Common use of Day Off Picking Clause in Contracts

Day Off Picking. (a) Extra trainpersons or buspersons will pick in the order of their district seniority two (2) days off each week within the limitations of quotas fixed by the Authority for each day of the week. Days off will be assigned to each new extra trainperson or busperson until the next day off picking. (b) A day off picking will be conducted by the Authority each month at the completion of the hold down picking. The Authority may require additional pickings to meet changes in working conditions. Each extra trainperson or busperson shall present oneself at one’s reporting location at the time scheduled to pick or shall leave in writing with the designated Authority representative, on a form furnished by the Authority, three (3) choices of days off and shall indicate the order of one’s choice. (c) Days off will be assigned to an extra person who fails to present oneself at the time scheduled to pick or who fails to leave three (3) choices as required or for any other reason fails to pick. (d) An extra trainperson or busperson who picks or is assigned a hold-down or relief run will be assigned the scheduled days off provided for such runs. (e) Surface trainpersons or buspersons will be subject to assignment of work on only one of their scheduled days off. Such work assignment will be made to extra persons in the order of the greatest number of days upon which less than a day’s work was received by such employees within the calendar week in which such assignment is made.

Day Off Picking. (a) Extra trainpersons or buspersons will pick in the order of their district seniority two (2) days off each week within the limitations of quotas fixed by the Authority for each day of the week. Days off will be assigned to each new extra trainperson or busperson until the next day off picking. (b) A day off picking will be conducted by the Authority each month at the completion of the hold down picking. The Authority may require additional pickings to meet changes in working conditions. Each extra trainperson or busperson shall present oneself at one’s reporting location at the time scheduled to pick or shall leave in writing with the designated Authority representative, on a form furnished by the Authority, three (3) choices of days off and shall indicate the order of one’s choice. (c) Days off will be assigned to an extra person who fails to present oneself at the time scheduled to pick or who fails to leave three (3) choices as required or for any other reason fails to pick. (d) An extra trainperson or busperson who picks or is assigned a hold-down or relief run will be assigned the scheduled days off provided for such runs. (e) Surface trainpersons or buspersons will be subject to assignment of work on only one of their scheduled days off. Such work assignment will be made to extra persons in the order of the greatest number of days upon which less than a day’s work was received by such employees within the calendar week in which such assignment is made. Transportation employees who are drafted and work their entire assignment shall not be subject to additional drafting in that same calendar month. (f) A surface operator who requests to take a day off or the second half of his/her assigned run off and advises the dispatcher or appropriate Authority personnel during the initial call that he/she will be reporting to work for his/her next assigned run or work assignment will be permitted to work his/her next assigned run or assignment without nay further notice to the Authority.