Common use of Relief Days Clause in Contracts

Relief Days. a. Assistance in the form of relief days on evaluated routes, except during the Christmas period, will be provided when the evaluated time exceeds forty-six (46) hours per week or as necessary to keep the total actual work hours under 2,080 during the guarantee period. When such relief is provided, the rural carrier’s compensation will be on the basis of the remaining hours of required evaluated service per week. b. In offices where the Employer determines it is necessary to change the relief day of one or more regular routes, the following formula will be uti- lized. The minimum number of routes on which a Saturday relief day must be authorized will be cal- culated using the total number of leave replace- ments assigned and working in the office minus the number of auxiliary routes divided by the total number of regular routes authorized a relief day. Then, subtract .10 and the result is then multiplied by the total number of routes authorized a relief Article 9.2.C.5.b day and rounded down to the next whole number. This figure is the minimum number of routes on which management must authorize a Saturday relief day. Subtract this figure from the total num- ber of regular routes authorized a relief day. This final figure is the maximum number of K routes that management may require a non-Saturday relief day. c. The Employer will not require a single non-Satur- day relief day to be assigned to more routes than a Saturday relief day. A Friday/Saturday rotating relief day or any pair of Friday/Saturday rotating relief days equates to one Friday relief day. d. The following actions will occur in the order pre- sented until the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday is reached: (1) Any regular rural carrier assigned to a K route with a Saturday relief day may elect to permanently change the relief day to another day (including Friday/Saturday rotating), pro- vided the new relief day will assist in reaching the required number of routes with relief days other than Saturday. Any rural carrier that selects Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as the relief day will be given the incentive of allowing the route’s evaluation to increase to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours through normal growth and maintain such evaluation for the duration the rural carrier is assigned that route and that relief day. The Employer will adjust these routes down to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours when adjust- ments are necessary. However, adjustments may be made below 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours consistent with contractual provisions and applicable regulations. Bids for posted routes with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thurs- day relief days and residual vacancies with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday relief days awarded to part-time flexible rural car- riers, substitutes, or rural carrier associates, will not result in the above incentive. (2) If the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday has not been reached, the Employer may assign a relief day other than Saturday to those K routes with a Saturday relief day, based on juniority in the office. Should the new relief day be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday the pro- visions in (1), above, are not applicable. e. The Employer may reassign the non-Saturday relief day if the office has increased the number of leave replacements. Such reassignment will be offered to rural carriers by seniority. If additional Saturday relief days are available, the Employer may then mandate the reassignment of the relief day by juniority. Any incentive provided for the relief day will cease upon such reassignment. f. Except as provided in item j. below, regular rural carriers on the relief day work list who work the relief day will select one of the following options: (1) An X day (a day for working a prior relief day) to be immediately scheduled by mutual agreement between the carrier and the Employer. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be completed for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consideration as approved annual leave.

