PREAMBLE
THIS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT IS MADE BY AND BETWEEN
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE
"COMPANY") AND LOCAL UNION #1900 OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE "UNION").
THE PARTIES DO HEREBY AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
MANAGEMENT
Section 1.01. By reason of the nature of the business of the
Company it is essential, and is therefore agreed, that the
management of the Company, the supervision and control of all
operations and the direction of the working forces, including,
but not limited to, the right to hire, suspend, furlough,
discipline, discharge for cause, promote, demote, or transfer
employees, and the right to operate the Company, shall be vested
in, and reserved to, the Company, except as herein limited.
ARTICLE 2
BARGAINING UNIT
Section 2.01. The Union is recognized as the sole collective
bargaining agent for the bargaining unit, which is composed of
all employees of the Company at all work locations, regardless of
the method of pay, excluding only confidential employees,
property protection employees (guards), and professional,
supervisory and management employees.
Section 2.02. Regular employees are employees whose employment
is reasonably expected to be permanent at the time they are
employed, and it is contemplated that they will work in each
calendar week a normal workweek.
Section 2.03. Temporary employees are employees whose employment
is with the definite understanding that the employment is not of
a permanent nature, but it is contemplated that they will work a
normal workweek while employed. The Company will inform the Union
of the employment and assigned Department of such employees and
the expected duration of their employment.
Section 2.04. Whenever the terms "employee" or "employees" are
used in this Agreement, they shall refer only to employees in the
bargaining unit as identified herein unless specifically stated
otherwise.
Section 2.05. Casual employees are employees who are employed to
work part-time of less than a normal workday or a normal
workweek. They may be assigned to bargaining unit work but are
not in the bargaining unit or subject to this Agreement. These
employees will not in any instance deprive qualified regular
employees of overtime work. The Company will inform the Union of
the employment and assigned Departments of such employees.
Section 2.06. Any existing bargaining unit job moved from
bargaining unit to non-bargaining unit will be negotiated with
the Union by the Company.
Section 2.07. The Union and the Company shall keep each other
informed as to the individuals authorized to act in Union-
Management relationships.
Section 2.08. It is the continuing policy of the Company and the
Union that the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied to
all employees without regard to race, color, religion, national
origin, age, sex, handicap, or status as a disabled veteran or
veteran of the Vietnam Era.
Section 2.09. The use of the masculine or feminine gender in
this Agreement shall be construed as including both genders and
not as sex limitations unless the Agreement clearly requires a
different construction.
ARTICLE 3
UNION MEMBERSHIP AND DUES DEDUCTION
Section 3.01. It is agreed that upon completion of one (1) month
of continuous service employees in bargaining unit positions
shall, as a condition of employment, arrange to either:
(a) Become a member of the Union and maintain membership in the
Union in good standing in accordance with its Constitution
and Bylaws; or
(b) In the case of an employee who is a member of and adheres to
established and traditional tenets or teachings of a bona
fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held
conscientious objections to joining or financially
supporting labor organizations, tender sums equal to the
dues and initiation fees of the Union to a non-religious
non-labor organization charitable fund exempt from taxation
under Section 5.01(c)(3) of Title 26 of the Internal Revenue
Code, chosen by such employee from the following three
funds:
Washington Hospital Center Regional Skin Bank
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(IRS-ID#00-0000000)
American Cancer Society
(IRS-ID#00-0000000)
American Heart Association
(IRS-ID#00-0000000)
If such employee who holds conscientious objections pursuant
to this provision requests the Union to use the grievance-
arbitration procedure on his or her behalf, the Union has
the right, in accordance with Section 19 of the National
Labor Relations Act, as amended, to charge the employee for
the reasonable cost, which shall be determined by the Union,
for using such procedures.
(c) No provision of subparagraph (a) shall apply in any state to
the extent that it is prohibited by state law.
Section 3.02. The Union will, on such terms and conditions as
are generally applicable to other members accept into membership
all employees in the bargaining unit.
Section 3.03. All present, new and rehired employees who are in
bargaining unit positions, upon completion of the above stated
time period shall, as a condition of employment, tender the
initiation fees and standard dues uniformly required as a
condition of acquiring and retaining membership in the Union,
except as provided for in Section 3.01(b) above. It is agreed
that the Union shall notify the Company by certified mail when
any bargaining unit employee has become delinquent in tendering
either the standard dues or initiation fees uniformly required as
provided for in Section 3.01(a) above or the equivalent sums as
provided for in Section 3.01(b) above, and the Company shall
thereupon notify the employee that, unless he/she tenders to the
Union the delinquent dues or initiation fees or their equivalent
within 30 days, his/her employment by the Company shall be
terminated. The Union agrees that it will not require the
Company to discharge any such employee for any reason other than
failure of the employee to tender such fees and/or dues uniformly
required as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in
the Union, or as required under Section 3.01(b) above.
Section 3.04. The Company agrees to deduct all such dues and
fees, or their equivalent from the pay of each employee from whom
it receives a lawful written authorization and will continue to
make such deductions while the authorization remains in effect.
Such deductions shall be made from the payroll for the month
following the month in which written authorization is received by
the Company. The sums so collected shall be paid by the Company
to the Financial Secretary of the Union. The Union shall notify
the Company in writing of any changes in said fees and/or dues,
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or their equivalent, but in no case shall the Company collect
and/or pay over to the Union any sums in excess of those
authorized.
Section 3.05. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein or in any such written authorization, the Company may, in
its discretion, cease to deduct and pay over in accordance with
any such written authorization from and after the date on which
the grantor of such authorization ceases to occupy a position
included in the bargaining unit.
Section 3.06. All such written authorizations, and all
withdrawals, cancellations and modifications thereof, shall be
valid and effective, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained therein or herein, only if transmitted to the Company
through the Financial Secretary of the Union.
Section 3.07. The Union shall indemnify and save the Company
harmless against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, or other
forms of liability that may arise out of or by reason of action
taken by the Company in making payroll deductions of Union
membership dues, and/or fees, or their equivalent, as herein
above defined or as a result of discharge of an employee for
failure to pay such dues and/or fees, or their equivalent.
Section 3.08. In order to facilitate voluntary contributions to
the IBEW Committee on Political Education (COPE), the Company
agrees to deduct a specified dollar amount from the pay of each
employee for whom it receives a lawful written authorization,
provided the salary, wages or sickness benefit payments due the
employee for a payroll period are sufficient to permit such
deduction. The Company will continue to make such deductions
while the authorization remains in effect or until the employee
ceases to occupy a position included in the bargaining unit.
(a) The sums so collected shall be paid by the Company to the
Financial Secretary of the Union. The Union shall notify
the Company in writing of any changes of the deduction
amounts authorized, but in no case shall the Company collect
and/or pay over to the Union any sums in excess of those
authorized.
(b) All written authorizations, and all withdrawals,
cancellations and modifications thereof, shall be valid and
effective, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained therein or herein, only if transmitted to the
Company through the Financial Secretary of the Union.
