Common use of Relief Assignments Clause in Contracts

Relief Assignments. i. When service is required by the railway on days off of regular assignments, it may be performed by other regular assignments, by regular relief assignments, by a combination of regular and regular relief assignment or by spare employees when not protected in the foregoing manner. Where regular relief assignments are established they shall, except as otherwise provided in this rule, have five consecutive days of work. They may on different days, however, have different starting times providing such starting times are those of the employee or employees relieved and have different points for going on and off duty which shall be the same as the employees relieved, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. ii. Where regular relief assignments cannot be established for five consecutive days on the same shift, as provided for in Rule (d)(i) of this Rule, such assignments may be established for five consecutive days with different starting times on different points for going on and off duty in the same seniority district, which shall be the same as those of the employee or employees they are relieving, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. iii. Regular relief assignments for yard crews will be established for the crew as a unit.

Relief Assignments. i. (i) When service is required by the railway on days off of regular assignments, it may be performed by other regular assignments, by regular relief assignments, by a combination of regular and regular relief assignment or by spare employees when not protected in the foregoing manner. Where regular relief assignments are established they shall, except as otherwise provided in this rule, have five consecutive days of work. They may on different days, however, have different starting times providing such starting times are those of the employee or employees relieved and have different points for going on and off duty which shall be the same as the employees relieved, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. (ii. ) Where regular relief assignments cannot be established for five consecutive days on the same shift, as provided for in Rule (d)(i) of this Rule, such assignments may be established for five consecutive days with different starting times on different points for going on and off duty in the same seniority district, which shall be the same as those of the employee or employees they are relieving, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. (iii. ) Regular relief assignments for yard crews will be established for the crew as a unit. (iv) It is recognized in the application of this Article 3.3 that the nature of the work on certain assignments will require that some member or members of the crew have knowledge of the work of the assignment and that this will be considered an operational problem.

Relief Assignments. i. (i) When service is required by the railway on days off of regular assignments, it may be performed by other regular assignments, by regular relief assignments, by a combination of regular and regular relief assignment or by spare employees when not protected in the foregoing manner. Where regular relief assignments are established they shall, except as otherwise provided in this rule, have five consecutive days of work. They may on different days, however, have different starting times providing such starting times are those of the employee or employees relieved and have different points for going on and off duty which shall be the same as the employees relieved, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. (ii. ) Where regular relief assignments cannot be established for five consecutive days on the same shift, as provided for in Rule (d)(i) of this Rule, such assignments may be established for five consecutive days with different starting times on different points for going on and off duty in the same seniority district, which shall be the same as those of the employee or employees they are relieving, except that in a seniority district having more than one spare board, such relief assignments as are established will be manned from the territory allotted to a particular spare board. iii. Regular relief assignments for yard crews will be established for the crew as a unit.