Reimbursement for Authorized Union Leave. 1. A covered Employee on Union leave from the Company shall be paid by the Company at his applicable hourly pay rate for such hours during his regular pay cycle and the Employee shall continue to accrue all benefits as if he had been on active duty. The maximum compensation paid to any Employee while on authorized Union leave is one time the applicable hourly pay rate and a maximum of forty (40) hours a week.
2. For a Union leave period a covered Employee will submit a Union leave authorization form to the Director of Maintenance or his designee detailing the hours to be paid. The leave form will be approved and signed for by the Union’s General Chairperson or his designee.
3. The Union will reimburse the Company for all such Union leave paid to covered Employees as follows: the number of hours on leave as submitted by the covered Employee times the applicable hourly rate of such Employee not to exceed forty hours per week (in the event the Employee is replaced, the Union will reimburse an additional one half the applicable hourly rate and the Company will provide the replacement Employee’s name to the Union General Chairperson), a 24% override of the wages paid to cover the cost of fringe benefits for the covered Employee on leave and a 2% administration fee for the billing and accounting process. If on an annual basis the cost of the fringe benefits provided to the Employee increases or decreases, the override percentage will be adjusted accordingly.
4. The Company shall prepare an invoice for Union leave pay reimbursement which will be submitted to the Union General Chairperson or his designee within thirty (30) days after receiving the Union leave authorization form(s). The Union agrees to reimburse the Company within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Company’s invoice.
Reimbursement for Authorized Union Leave. 1. A covered Employee on Union leave from the Company shall be paid by the Company at his applicable hourly pay rate for work coverage and Employee morale concerns. Upon receipt of recommendations, the manager or designee, will within five (5) working days review and forward the recommendations to the Director of Maintenance for his review. Any refusal to implement the Committee recommendations will be in writing with justification for the refusal within five (5) working days of receiving Committee recommendations and forwarded to the District 142 General Chairperson.