(c) As required by law, the Union shall reimburse the Company
for the full cost of implementation and continued
administration of the payroll deduction system for IBEW
COPE.
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(d) The Union shall indemnify and save the Company harmless
against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, or other
forms of liability that may arise out of or by reason of
action taken by the Company in making payroll deductions of
IBEW COPE contributions.
ARTICLE 0
XXXXX XXXXXXXX
Xxxxxxx 4.01. Upon proper request as hereinafter set forth,
Union Officers, Chief Stewards, and Stewards shall be excused
from duty in order to attend to Union business.
(a) Request for time off for Union business shall be made to the
Department Head or Supervisor as early as possible in
advance and permission obtained before leaving. The
Supervisor will grant permission except in cases of
emergency when any one of the above named cannot be spared.
(b) Excused persons (named above) shall report back to their
supervisors immediately upon return to duty.
(c) Time off for the purpose of attending to Union business
shall be limited to short periods of time. Protracted
absences must be taken up specially in accordance with
Article 14, Section 14.10.
(d) Any other member of the Union whose services are required in
connection with Union business shall be excused from duty
for up to one day upon request of the President of the Union
(or his/her designated representative) to the member's
Supervisor or Department Head under the same conditions as
listed above.
Section 4.02. In order to investigate alleged grievances, a
Union Officer, Chief Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx shall be permitted to
visit employees at work or observe working conditions. On such
occasions, the person shall first see the Department Head, who
will make such arrangements as may be necessary, provided there
is no undue interference with work in progress. Upon being
granted permission to enter the property, the Union Officer,
Chief Xxxxxxx or Xxxxxxx will conform to all Company regulations.
Section 4.03. Union Officers, Chief Stewards or Stewards or any
other Union representatives shall not engage in Union activities
on Company time or property except as provided in Section 4.01 of
this Article or in Articles 16, 17 or 18.
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Section 4.04. The Company's compensation procedure with respect
to time off for employees relative to Union business shall be as
follows:
(a) Under Step 1 of Article 17 of this Agreement, the Company
will compensate the grievant and the Xxxxxxx for hours spent
in discussion meetings with Company representatives. If
such meetings take place outside the grievant's regular
working hours or extend beyond the grievant's regular
working hours, then such time shall be compensated at the
straight time rate.
(b) For Step 2 meetings under Article 17, the Company agrees to
compensate the grievant, the Xxxxxxx and/or the Chief
Xxxxxxx on the same basis as Section 4.04(a) above.
(c) The Company will not compensate any Union members for time
spent in arbitration hearings or labor contract negotiating
meetings.
(d) No person who is a full-time employee of the Union shall
receive any compensation from the Company for any meetings
held in connection with this Agreement.
(e) For meetings scheduled under the terms of Article 16 of this
Agreement, the Company will compensate the Xxxxxxx for time
in such meetings within the guidelines of Section 4.04(a)
above.
(f) Union members who are requested by the Company or OSHA or
who are required under State or Federal regulations to
attend, assist or accompany OSHA tours or OSHA meetings will
be compensated for hours spent during their regularly
scheduled working hours. Time spent where Union members
have requested voluntary involvement shall not be
compensated by the Company.
(g) The Union will make a reasonable effort to minimize the need
for Stewards to handle grievances outside their Department
or regular work location.
ARTICLE 5
PAY PROGRESSION, WORK ASSIGNMENTS,
AND JOB CLASSIFICATIONS
Section 5.01. Wages and salaries shall be paid in accordance
with the Standard Wage Classification (identified as Annex A of
this Agreement).
Section 5.02. Progression periods for advancement from the
minimum rate to the maximum rate indicated for the various
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positions included in the bargaining unit shall be on a time and
merit basis. Employees receiving less than the maximum rate
shall be considered for advancement to the next step rate at the
time intervals prescribed in the Standard Wage Classification
until they reach the maximum rate of the Pay Grade to which their
classification is assigned. Dates for consideration for
advancement shall be known as consideration dates. When the
employee's ability and general performance record have been
satisfactory since his/her last consideration date, he/she shall
be advanced to the next step rate. Employees who are to be
denied advancement to the next step rate shall be notified in
writing of that fact, and the reasons therefor, at least one week
prior to their consideration dates, unless absence from work
precludes such notice. In such case, the employee shall be given
written notice upon return to work.
Section 5.03. Employees not at work for a period of time in
excess of 31 consecutive calendar days shall have their
consideration dates postponed until they have worked the full
period required by the Standard Wage Classification. This shall
not apply to employees absent due to an injury incurred in line
of duty or because of jury duty or vacation; or to employees
absent because they are reservists or National Guard called to
active duty for annual military training or temporary active duty
by the declaration of an emergency by a state governor or the
Mayor of the District of Columbia.
Section 5.04. Changes in pay rates shall become effective on the
first day of the payroll period nearest the consideration date.
(a) An employee whose classification is changed to one in a
higher Pay Grade shall receive an increase in pay that is
more than the largest increase between the step rates of
his/her former Pay Grade.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (c) below, an employee
whose classification is changed to one in a lower Pay Grade
shall enter the new Pay Grade at the first step; if, during
the first consideration period, the employee demonstrates
that he/she is qualified to be in a higher step in the Pay
Grade than the step for which he/she is being considered at
his/her consideration date, he/she shall be moved to the
highest step for which he/she is deemed qualified.
(c) An employee whose classification is changed to one in a
lower Pay Grade within the same Occupational Group or
another Occupational Group whose work is like or similar to
the work of the Occupational Group from which the employee
came shall enter the new Pay Grade at the highest step which
is not greater than his/her former rate of pay. During
his/her first consideration period (or within six (6)
months, if at the top step), the employee must demonstrate
satisfactorily through his/her general work performance that
he/she is qualified for that rate. If the employee's
performance does not demonstrate such qualification, he/she
shall be notified, in writing, of the fact, the reasons
therefor, and the step rate in which he/she is to be placed,
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at least one (1) week before the consideration date unless
absence from work precludes such notice, in which case the
employee shall be given written notice upon return to work.
(d) In order to determine which is the higher Pay Grade in the
case of a change between weekly and hourly Pay Grades, the
weekly equivalent of the top step of the hourly rate shall
be compared to the top step of the weekly rate.
(e) An employee whose classification is changed to a
classification which is 2 or more Pay Grades below his/her
present Pay Grade, the provisions of Section (c) above shall
apply.
Section 5.05. The Company agrees that all regular employees will
receive a full day's employment each basic scheduled workday of
their basic scheduled workweek provided they report for work in
accordance with their assigned basic work schedules and the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and are in condition to perform
their work.
Section 5.06. It is understood and agreed that a full day's
employment is defined as the basic schedule only and includes no
hours of overtime. It is further agreed that this basic schedule
will not be considered as changed by the addition of overtime
hours immediately preceding and/or immediately following the
basic schedule.
Section 5.07. This is not to preclude furloughs with proper
notice as provided in Article 9. This is not to affect the
Company's right to suspend employees from duty for disciplinary
reasons.