Relief Days. a. Assistance in the form of relief days on evaluated evaluat- ed routes, except during the Christmas period, will be provided when the evaluated time exceeds forty-six (46) hours per week or as necessary nec- xxxxxx to keep the total actual work hours under 2,080 during the guarantee period. When such relief is provided, the rural carrier’s compensation compensa- tion will be on the basis of the remaining hours of required evaluated service per week. b. In offices where the Employer determines it is necessary to change the relief day of one or more regular routes, the following formula will be uti- lizedutilized. The minimum number of routes on which a Saturday relief day must be authorized will be cal- culated calculated using the total number of leave replace- ments replacements assigned and working in the office minus the number of auxiliary routes divided by the total number of regular routes authorized a relief day. Then, subtract .10 and the result is then multiplied by the total number of routes authorized a relief Article 9.2.C.5.b day and rounded down to the next whole number. This figure is the minimum number of routes on which management man- agement must authorize a Saturday relief day. Subtract this figure from the total num- ber number of regular reg- ular routes authorized a relief day. This final figure fig- ure is the maximum number of K routes that management may require a non-Saturday relief day. c. The Employer will not require a single non-Satur- day non- Saturday relief day to be assigned to more routes than a Saturday relief day. A Friday/Saturday rotating relief day or any pair of Friday/Saturday rotating relief days equates to one Friday relief day. d. The following actions will occur in the order pre- sented until the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday is reached: (1) Any regular rural carrier assigned to a K route with a Saturday relief day may elect to permanently change the relief day to another day (including Friday/Saturday rotating), pro- vided provided the new relief day will assist in reaching the required number of routes with relief days other than Saturday. Any rural carrier that selects Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as the relief day will be given the incentive of allowing the route’s evaluation to increase to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours through normal growth and maintain such evaluation for the duration the rural carrier is assigned that route and that relief day. The Employer will adjust these routes down to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours when adjust- ments are necessary. However, adjustments may be made below 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours consistent with contractual provisions and applicable regulations. Bids for posted routes with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thurs- day relief days and residual vacancies with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday relief days awarded to part-time flexible rural car- riers, substitutes, or rural carrier associates, will not result in the above incentive. (2) If the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday has not been reached, the Employer may assign a relief day other than Saturday to those K routes with a Saturday relief day, based on juniority in the office. Should the new relief day be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday the pro- visions in (1), above, are not applicable. e. The Employer may reassign the non-Saturday relief day if the office has increased the number of leave replacements. Such reassignment will be offered to rural carriers by seniority. If additional Saturday relief days are available, the Employer may then mandate the reassignment of the relief day by juniority. Any incentive provided for the relief day will cease upon such reassignment. f. Except as provided in item j. below, regular rural carriers on the relief day work list who work the relief day will select one of the following options: (1) An X day (a day for working a prior relief day) to be immediately scheduled by mutual agreement between the carrier and the Employer. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be completed for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consideration as approved annual leave.when

Relief Days. a. Assistance in the form of relief days on evaluated routes, except during the Christmas period, will be provided when the evaluated time exceeds forty-six (46) hours per week or as necessary to keep the total actual work hours under 2,080 during dur- ing the guarantee period. When such relief is providedpro- vided, the rural carrier’s compensation will be on the basis of the remaining hours of required evaluated eval- uated service per week. b. In offices where the Employer determines it is necessary to change the relief day of one or more regular routes, the following formula will be uti- lized. The minimum number of routes on which a Saturday relief day must be authorized will be cal- culated using the total number of leave replace- ments assigned and working in the office minus the number of auxiliary routes divided by the total number of regular routes authorized a relief day. Then, subtract .10 and the result is then multiplied by the total number of routes authorized a relief Article 9.2.C.5.b day and rounded down to the next whole number. This figure is the minimum number of routes on which management must authorize a Saturday relief day. Subtract this figure from the total num- ber of regular routes authorized a relief day. This final figure is the maximum number of K routes that management may require a non-Saturday relief day. c. The Employer will not