Dear Members,
As you know the Company has declared Adverse Conditions “Facility Open” due to Hurricane Sandy. To date, the declaration has been made for Mids on 10/28/12, Days, Swings and Mids on 10/29/12. We have received many calls regarding the declaration, “Facility Open”. As we always do in situations like this, we will continue to monitor the next couple of days to determine where we believe members may have been entitled to the Facility Closed provisions of our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and proceed accordingly.
Local Officials have declared a state of emergency and some frequently used tunnels and/or bridges may be closed. We urge all members to act in the best interest of you and your family’s safety. We will address the situation once the storm has passed.
Please review the following language from our CBA as it relates to Adverse Conditions, “Facility Open”: (Reference Article 7.J, both sUAL and sCAL CBA’s)
a. On an Adverse Condition Day an employee will be allowed to report for work up to sixty (60) minutes late with no loss of pay for absence/tardiness. An employee arriving later than sixty (60) minutes after the beginning of the shift will be paid only for the actual hours worked. In neither case will an employee be charged with an absence/tardiness.
b. Occasionally an employee is delayed or absent due to adverse conditions. If an employee is unable to report to work, he will not be paid for that day, nor will he be charged with an absence, but will be allowed to make up the day within a period mutually agreed to by the employee and his supervisor. This period will not be greater than fourteen (14) calendar days, or, at the employee’s option thirty (30) days, unless agreed to by the employee and his supervisor.
c. In departments that operate seven (7) days per week or allow day at a time vacation, an employee will be allowed to use any deferred or floating holidays or a vacation day to make up work missed when absent due to adverse conditions.
d. An employee who is scheduled and does report to work on time will be entitled to full pay for the day unless the employee is not needed and voluntarily takes the day without pay (AUTO).
We wish you a safe couple of days, remember, take care of yourself and your family first and we can work on any contractual issues moving forward, thanks.