Section 5.08. It is agreed that in the day-by-day assignment of
duties in the normal work of any particular Occupational Group,
the Company may assign to employees in the Occupational Group any
duties required for the execution of that work.
Section 5.09. It is further agreed that the Company may, when
necessary, assign employees to duties outside of the normal work
of their Occupational Group under the following conditions:
(a) To keep employees productively and usefully engaged in
filling in the guaranteed full employment workweek, or
(b) When normal work (of an employee) is slack, or
(c) To avoid furloughs, or
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(d) Where there is insufficient work to provide full-time work
for any employee of a particular classification, or
(e) While training employees for advancement to higher rated
jobs.
Section 5.10. It is further agreed that the Company may, when
necessary, in order to meet service requirements, or fulfill the
Company's overall work requirements, or substitute for sickness,
vacation or other absence, temporarily assign employees to duties
outside the normal work of their Occupational Group, provided
that, prior to any such assignment, the Company shall first fully
utilize the employees in the other Occupational Group to execute
the work.
Section 5.11. Any such assignment under Sections 5.09 and 5.10
shall be (1) a temporary assignment; (2) made only for the above
enumerated purposes; (3) terminated as soon as possible
consistent with the above purposes; (4) made by the Company
without discrimination for Union or personal reasons; and (5) the
employee so assigned shall be paid in accordance with Section
5.12 while temporarily assigned.
Section 5.12.
(a) When an employee is temporarily assigned to a job in a
higher classification and performs the normal duties and
responsibilities of the job, such employee shall be paid the
rate of the job for which the employee has previously
qualified, or a rate shown in the Annex A Schedules for that
job which is at least thirty-five (35) cents an hour ($14.00
a week in weekly rated jobs) over his/her basic regular
rate, whichever is higher. The rate of pay is applicable
only to time worked and is not to be considered as the
employee's regular rate.
(b) While upgraded to Supervisor, an employee shall not be
assigned to perform bargaining unit work on an overtime
basis within 24 hours after starting the upgrade except (1)
in emergencies or (2) when no other employee eligible to
work such overtime is available to work the overtime on a
voluntary basis.
Section 5.13. It is agreed that to be entitled to the higher
rate of pay, the employee must be capable of performing the
normal duties and responsibilities of the higher classification
as needed that day; however, such capability is not to be
considered as a determination as to qualification for permanent
promotion to the higher rated classification.
Section 5.14. When an employee is promoted or temporarily
upgraded to a job classification in a higher Pay Grade, credit
shall be given in establishing the applicable rate of pay and
next consideration date for all periods of prior temporary
upgrading for which payment was made in that higher Pay Grade.
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Section 5.15. When an employee is assigned to fill a permanent
job vacancy in a higher Pay Grade and is deemed qualified to
perform the duties of the job, he/she shall be promoted at the
time of assignment. If the employee assigned must be given
training in order to be able to assume the duties of the job, a
training period of 3 months shall be allowed for him/her to
establish his/her fitness. During this training period he/she
shall receive his/her old rate of pay.
Section 5.16. It is agreed that in the interest of obtaining
improved service, better operations or lower costs, the Company
has the right to make changes in equipment, operations, and the
organization of work, including the determination of job content,
requirements and qualifications; and combine jobs, eliminate
jobs, and create new jobs, and it is understood that this is a
proper function of management.
Section 5.17.
(a) Employees in classifications which are affected by
technological change will be given assistance, training and
appropriate opportunity to qualify to perform duties arising
as a result of such change. If, after being given such
assistance, training and opportunity, an employee is deemed
not to be qualified to perform the duties of his/her
classification, the Company may invoke the provisions of
this Section by giving written notice to the employee, copy
to the Union. Such notice shall include the following
information:
(1) The employee's name, social security number, job title
and number, and classified and continuous service
seniority dates.
(2) A description of the new or changed duties resulting
from technological change that the employee has been
unable to perform.
(3) A description of the Company's efforts to provide the
employee with assistance, training and appropriate
opportunity to qualify to perform the new or changed
duties.
(4) A statement that the employee may bid out on any
available bargaining unit job he/she is qualified to
perform.
(5) A statement that after six (6) months if the employee
has failed to make a reasonable attempt to bid into
another bargaining unit job which he/she is qualified
to perform, the Company will endeavor to place him/her
in any available bargaining unit work that he/she is
qualified to perform.
(6) A statement that if the employee makes a reasonable
attempt to bid into another bargaining unit job but
after twelve (12) months has been unsuccessful, the
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Company shall prepare a list of all bargaining unit
jobs within the employee's Organizational Group for
which the employee is deemed qualified that are
available at that time or that are anticipated will be
available within six (6) months. (Determination as to
qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth
in Article 8, Section 8.09). Within fourteen (14)
calendar days, the employee must irrevocably choose, in
writing, a job from the list or must irrevocably elect
to choose a job from a Company-wide list as explained
below. If there are no available jobs within the
Organizational Group for which the employee is deemed
qualified or if the employee elected to choose from the
Company-wide list, the Company shall prepare a list of
all jobs that are available at that time within the
bargaining unit for which the employee is deemed
qualified. Within fourteen (14) calendar days, the
employee must irrevocably choose, in writing, a job
from the list.
(7) An appropriate statement explaining how the employee's
pay shall be protected. Protection shall apply as
follows:
a) If the employee has twelve and one-half (12-1/2)
years of continuous service at the time he/she is
sent such notice, he/she will not be reduced in
pay.
b) If the employee does not have twelve and one-half
(12-1/2) years of continuous service at the time
he/she is sent the notice, the employee shall not
be reduced in pay for a period of one (1) full
year from the date the notice was sent plus three
(3) weeks for every full year of continuous
service the employee had at the time the notice
was sent. After expiration of this period of pay
rate protection, the employee shall be paid the
rate of the job into which he/she has bid or been
assigned.
(b) The Company will meet with the Union and discuss the
seniority placement of such employee; however, in fulfilling
its obligation under this Section, the Company may place the
employee, either as a result of a bid under Subsection
(a)(4) above or through placement under Subsection (a)(5) or
(6) above, without regard to the requirements of Article 8
of this Agreement.
(c) In the event a reduction in force is required due in full or
in part to technological change, the procedures contained in
Article 9 shall apply as they would in any other reduction
in force; nothing in Section 5.17 requires otherwise.
Section 5.18. The Standard Wage Classification Schedule
(identified and attached hereto as Annex A) will be implemented
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and will remain in
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effect throughout the term of this Agreement. Should any dispute
related to Annex A arise during the term of this Agreement, it
shall not be subject to the grievance procedure outlined in
Article 17 or to the arbitration procedure outlined in Article 18
of this Agreement. The rate of pay for any "new job" or
"combined job" will be established by the Company subject to
negotiation with the Union. For the purpose of this Section a
"new job" will be defined as one in which substantially all of
the assigned tasks in the job classification have not previously
been performed by employees within that classification. For the
purpose of this Section a "combined job" will be defined as a job
classification created by the combining of two or more existing
jobs (jobs currently listed in Annex A) which results in the
abolition of either of the existing jobs. The terms "new job"
and "combined job" do not apply to the mere addition of duties
to, or removal of duties from, a job. If the parties are not
able to agree on the proper rate of pay for a new job or combined
job, the matter shall be presented to an arbitrator for
resolution. The decision of the arbitrator shall be binding on
all parties to this Agreement but in no event will affect the
classification or rate of pay of any other jobs in Annex A.