require a single non-Satur- day relief day to be assigned to more routes than a Saturday relief day. A Friday/Saturday rotating relief day or any pair of Friday/Saturday rotating relief days equates to one Friday relief day. d. The following actions will occur in the order pre- sented until the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday is reached: (1) Any regular rural carrier assigned to a K route with a Saturday relief day may elect to permanently change the relief day to another day (including Friday/Saturday rotating), pro- vided the new relief day will assist in reaching reach- ing the required number of routes with relief days other than Saturday. Any rural carrier that selects Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday Thurs- day as the relief day will be given the incentive incen- tive of allowing the route’s evaluation to increase to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours through normal growth and maintain such evaluation for the duration the rural carrier is assigned that route and that relief day. The Employer will adjust these routes down to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours when adjust- ments are necessary. However, adjustments may be made below 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours consistent with contractual provisions and applicable regulations. Bids for posted routes with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thurs- day relief days and residual vacancies with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday relief days awarded to part-time flexible rural car- riers, substitutes, or rural carrier associates, will not result in the above incentive. (2) If the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday has not been reached, the Employer may assign a relief day other than Saturday to those K routes with a Saturday relief day, based on juniority in the office. Should the new relief day be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday the pro- visions in (1), above, are not applicable. e. The Employer may reassign the non-Saturday relief day if the office has increased the number of leave replacements. Such reassignment will be offered to rural carriers by seniority. If additional Saturday relief days are available, the Employer may then mandate the reassignment of the relief day by juniority. Any incentive provided for the relief day will cease upon such reassignment. f. Except as provided in item j. i. below, regular rural carriers on the relief day work list who work the relief day will select one of the following options: (1) An X day (a day for working a prior relief day) to be immediately scheduled by mutual agreement between the carrier and the Employer. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be completed for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consideration as approved annual leave. (2) Compensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay, in addition to receiving an X day within twelve (12) weeks as scheduled by the Employer. (3) Compensation at 150% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay. The carrier will not receive an X day. g. Except as provided in item i. below, regular rural carriers not on the relief day work list who are required to work the relief day will receive com- pensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay, in addition to receiving an X day within twelve (12) weeks as scheduled by the Employer. h. The Employer will not allow a regular rural carrier to work a relief day in accordance with their per- xxxxx wishes when a qualified leave replacement is available in the delivery unit. i. Without recourse to Article 8.5, the Employer may allow a regular rural carrier to work on his or her relief day in order to grant the leave replacement scheduled to serve the regular’s route, the day off, provided: (1) The leave replacement has submitted a writ- ten request to be non-scheduled or to have leave on the regular’s relief day; (2) The regular rural carrier has signed the request, thereby indicating agreement; and (3) The regular rural carrier and the Employer have agreed that compensation for working the relief day will only be an X day to be immediately scheduled by mutual agree- ment. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be com- pleted for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consider- ation as approved annual leave. A part-time flexi- ble rural carrier is not entitled to the route’s evaluated hours for any day the Employer has granted his or her request to be non-scheduled. j. During the period that starts with the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the des- ignated Christmas period, a regular rural carrier who works the relief day (R day) and is entitled to an X day, must be given the X day as scheduled by the Employer within the same pay period in which the relief day (R day) was worked. Regular rural carriers shall be prohibited from scheduling a previously earned X day from the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the desig- nated Christmas period. If the X day is not received within the same pay period, the Employer will compensate the regular rural carrier 100% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay in lieu of the X day. k. If, for any reason, an X day is not received within the twelve week period in accordance with Sub- sections f.(2) and g. above, the Employer will compensate the regular rural carrier 100% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay in lieu of an X day. The period from the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the designated Christmas period is not included when counting the twelve weeks in which an X day must be received.

