THAT: A. Enginemen who are qualified for a vacation of two, three, four or five weeks, with pay, under the provisions of the Vacation Agreement of April 29, 1949, as amended, will, in accordance with the various scheduling provisions of the Road and Yard Vacation Agreements, and subject to approval and the availability of extra employees to provide relief, be permitted to take their vacations in installments as outlined below: 1. Enginemen who are qualified for two weeks' vacation may take their vacation in two installments of one week each. 2. Enginemen who are qualified for a three-week vacation may take their vacation in two installments of one week and two weeks or vice versa, or in three installments of one week each. 3. Enginemen who are qualified for a four-week vacation may take their vacation in four installments of one week each or in combinations of one week, two weeks, and/or three week installments, not to exceed a total of four weeks' vacation. " 4. Enginemen who are qualified for a five-week vacation may take their vacation in five installments of one week each or combinations of one week, two weeks, three weeks, and/or four week installments, not to exceed a total of five weeks' vacation. 5. Employee's who are in hostling service, regularly assigned or extra board, will be allowed to take up to two (2) weeks of their vacation one (1) day at a time under the following conditions: (a) compensation will be calculated by taking one-fifth (1/5) of the one-fifty-second (1/52) rate. (b) The Carrier will be notified forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the employee's desire to take the one (1) day. This, however, will not restrict the Carrier from allowing the one(l) day vacation with less notice if working conditions are acceptable. (c) The employee will inform the Carrier which assigned week (s) is/are to be split at the time of vacation scheduling. If the designated week (s) arrives and all days have not been taken, the balance will be taken on the initial day scheduled. EXAMPLE: An employee has two (2) weeks scheduled beginning November 1 and designates same as the split weeks. If all ten (10) days have not been taken by November 1, the balance will commence November 1 for the remaining days not taken. (d) Additionally, if an employee uses a one (1) day vacation while in hostling service and subsequently exercises seniority in road service, no additional one (1) day vacations will be allowed while in road service. And, if the designated week arrives while still in road service, the employee will observe the balance of vacation days commencing with the first day of the scheduled vacation week that was split. (e) Employee's who elect one-day vacations will be required to take paid vacation days prior to non-paid days until the one-day vacations are exhausted. 6. January 1 shall be considered the anniversary date for an employee whose anniversary falls during the calendar year in which vacation is taken. If an employee qualifies for the additional week of vacation under this waiver but leaves the employment of the, Company for any reason prior to his anniversary date (e.g. resignation, dismissal, retirement, death) he will not be entitled to compensation for the additional week of vacation. 7. Vacation periods, once scheduled, may be advanced or deferred only under the following conditions: (a) All or any installment of an employee's vacation may be advanced or deferred into open slots subject to manpower "and "operational "requirements. In the event several employee's wish to advance or defer their vacations to the same period, seniority will prevail. (b) Employee's who desire to advance or defer all or a portion of their vacation period must make written application to the Local Chairman and CMS at least (7) days in advance of the desired change. (c) When a portion of a vacation is advanced or deferred, the employee will specify which installment is to be moved. EXAMPLE: An employee with two weeks of vacation is scheduled for the period July 1-14. One week of the vacation is advanced to an open slot the week of June 1-7. The employee must specify which week will be moved and which will remain as originally scheduled, i.e., move the week of July 1-7 and keep the week of July 8-14. (d) Hostling service employee's may adjust their vacation period to commence on the day following their designated days off. B. Vacations will be scheduled to begin on Monday of each week in lieu of scheduling on the 1st, 8th, 16th and 23rd. 9. The Carrier shall assume no additional expense in granting vacations in installments under this Agreement. B. Subject to the provisions of this agreement, employee's working at outside points where extra boards are not maintained shall be privileged to take their vacations in installments; provided, however, that where deadheading is involved, the following regulations will apply: 1. Deadhead payments under this split vacation arrangement shall be limited 'to one round trip and such payments shall be allocated as follows: (a) The first relief employee to deadhead to the outside point to protect the first installment of a vacation will be allowed deadhead pay to the outside point. Deadhead trips of other employee's to the outside point to protect either the second, third, fourth or fifth installment of a vacation shall riot be paid for. (b) The last relief employee to return from an outside point after the last installment of a vacation has been taken will be allowed deadhead pay from the outside point to the point where the extra list is maintained. (c) Intervening deadhead trips to and from the outside point which occur between the first and last installment under this split vacation arrangement shall not be paid for. 2. Deadhead movements under this vacation agreement shall not be paid for if they are otherwise not payable, such as deadhead movements occasioned by and coupled to mileage regulations. (a) Employee's who have made written application to take their vacations in installments and have received permission to do so, will submit time return to the timekeeper for payment of that portion of their vacation allowance in proportion to the amount of the vacation taken. (b) Employees at outside points who elect to take their vacations in installments shall advise crew dispatchers, timekeepers and others of the precise conditions for which such vacations are requested. Time allowances for deadhead trips will not be made until all supporting data has been furnished and checked. C. It is understood that this schedule of vacations on the official vacation schedule establishes no guarantee that any employee shall be released for vacation at the time scheduled. It is recognized that the exigencies of the service create practical difficulties in providing vacations to all employee's. The right of the Company to withhold employee's from scheduled vacations is recognized and, where that is done, the employee will be allowed pay in lieu thereof, as provided for in Section 1 of the National Vacation Agreement effective July 1, 1949, as amended. D. In return for the Carrier granting the splitting of vacations, the following condition will apply: (a) An employee working under this Agreement will be automatically marked-up on his assignment at 12:01 A.M. on the day after the employee's ·excused absence expires, except as provided in (b) below. For example, an employee's vacation begins on December 1 for 7 days, at 12:01 A.M. on December B the employee will be marked up on his regular assignment. (b) Employee's shall be permitted to extend their unavailability for up to forty-eight (4B) hours from 12:01 A.M. on the day after the employee's vacation expires. It will be the employee's responsibility to notify CMS of their extension no later than the automatic mark up time. NOTE: An employee may take less than forty-eight (4B) hours. For example: an employee calls CMS prior to the automatic mark up and advises that he/she will be pushing back their mark up from 12: 01 A. M. Monday until 12 Noon on Tuesday. 2. If an employee finds it will be impossible to return to service after being automatically marked up, the employee must contact CMS with a valid excuse in an effort to get permission to extend the absence for a specific length of time. If an extension is granted, the employee will again be automatically marked up at the conclusion of the extension. . 3. Employee's who are not available for their regular assignment including the extra board after being automatically marked up and have no valid excuse may be subject to discipline in accordance with the applicable discipline rules. 4. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits an employee from requesting additional time off in connection with their vacation and CMS granting the request if manpower and operational needs permit. E. The practice of allowing UTU-E Local Chairmen to "float" their vacations rather than assigning them specific dates will continue. F. Any Agreements, Rules or Understandings (Road or Yard) which conflict with this Agreement are superseded by this Agreement. G. This Agreement including any side letters shall become effective January I, 1993, and shall terminate thirty (30) days after written notice is served by either party on the other. signed at Omaha, Nebraska, this 11th day of November, 1992. For the Organization: /s/ A Martin General Chairman, UTU For the Carrier: Director Labor Relations
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