Section 5.19.
(a) The Company and the Union agree that either party may
prepare a "Change of Duty" form for the purpose of compiling
and documenting what it believes to be changes in the duties
and/or responsibilities of the job classifications set forth
in Annex A. These Change of Duty forms shall be available
from the Company or the Union. When the Union or any
employee feels that duties and/or responsibilities of a job
have been changed, a Change of Duty form may be filed at any
time during the term of this Agreement. The Change of Duty
form shall list the changed duties and/or responsibilities,
the approximate date(s) of implementation or performance and
information necessary to the identification of the job
classification in question and the person(s) completing the
form. Upon receipt of a Change of Duty form, the appropri-
ate Department Head shall sign and date the form. Copies of
the form will be distributed as follows: one copy to the
Union President, one copy to Industrial Relations, and one
copy to the employee. The Department Head's signature shall
only acknowledge receipt of the form and shall not represent
agreement with its contents.
(b) The Company and the Union shall include any jobs which
either party believes has undergone a substantial change in
duties and/or responsibilities since June 1, 1982, or the
last date on which the Pay Grade for the job was adjusted,
in the negotiations referred to in Section 24.02 of this
Agreement. Any settlement reached to change the wage rate
of a classification shall be retroactive to the date on
which added duties and/or responsibilities of the job
warranted an increase or June 1, 1994 whichever is later,
except that if a Change of Duty form regarding such change
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was not filed within thirty (30) days after the date of the
change, the retroactive period shall terminate with the
filing date of the Change of Duty form. Disputes over the
period for which retroactive pay under this Subsection is to
apply shall be resolved only through negotiation and shall
not be subject to the grievance or arbitration procedures
outlined in Article 17 or 18 of this Agreement or the
successor agreement.
ARTICLE 6
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
Section 6.01.
(a) Standard A&C Shifts
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Employees whose regular schedule requires them to work a
shift where half or more hours are within 4 p.m. to 8 a.m.
shall be paid a premium equal to $1.40 multiplied by the
number of hours in the employee's regular schedule for that
day.
(b) Non-Standard Shifts
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Employees whose regular schedule requires them to work a
shift that begins more than two (2) hours before or after 12
midnight ("A" shift), 8 a.m. ("B" shift) or 4 p.m. ("C"
shift) shall be paid a premium equal to $1.65 as follows,
multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's regular
schedule for that day.
(c) Premiums paid for non-standard shifts are in lieu of, not in
addition to, premiums for standard shifts.
(d) The payments under this Section are not to be paid to
employees working shifts as overtime or receiving premium
payments because of change of schedule, but are applicable
only to those hours worked on the shift when worked as a
regular schedule.
Section 6.02. Employees whose regular schedule requires them to
work a shift where half or more hours occur on Sunday, shall be
paid a premium of 25% of the employee's basic rate per hour
multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's regular
schedule for that shift. The payments are not to be paid to
employees working shifts as overtime or receiving premium
payments because of change of schedule, but are applicable only
to those hours worked on the shift when worked as a regular
schedule.
Section 6.03. Whenever the basic working schedule of an employee
is changed by the Company and he/she does not receive 96 hours'
notice before the change takes place, he/she shall be paid at the
rate of double time for the first day worked on the new schedule.
When notice of 96 hours is given before the change takes place,
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no premium rate will be paid. If an employee is given a change
of schedule without 96 hours' notice but on the day the employee
receives the change of schedule, he/she receives notice of its
cancellation before being released from work--the employee will
receive no change of schedule premium.
Section 6.04. Any change in schedule, whether the 96 hours'
notice is given or not, will be given to the employee in writing.
If the employee is not at work, such change will be given to the
employee in writing immediately upon his/her return to work.
Section 6.05. Where a change in working schedule without the
required notice causes an employee to be off duty instead of
working, he/she shall be paid double time for his/her next
straight time working day.
Section 6.06. Changes in working hours whereby schedules are
shifted by one (1) hour or less will not be considered a change
of schedule within the meaning of Sections 6.03-6.10 inclusive
providing notice is given to the employee during his/her last
preceding work shift or at least 12 hours prior to the change.
Section 6.07. A shift or off-day exchange within the same
workweek by mutual agreement between employees in the same job
classification will be permitted if approved by the Supervisor,
when it does not require the payment of overtime or change in
rate of pay and in the opinion of the Supervisor will not hinder
the work or unduly inconvenience fellow employees.
Section 6.08. When an employee has been given notice to change
his/her schedule in accordance with Sections 6.03-6.10 inclusive,
the changed schedule shall be considered his/her regular schedule
for that period. A period shall consist of the regularly
scheduled workweek, including off days, or any remaining part
thereof. Any further change from this schedule shall be
considered another change of schedule and the pertinent Sections
of this Article shall apply.
By way of elaboration, the following shall apply:
(a) When an employee is given a change of schedule without 96
hours' notice which identifies that the employee will be
changed from one shift to another for one (1) day and will
revert to his/her regular schedule the following day, the
employee will be paid at the rate of double time for the one
(1) day only and shall not be paid double time when he/she
reverts to his/her regular shift for that period;
(b) When an employee is given a change of schedule without 96
hours' notice which identifies that the employee will be
changed to another shift for an indefinite or unspecified
period of time and where the employee actually works on the
new shift for more than one (1) day before reverting to
his/her regular schedule, the employee shall be paid at the
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rate of double time on the first day worked on the new shift
and on the first day he/she reverts to his/her regular
schedule;
(c) When an employee is given a change of schedule without 96
hours' notice which identifies that the shift is changed for
more than one (1) day but the employee has an off day before
reverting to his/her regular schedule, the employee shall
not be paid double time when reverting to his/her regular
schedule. If, however, the employee's off day is changed
without the required notice, he/she shall be paid double
time on his/her next straight time day as described in
Section 6.05;
(d) When an employee's off day and his/her schedule are both
changed without the required notice, the employee shall be
paid at the rate of double time on the first day and second
day worked on the new schedule;
(e) When an employee is given a change of schedule, regardless
of notice, which identifies that he/she will be changed from
his/her original shift to another shift and then to another
(third) shift within the same period, the employee will be
paid at the rate of double time for the original change and
at double time for the change to the third shift within that
period.
Section 6.09. The requirements of Sections 6.03-6.10 inclusive
shall not apply to employees who are permitted to return to work
on a limited or light duty basis as the result of agreement
between the Medical Department and the management of their
Departments. This exclusion shall apply also at the time such
employees are returned to a regular schedule after release for
regular duty. When the return to regular duty and regular
schedule is to take place, the Company will, whenever possible,
schedule an off day for the employee between the days of change
when such return would allow only one shift of rest.
