Common use of ACCESS ALLOWANCE Clause in Contracts

ACCESS ALLOWANCE. Employees who volunteer and are designated by the Company to carry access devices; (i.e. pagers, cellular phones, etc.), for purposes of being accessed quickly outside of their scheduled tour as set forth in Article 5, shall be paid twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each consecutive twenty-four (24) hour period the employee is designated to and does carry the access device. The Company expects employees designated to carry these access devices to respond as soon as possible and to accept any work assignments offered. Access device selection procedures shall require a local agreement. The criteria that must be considered include the business need, employee qualifications, employee willingness, and other relevant factors when designating employees to carry access devices. If an agreement cannot be reached locally, the device will be assigned to employees in the workgroup with the skills to perform the work (a), by seeking volunteers first; and, (b), then on a rotational basis by inverse seniority among the group. Employees who do not volunteer but are required to carry an access device for a defined seven (7) day window (or portion thereof) shall be paid twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each twenty-four (24) hour consecutive period they are designated to and do carry the access device. In the event the non-volunteer employee is required to carry an access device for an additional seven (7) day window (or portion thereof) in the same calendar month, they will be paid forty dollars ($40.00) for each twenty-four (24) hour consecutive period they are designated to and do carry the access device. If the Company requires the non-volunteer employee to carry an access device more than one hundred eighty (180) days in a calendar year, the Company will pay the employee fifty dollars ($50.00) for each twenty-four (24) hour consecutive period the non- volunteer employee is required to and does in fact carry the access device beyond the 180th day. The seven (7) day window shall be any seven (7) consecutive day period; e.g., Tuesday through Monday, Thursday through Wednesday, etc., which shall be designated in the local agreement along with the selection process. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on the seven (7) day window, it shall default to Friday through Thursday. When a seven (7) day window spans two (2) calendar months, the entire seven