Relief Days. a. Assistance in the form of relief days on evaluated routes, except during the Christmas period, will be provided when the evaluated time exceeds forty-forty- six (46) hours per week or as necessary to keep the total actual work hours under 2,080 during the guarantee period. When such relief is provided, the rural carrier’s 's compensation will be on the basis of the remaining hours of required evaluated service per week. b. In offices where the Employer determines it is necessary to change the relief day of one or more regular routes, the following formula will be uti- lizedutilized. The minimum number of routes on which a Saturday relief day must be authorized will be cal- culated calculated using the total number of leave replace- ments replacements assigned and working in the office minus the number of auxiliary routes divided by the total number of regular routes authorized a relief day. Then, subtract .10 and the result is then multiplied by the total number of routes authorized a relief Article 9.2.C.5.b day and rounded down to the next whole number. This figure is the minimum number of routes on which management must authorize a Saturday relief day. Subtract this figure from the total num- ber number of regular routes authorized a relief day. This final figure is the maximum number of K routes that management may require a non-Saturday relief day. c. The Employer will not require a single non-Satur- day Saturday relief day to be assigned to more routes than a Saturday relief day. A Friday/Saturday rotating relief day or any pair of Friday/Saturday rotating relief days equates to one Friday relief day. d. The following actions will occur in the order pre- sented presented until the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday is reached: (1) Any regular rural carrier assigned to a K route with a Saturday relief day may elect to permanently change the relief day to another day (including Friday/Saturday rotating), pro- vided provided the new relief day will assist in reaching the required number of routes with relief days other than Saturday. Any rural carrier that selects Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday as the relief day will be given the incentive of allowing the route’s evaluation to increase to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours through normal growth and maintain such evaluation for the duration the rural carrier is assigned that route and that relief day. The Employer will adjust these routes down to 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours when adjust- ments adjustments are necessary. However, adjustments may be made below 53:00 to 55:00 standard hours consistent with contractual provisions and applicable regulations. Bids for posted routes with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thurs- day Thursday relief days and residual vacancies with Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday relief days awarded to part-part- time flexible rural car- rierscarriers, substitutes, or rural carrier associates, will not result in the above incentive. (2) If the required number of K routes with relief days other than Saturday has not been reached, the Employer may assign a relief day other than Saturday to those K routes with a Saturday relief day, based on juniority in the office. Should the new relief day be Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday the pro- visions provisions in (1), above, are not applicable. e. The Employer may reassign the non-Saturday relief day if the office has increased the number of leave replacements. Such reassignment will be offered to rural carriers by seniority. If additional Saturday relief days are available, the Employer may then mandate the reassignment of the relief day by juniority. Any incentive provided for the relief day will cease upon such reassignment. f. Except as provided in item j. i. below, regular rural carriers on the relief day work list who work the relief day will select one of the following options: (1) An X day (a day for working a prior relief day) to be immediately scheduled by mutual agreement between the carrier and the Employer. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be completed for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consideration as approved annual leave. (2) Compensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay, in addition to receiving an X day within twelve (12) weeks as scheduled by the Employer. (3) Compensation at 150% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay. The carrier will not receive an X day. g. Except as provided in item i. below, regular rural carriers not on the relief day work list who are required to work the relief day will receive compensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay, in addition to receiving an X day within twelve (12) weeks as scheduled by the Employer. h. The Employer will not allow a regular rural carrier to work a relief day in accordance with their personal wishes when a qualified leave replacement is available in the delivery unit. i. Without recourse to Article 8 Section 5, the Employer may allow a regular rural carrier to work on his or her relief day in order to grant the leave replacement scheduled to serve the regular’s route, the day off, provided: (1) The leave replacement has submitted a written request to be non- scheduled or to have leave on the regular’s relief day; (2) The regular rural carrier has signed the request, thereby indicating agreement; and (3) The regular rural carrier and the Employer have agreed that compensation for working the relief day will only be an X day to be immediately scheduled by mutual agreement. The scheduled X day must be within the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be completed for the mutually agreed X day and the scheduled X day will be given the same consideration as approved annual leave. A part-time flexible rural carrier is not entitled to the route’s evaluated hours for any day the Employer has granted his or her request to be non-scheduled. j. During the period that starts with the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the designated Christmas period, a regular rural carrier who works the relief day (R day) and is entitled to an X day, must be given the X day as scheduled by the Employer within the same pay period in which the relief day (R day) was worked. Regular rural carriers shall be prohibited from scheduling a previously earned X day from the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the designated Christmas period. If the X day is not received within the same pay period, the Employer will compensate the regular rural carrier 100% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay in lieu of the X day.‌ k. If, for any reason, an X day is not received within the twelve week period in accordance with Subsections f.(2) and g. above, the Employer will compensate the regular rural carrier 100% of the carrier’s daily rate of pay in lieu of an X day. The period from the beginning of the guarantee period through the end of the designated Christmas period is not included when counting the twelve weeks in which an X day must be received.