Section 6.10. Changes in working hours whereby schedules are
extended by the addition of overtime hours immediately preceding
and/or immediately following the basic schedule will not be
considered change of schedule within the meaning of Sections
6.03-6.09 inclusive when all of the hours of the normal schedule
are included in the extended workday.
Section 6.11. Meal allowances of $8.75 per meal shall be paid to
employees under the following conditions (except when the Company
furnishes an adequate meal):
(a) An employee whose hours of work are ten consecutive hours
(exclusive of meal times) or more shall be entitled to the
following number of meal allowances:
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Hours of Work Allowances
10 hours, but less than 15 1
15 hours, but less than 20 2
20 hours, but less than 25 3
(b) An employee reporting to work with less than two hours'
notice will be entitled to a meal allowance for each full 5-
hour period of work without limitation.
(c) When it is apparent that meal allowances will be due under
this Section, supervisors may release employees for meals at
any convenient period around normal meal times.
(d) If an employee is allowed time off for a meal, no deduction
from his/her time will be made if it does not exceed one-
half hour. Time taken in excess of one-half hour will be
deducted from his/her time.
Section 6.12. Employees shall report for work at their regular
reporting location or any other location when so instructed. An
employee's workday will start when he/she reports for work at the
assigned location and will end at the close of his/her scheduled
working time or when he/she is released, whichever is later.
Travel to any reporting location at the beginning of the workday
or from a work location at the end of a workday will be personal
time and mileage.
Section 6.13. Employees who report at the beginning of their
workday to, or who leave at the end of their workday from, a
location other than their regular reporting location, shall be
paid a travel allowance computed as follows:
(a) The Company shall establish reporting locations consistent
with regular, established business requirements and will
notify the Union of such locations.
(b) Using the reporting location as a center point, circles will
be drawn with radii of 7, 13, 19 and 25 miles (and
additional increments of 6 miles as needed) to establish
zones.
(c) The zone within 7 miles of the employee's regular reporting
location shall be considered as his/her base zone.
(d) Employees who, as instructed, report at the beginning of the
workday to a location other than one in their base zone
shall be paid an allowance based upon the zone in which the
location is set.
(e) Employees who, as instructed, leave a location at the end of
the workday from a location other than one in their base
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zone shall be paid an allowance based upon the zone in which
the location is set.
(f) A $1.70 allowance shall be paid for reporting to or leaving
from the first zone outside the base zone.
A $1.60 additional allowance will be paid for each
additional zone that the employee reports to or leaves from
at the beginning or end of his/her workday.
(g) No allowances will be paid when transportation is supplied
or made available by the Company.
Section 6.14. Employees who may be required to move from one
location to another, after reporting to work at the beginning of
the workday, shall do so on Company time and expense. When an
employee uses his/her own vehicle in such moves, a rate of 31
cents per mile shall be paid to the employee as full xxxx-
bursement. In the event the Internal Revenue Service changes its
prevailing mileage rate during the term of this Agreement, an
adjustment to that rate shall be made within two (2) payroll
periods from the publication of the announcement and applied
prospectively. Travel mileage shall be limited to reasonably
direct routes and time expended should relate to normal
expectations.
Section 6.15. The allowances provided for in Sections 6.12-6.14
inclusive shall be paid to employees called out for overtime in
addition to travel time provided for in Article 7, Sections 7.09-
7.15 inclusive.
Section 6.16. Nothing contained in Sections 6.12-6.16 inclusive
shall be construed as to prevent the Company from changing an
employee's location either on a regular or temporary basis.
Travel allowances under Section 6.13 above will not be
applicable, however, under any of the following conditions:
(a) A permanent change in reporting location where the new
location is within the employee's base zone. Permanent
reassignment is to denote an expectation of continuing
without change in the foreseeable future.
(b) In lieu of any travel allowance, a single relocation
allowance shall be paid to an employee permanently
reassigned to a location outside his/her base zone. Such
relocation allowance shall be equal to the straight-line
distance, in whole miles, between the new and old locations
multiplied by $8.50. The relocation allowance shall not be
payable where the reassignment was at the request of the
employee or if the distance between the employee's home and
new location is less than the distance between his/her home
and the old location.
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(c) A temporary change in reporting location where such
assignments result from the Department Head and the Chief
Xxxxxxx concluding an arrangement satisfactory to them is
stated in writing, with a copy to the Union.
ARTICLE 7
OVERTIME
Section 7.01. Except for weekly rated employees, the normal
workday shall consist of 8 consecutive hours of work, exclusive
of meal times, and the normal workweek shall consist of 5 normal
workdays. Hours scheduled in excess of 8 hours are not
considered as part of the normal day.
Section 7.02. For payroll purposes the workday begins at 12:01
a.m. in the morning and ends at 12 midnight that night, and the
workweek begins at 12:01 Sunday morning and ends at 12 midnight
the following Saturday night.
Section 7.03. When a normal workday begins before 12:01 a.m. and
continues past 12:01 a.m., time shall be charged on the day in
which the majority of the hours is worked. When the normal
workday is divided evenly before and after midnight, time shall
be charged on the days on which work was started.
Section 7.04. Overtime is defined as time worked in excess of 8
hours of work in a normal workday or 40 hours of work in a normal
workweek. All overtime shall be paid for at the rate of one and
one-half times basic rates except where higher rates are provided
for elsewhere in this Agreement.
Section 7.05. When an employee worked a full workweek of 5
normal workdays and also worked a minimum of 4 consecutive hours
on his/her first scheduled off day in the same workweek, any work
on the second scheduled off day in the same workweek shall be
paid at twice his/her basic rate of pay. Compensation paid to an
employee for hours not worked on regularly-scheduled workdays
shall not be considered as time worked unless specifically
provided for in this Agreement.
Section 7.06.
(a) After 16 consecutive hours of work, employees shall be paid
double time for all consecutive hours worked thereafter.
(b) An employee who has worked 13 or more consecutive hours
shall, upon his/her release, be entitled to an 8-hour rest
period before he/she returns to work. If, however, the
employee is required by the Company to return to work after
the rest period and before a 10-hour period has elapsed, the
employee shall be entitled to a payment equal to two (2)
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hours of straight time base pay in addition to any hours
worked.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.43, an employee
will only be entitled to a rest period based on consecutive
hours on the job; no unproductive hours, paid or unpaid
(except for Union business), will count towards determining
whether an employee is entitled to a rest period or
application of Section 7.08.
(d) If this rest period extends into his/her regularly-
scheduled working hours for four (4) hours or more, he/she
shall be excused from his/her regular tour of duty and paid
his/her straight time base rate for those hours. If the
rest period extends into his/her regularly-scheduled hours
for less than four (4) hours, he/she shall be excused from
that portion of his/her regular tour of duty and be paid for
the excused hours at his/her straight time base rate.
Section 7.07. If an employee whose rest period extends into
his/her regularly scheduled working hours for four (4) hours or
more is instructed to report back to work at the end of his/her
8-hour rest period, his/her rate of compensation for these
regularly scheduled working hours shall be time and one-half.
