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Overtime Rules

      Non Overtime Desired List Carriers  
  • If you are not on any Overtime Desired List (OTDL) and it is your regularly scheduled day you should not be required to work overtime unless the following occurs:
  • All Available PTF's and Casuals are worked up to 10 hours
  • All 10 and 12 hrs. OTDL carriers are worked up to 10 hours

If the above criteria are met, then management can work you overtime on your own assignment, for up to 10 hours. Before management can work you off your own assignment, they must work Casuals and PTF's to 11 and a half hours and the 10 and 12 hrs. OTDL carriers to 12 hours (these times do not include lunch.

If you are not on any OTDL, management should not be scheduling you or mandating you to work on your non-scheduled day unless all available Casuals and PTF's are scheduled to work up to 11 and one half hrs. and 10 and 12 hrs. OTDL carriers are scheduled to work up to 12 hours.

Any deviations from this, sign up to see your shop steward or call the branch office.

 
 
Work Assignment Carriers
     

You are entitled, for the most part, to work all the overtime on your assignment, on your regularly scheduled day. However, management can provide you assistance if your are going into penalty. Those able to assist you are:

  1. Anyone on under time
  2. PTF's, Casuals, on overtime.
  3. 10 and 12 hrs. carriers on overtime only of you will go into penalty OT. Management should not provide you assistance, if people not on the OTDL are being forced to work overtime. You should work your own overtime and the others should be helping non ODL's. In addition, you cannot work off your assignment on your regularly scheduled days unless all Casuals and PTF's are worked 11 and one half hours. and the 10 and 12 hrs. OTDL are worked 12 hrs.

If you are on the Work assignment list, management cannot schedule you or mandate you to work on your non-scheduled day unless all available Casuals and PTF's are scheduled to work up to 11 and one half hours. and 10 and 12 hrs. OTDL carriers are scheduled to work up to 12 hrs. You are only available to work overtime on your own assignment on your regularly scheduled day.

Note: If management violates the above rules and instructs or gives you a direct order to work overtime on a regularly scheduled day or non scheduled day( whichever is applicable), do not refuse to obey that order. Follow the order, and file a grievance. Also note, that you are not entitled to volunteer to work your day off unless all the above criteria are met, and other contractual guidelines are followed.


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