Supplemental Work Force. 1. The supplemental work force shall be comprised of casual employees. Casual employees are those who may be utilized as a limited term supplemental work force, but may not be employed in lieu of full or part-time employees. However, in postal installations which have 200 or more man years of employment in the regular work force, clerk craft casual employees will not be considered “em- ployed in lieu of full or part-time employees.” 2. During the course of a service week, the Employer will make every effort to insure that qualified and available part-time flexible employees are utilized at the straight-time rate prior to assigning such work to casuals. 3. Casual employees are prohibited from perform- ing assignments requiring training and testing (reference Article 37.3.F.5 and Article 37.3.F.7 positions). Similar provisions also apply to the Maintenance and Motor Vehicle Craft. 4. Casual employees will not normally work between 0500 and 1200 in mail processing operations. The intent of this provision is not to be Article 7.1. B.5 circumvented locally by having casual employees scheduled immediately before (0455) or after (1205) the restricted time frames. This provision does not apply to Motor Vehicle Craft casuals. 5. The number of casuals who may be employed within a District in any accounting period, other than accounting periods 3 and 4, shall not exceed 6% of the total number of career employees within a District covered by this Agreement, and also shall not exceed on average 6% of the total number of career employees covered by this Agreement during a fiscal year, exclusive of accounting periods 3 and 4. Within the 6% District casual cap, the number of clerk craft casual employees in any postal installation which has 200 or more man years of employment in the regular work force shall not exceed 11% of the total number of career clerk craft employees in that installation, exclusive of accounting periods 3 and 4. Disputes concerning violations of the casual cap will be addressed by the parties at the national level. a. Any District exceeding the 6% casual cap or any 200 man year installation exceeding the 11% clerk craft casual cap in any accounting period, other than accounting periods 3 and 4, shall reduce their casual workforce by the total number of casuals exceeding the 6% or 11% cap within 2 accounting periods from when the violation took place, except that such reductions will not occur in accounting periods 3 and 4. The casual reduction associated with a violation occurring in accounting period 12 or 13 will occur within the next 2 accounting periods. b. Any District exceeding the 6% casual cap or any 200 man year installation exceeding the Article 7.1. C.3 6. Casual employees may be hired for a term not to exceed 360 calendar days. [See Memo, page 290]
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