Section 7.08. An employee who has been released after 13
consecutive hours of work may be recalled or instructed to report
back to work before the end of his/her 8-hour rest period if
needed. If the elapsed time between time of release and time of
reporting back to duty is less than 8 hours, his/her rate of
compensation for consecutive hours of work after his/her return
shall be at double time.
Section 7.09. An employee is considered to be "called out" for
overtime work when he/she is given notice while off duty to
report for work within 7 hours, and the hours worked are not
continuous with other hours worked.
Section 7.10. When an employee is "called out" for overtime
work, or is instructed to report for overtime work and the hours
worked are not continuous with other hours worked, he/she shall
receive a minimum of 4 hours pay exclusive of travel time.
Section 7.11. Except as prohibited in Section 7.15 below, when
an employee is "called out" for overtime work, he/she shall be
paid travel time of one hour at time and one-half rate in
addition to time worked, regardless of whether the work continues
on to be continuous with other hours worked.
Section 7.12. When an employee is "called out" for overtime work
and reports for work within 6 hours of the beginning of his/her
upcoming regular shift and works at least 4 hours, he/she shall
be retained on duty and paid on overtime until the beginning of
his/her upcoming regular shift.
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Section 7.13. If an employee is "called out" for overtime work
within 14 hours of the beginning of his/her upcoming regular
shift and works to within 4 hours of his/her upcoming regular
shift, he/she may remain on duty and be paid at the straight time
rate ONLY, until the beginning of his/her upcoming regular shift.
The time paid at the straight time rate SHALL break the
employee's consecutive hours of work, but such employee after 16
consecutive hours of work shall be paid at twice his/her regular
rate for any hours worked thereafter.
Section 7.14. Employees shall have the option to remain on duty
as described in Section 7.13 above or be released from duty when
their work is completed prior to their upcoming regular shift. If
during that rest period the employee is required to return to
work, his/her time shall be considered as unbroken but the rest
period shall be paid at the straight time rate as described in
Section 7.13.
Section 7.15. When an employee is "called out" for overtime work
and reports for work within 2 hours of his/her previous release
from duty, he/she shall be paid as if he/she worked continuously.
In these cases travel time will not be allowed.
Section 7.16. When the Company determines that overtime work is
required, such work shall be distributed as equitably as possible
among employees in the job classification in the Occupational
Group in which such overtime work is to be performed.
Section 7.17.
(a) The employee in the appropriate job classification with the
lowest amount of charged overtime hours shall normally be
first considered for overtime work to be done taking into
account the nature of the work, ability to perform such work
within reasonable time limits and availability of the
employee. If such employee refuses the assignment, then the
employee with the next lowest amount of charged overtime
hours will be considered and so forth through the overtime
list. If no employee on the overtime list agrees to accept
the overtime work, then the Company may assign the overtime
work to the available qualified employee with the lowest
amount of overtime hours worked. No more than one (1)
reasonable attempt to reach an employee will be required.
In emergency situations the Company may call any employee it
deems necessary under the circumstances.
(b) In cases when overtime is planned or foreseen, Management
shall make a reasonable effort to inform the potentially
affected employees as early as reasonably possible.
Section 7.18. In Departments that have rotating 3-shift
operations, after the Company has called all employees on the
overtime list once per shift, it may request the employee with
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the lowest amount of overtime hours worked in each job
classification to remain on duty for overtime work.
Section 7.19. If through the fault of the Company the
appropriate employee on the overtime list is not assigned to a
particular case of overtime work, he/she will be compensated at
the appropriate overtime rate for the number of hours he/she
would have worked unless the Company gives him/her an opportunity
to make up such hours within 30 days after the mistake occurred.
Any such overtime hours shall not be charged to the employee on
the overtime list in the hours charged column.
Section 7.20. No grievance may be filed on the distribution of
overtime work in any particular case unless the difference in
charged overtime hours between the employee assigned to the work
and the complaining employee exceeds 20% of the charged overtime
of the assigned employee. Any absence of the employee due to
vacation or sickness will be added to the 30-day period.
Section 7.21. An employee will be charged as being unavailable
for overtime work for the number of hours he/she could have
worked without need for any attempt to contact him/her in the
following situations:
(a) When he/she does not have a telephone or a current telephone
number listed with the Company.
(b) When he/she is restricted to limited duty or light duty, or
absent other than for vacation on his/her last previous
regularly scheduled shift, or, since his/her last previous
regularly scheduled shift, has reported to the effect that
he/she is not able to work.
Section 7.22. Overtime work offered to an employee but waived
with the consent of the Company and overtime work which would be
offered to an employee if he/she were available shall be charged
to him/her as overtime hours.
Section 7.23. Overtime work offered to an employee but declined
and overtime work which would be offered to an employee if he/she
were available, shall be charged to him/her as overtime hours at
a rate of 1-1/2 times the number of hours the employee would have
worked had he/she not declined or been unavailable.
Section 7.24. For every 60 hours of overtime an employee works,
he/she will receive 2 hours time off with pay at straight time
not to exceed 24 hours of time off within any calendar year.
Such time off shall be scheduled by the employee and his/her
Supervisor based on operating conditions.
Section 7.25. When a job started on straight time cannot be
completed without overtime work, the Company shall have the
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option of continuing on overtime work the employees who started
the job or replacing them with other employees who have a lower
number of charged overtime hours. This Section may be modified
in any Department to meet local conditions if the Union and
Company desire to do so and conclude an arrangement satisfactory
to them which is stated in writing with copies to the Union and
Industrial Relations.
Section 7.26. Temporary employees may be called for overtime in
emergencies but shall not be scheduled for prearranged overtime
work until they have completed 2 months continuous service.
Section 7.27. The Company will post lists of employees for
overtime assignment consideration on appropriate departmental
bulletin boards by job classification and Occupational Group.
Further subdivisions according to geographical assignment areas
may be agreed to by the Chief Xxxxxxx and Departmental Management
and copies of such agreements are to be sent to the Union and
Manager-Industrial Relations.
Section 7.28. At the beginning of the appropriate pay period in
each calendar year the lists of employees for overtime selection
consideration shall be prepared with the employee having the
lowest number of charged overtime hours in the preceding year
listed with zero hours and the remaining employees listed with a
corresponding reduction in the previous year's charged overtime
hours.
Section 7.29. Thereafter, postings shall be made within 4
working days after the close of every other payroll period
listing overtime hours worked, hours unavailable, and hours
declined with the consent of the Company, for the period since
the last posting and cumulative for the calendar year.
Section 7.30. A copy of each posting shall be sent to each
appropriate Xxxxxxx and to each employee working out of a
headquarters where lists are not posted who is being charged with
being unavailable for overtime during the period covered by the
posting.
Section 7.31. The dates of posting of the lists for each
prescribed period in the areas specified and dispatching to the
Xxxxxxx and reasonable delivery dates to individual employees
affected shall be the dates for cause for the grievance under
Article 17 regulating the time periods for filing grievances.
Section 7.32. An employee who wishes to be excused from overtime
work whenever possible may submit a written request to his/her
Department Head. An employee shall not submit this written
request for a waiver from overtime work and a Department Head
shall not approve such a request unless both the employee and
Department Head intend a bona fide waiver of consideration for
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overtime work. Such waivers are not intended to be a vehicle for
avoiding the intent and purpose of Article 7, Sections 7.16-7.38
inclusive.
Section 7.33. After approval, if any, such employee will be
excluded from consideration for the equitable distribution of
overtime but will not be excused from the requirement to work
overtime as may be determined to be needed by the Company. Such
employee will be listed on the overtime record with a "W"
identification to indicate "Waiver." All overtime hours actually
worked by such employee will be shown for him/her on the overtime
lists.
Section 7.34. The Company or the employee may revoke the waiver
referred to above by notice in writing to be effective at the
beginning of the first pay period in the following calendar
month. When restored to regular overtime status such employee
shall be listed at one (1) hour above the highest number of hours
listed for any employee in his/her job classification or one (1)
hour above his/her previously charged overtime hours, whichever
is higher.
Section 7.35. Waivers and revocations of waivers shall be valid
only when prepared on the standard forms agreed upon by the Union
and the Company with copies to the Union and the Industrial
Relations Department.
Section 7.36. Overtime worked by an employee while in a
temporary upgraded status will be charged to the employee in
his/her regular job classification.
Section 7.37. Employees changed from one overtime record list to
another or added to an existing list in any of the following
situations shall be charged with the highest number of overtime
hours charged to any employee on the list to which they are to be
placed plus one (1) hour:
(a) New employees, and temporary employees after 2 months'
service.
(b) Return from an approved Leave of Absence.
(c) Returning to the bargaining unit within 2 years of promotion
to exempt status.
(d) Transfer from non-bargaining unit to bargaining unit.
Section 7.38. Employees changed from one overtime record list to
another or added to an existing list in the following situations
shall be given an average (mean) of the overtime of all employees
on that list:
(a) Promotions and demotions
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(b) Transfers from one seniority roster to another, or from one
geographical location to another
(c) Returning from an extended illness or injury (an illness or
injury of which all compensatory time was exhausted).
Section 7.39. When an employee has been previously instructed to
work overtime on his/her off day and the work is canceled by the
Company, it will give notice of cancellation to the employee
affected 8 hours before reporting time. If 8 hours' notice is
not given, the employee may report to the work location as
planned and be paid an allowance of 4 hours at the applicable
overtime rate.
Section 7.40. If the job is canceled within 8 hours of reporting
time and the employee requests permission not to report, he/she
may be excused by his/her supervisor, and in such case shall not
be entitled to any pay allowance.
Section 7.41. An employee shall not be required to take time off
on his/her regular basic work schedule in lieu of overtime worked
or to be worked. This shall not affect the Company's right to
change the schedule of basic work and off days or hours of duty
of employees as set forth in Article 6, Sections 6.03-6.10
inclusive.
Section 7.42. When an employee is temporarily transferred to
perform work normally performed by employees in a different
Occupational Group under Section 5.09 or 5.10 of this Agreement,
the following rules shall apply:
(a) All overtime hours charged and worked in the temporary
assignment shall be accrued on the employee's normal
overtime roster.
(b) Employees on temporary assignment shall not be considered
for overtime work until all available qualified employees
within that Occupational Group have been polled except in
situations covered by Section 7.25 of this Agreement.
(c) Employees on temporary assignment shall not be assigned
overtime work unless there are no other qualified employees
available in the Occupational Group except in situations
covered by Section 7.25 of this Agreement.
(d) Employees on temporary assignment may be considered for
overtime work in their normal Occupational Group. However,
such employees shall not be charged unavailable for overtime
work in their normal Occupational Group while on temporary
assignment.
Section 7.43. For purposes of this Agreement, all hours of paid
compensation such as holidays, vacation, jury duty, funeral
leave, sickness disability, etc., will be considered as hours
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worked for purposes of Article 7. Also to be included for such
purposes would be excused unpaid hours such as union leave,
excused without pay and sickness disability.
ARTICLE 8
SENIORITY
Section 8.01. The Company and the Union accept the principles of
seniority and agree that the seniority rosters established
hereunder shall be the basis of the application of seniority
rights as set forth herein.
Section 8.02. For seniority roster purposes Occupational Groups
shall be established within each Department and reflected in
Annex A (a space between groupings of jobs indicates separate
Occupational Groups). An Occupational Group shall be composed of
employees of the bargaining unit engaged in substantially the
same type of work where normal lines of progression from job to
job exist. Specific Occupational Groups shall be established by
agreement between the Company and the Union.
Section 8.03. A seniority roster shall be prepared for each Pay
Grade within each Occupational Group listing the employees
"Classified Seniority" and "Continuous Service Seniority" with
the Company.
(a) "Classified Seniority" shall be the date on which the
employee was placed into the classification, and shall be
the date used as the seniority date for promotions within
that Occupational Group.
(b) "Continuous Service Seniority" shall be the employee's most
recent date of hire and shall be used to fill jobs when
there is no qualified employee within the Occupational
Group.
Section 8.04. Employees employed as temporary employees shall
not have seniority position or seniority rights while in such
employment status. If changed to regular employment status they
shall have seniority position and seniority rights as of the date
of change. The seniority rights in this section refer to an
employee's competitive standing against other employees for such
things as promotions, holiday and vacation choice, application of
Article 9 (Reduction in Force) and so forth.
Section 8.05. Employees who move from one roster to another,
within the same Occupational Group or to a different Occupational
Group, regardless of reason, shall have their Classified
Seniority date adjusted accordingly.
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Section 8.06. Employees shall be considered as terminated from
the service of the Company and shall be removed from the
seniority roster, with no provision for reinstatement of past
continuous service under the following conditions:
(a) Resignation or discharge from the service of the Company.
(b) Expiration of two years after date of furlough and employee
has not been recalled to duty.
(c) Reclassification and transfer to a nonunion position with no
termination of service; however, if any such employee
returns to the bargaining unit within two years, there shall
be no loss of continuous service credit.
(d) Expiration of two years after commencement of absence due to
a nonoccupational illness or injury; however, where an
employee has received Long Term Disability benefits during
such an absence, removal shall occur two years from the date
the employee is no longer determined eligible for such
benefits.
Section 8.07. Promotion within an Occupational Group shall be
based upon the concepts of seniority, ability and performance.
The Company shall select the most senior (as noted on the
classified seniority rosters) qualified employee. Qualifications
will be based upon general job knowledge, previous job perfor-
xxxxx, and mental as well as physical ability to perform the job
duties. If senior employees are determined not to be qualified
and a junior employee is selected for promotion, a written notice
of such action, and the reason therefore, will be given to the
senior employees two weeks prior to the anticipated effective
date of promotion, with a copy to the Union. Such occurrence
will not affect future considerations. An employee may decline
consideration for promotion by submitting a written waiver of
consideration, with a copy to the Union. If there are no
employees within the entire Occupational Group who are qualified
for promotion, a general notice of that determination shall be
posted in the work areas two weeks prior to the anticipated
effective date, with a copy to the Union, in lieu of individual
notices.
Section 8.08. When vacancies above Pay Grade 6 hourly and Pay
Grade 2 weekly cannot be filled by qualified, available employees
from within the same Occupational Group, the Company will post
the notice of vacancy, including the number of job openings, for
a period of two (2) calendar weeks. A copy of these posting
notices will be forwarded to the Union. Employees having one (1)
year of continuous service are eligible to be considered for such
vacancies providing they complete an authorized Job Bid Form
which they must forward to the Employment Office within three (3)
working days after the expiration of the posted notice. An
employee must be a member of the bargaining unit to be eligible
to bid on a posted job. (A list of all bidders will be furnished
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to the Union.) Future postings will not be required for job
vacancies where an insufficient number of qualified applicants
have bid until such time as the designated number of vacancies on
the bid have been filled or three (3) months have passed since
the date of the original posting, whichever is sooner. Employees
selected for any posted job are ineligible to bid on another job
for one (1) year.
Section 8.09. Selection of bidders to fill posted vacancies
under Section 8.08 above shall be based upon seniority, ability
and performance. Ability and performance shall be based upon
general job knowledge, previous job performance and mental as
well as physical ability to perform the job duties. The Company
will select the most senior qualified employee (based on
continuous service date) to fill the posted job providing that
such employee is presently a permanently assigned employee in the
Group where the job vacancy exists. If a senior employee so
designated is determined not to be qualified and a junior
employee is selected for the posted job, a written notice of such
action and the reason therefore will be given to the senior
employee with a copy to the Union. If no employee in the Group
bids or is qualified, the Company will then consider bidders from
other Groups; however, seniority will be considered only when
ability and performance are essentially equal. The Company shall
provide the Union and each bidder with a notice of the
disposition of the posting. In cases where a posted vacancy
cannot be filled by bargaining unit applicants, the Company may
fill such jobs with persons from any other source either within
the Company or from outside. For the purposes of this Section
8.09, a Group shall be designated as one of those listed below:
(a) Comptroller (h) General Administration
(b) Computer Services (i) Human Resources
(c) Corporate Affairs (j) Investor Relations
(d) Customer Services (k) Materials
(e) Electric System Operations & (l) Market Planning & Policy
Construction, System (m) Production
Operations, Operations & (n) Rates & Regulatory Practices
Construction (o) Treasurer
(f) Energy Planning & Resources,
Energy Policy & Development
(g) Environment, System Engineering
Adjustments to these designated Groups may be made in the future
as appropriate and agreed to by the Company and the Union.
Section 8.10. Employees with one (1) year of continuous service
will be eligible to bid on Pay Grade 4 and 6 (Hourly) or Pay
Grades 1 and 2 (Weekly) jobs in accordance with the following:
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(a) An employee desiring to bid on entry level jobs shall
complete an Advance Bid Form and submit the form to the
Employment Department, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Building; the Company
shall send a copy of the bid form to the Union.
(b) An employee may bid on no more than three (3) entry level
jobs during any calendar year. Such bids shall be in effect
from the date of filing until December 31 of the same year.
As of January 1 of any year, all bids from the previous year
shall be void.
(c) Each employee shall show on the Advance Bid Form the
specific job titles and job numbers (as taken from Annex A)
of the jobs the employee desires to bid on.
(d) The Employment Department shall list employees who bid for
specific jobs according to their continuous service dates.
(e) When a vacancy occurs in a specified entry level job, the
Employment Department will refer the most senior employee
(by continuous service date) to the department where the
vacancy exists and that employee will be selected for the
vacancy if qualified. Qualifications shall be based on
general job knowledge, previous job performance and mental
as well as physical ability to perform the job duties.
(f) Entry level jobs are only those positions in Pay Grade 4 and
6 Hourly and Pay Grades 1 and 2 Weekly.
(g) When a vacancy occurs in an entry level job and there are no
bids on record or no bidder is qualified, the vacancy may be
filled from any other source.
(h) If an employee has a current rate of pay above the maximum
rate of the entry level Pay Grade into which he/she
successfully bids under this Section, such employee shall be
reduced in pay to the maximum rate of such entry level Pay
Grade.
(i) When any job for which one or more Advance Bids are in
effect is filled, the Company shall provide each bidder and
the Union with a written notice of the disposition.
Section 8.11. All postings required under this Article will be
on Company bulletin boards as located at various work locations.
The Company assumes no responsibility for job postings or other
notices once they are placed upon the boards. Employees who
remove or destroy this material shall be subject to disciplinary
action.
Section 8.12. All incumbent employees in the entire bargaining
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unit shall maintain their present classified seniority position
on the seniority roster for his/her classification until he/she
transfers to another classification or seniority roster. At the
time of the transfer the employee shall be placed on the new
seniority roster as described in Sections 8.03 and 8.05.
Section 8.13. Employees who transfer from one seniority roster
to another in Pay Grades above the starting level shall be given
classified seniority (as of the date of transfer) for all lower
classifications within that Occupational Group and be given one
(1) day more seniority above all employees in the lower classifi-
cations in that Occupational Group for the purposes of Article 9
of this Agreement.
Section 8.14. Employees who promote through the different
classifications within an Occupational Group, or who transfer
from one Occupational Group to another, shall continue to
accumulate classified seniority in all classifications previously
held for the purpose of Article 9 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 9
REDUCTION IN WORKING FORCE
Section 9.01. When lack of work requires a reduction in the
working force, the Company and the Union subscribe to the
principle of last in-first out. The Company and the Union
recognize that each circumstance requiring a reduction in force
is unique and needs to be evaluated as a unique occurrence. To
that end the Company and the Union shall meet and try to reach a
mutual agreement on how to carry out the reduction in force. If
an agreement cannot be reached, the reductions in working force
shall be governed by the procedures set forth in this Article.
Section 9.02. When the reduction does not involve eliminating
all jobs within the affected Occupational Group(s), the following
shall apply:
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (f) below, employees with
the lowest classified seniority on the highest affected Pay
Grade roster shall be removed in a number as determined by
the reductions. Those employees so removed shall move down
to the next Pay Grade roster in their Occupational Group.
When these moves result in too many employees on the
roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified
seniority on those rosters shall be removed in a number as
determined by the reductions. Those employees so removed
shall move down to the next Pay Grade roster in their
Occupational Group and so forth until the necessary
reductions in the rosters have been achieved.
(b) When the final reductions result in too many employees on
the roster(s), the employees with the lowest classified
seniority shall be removed from the rosters and placed on a
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surplus-pool list. The Company shall then prepare a list of
vacancies in the affected Organizational Group. By
continuous service seniority order, the employees shall
irrevocably choose, in writing, any vacancy for which they
are deemed qualified. Determination as to qualifications
shall be based on the criteria set forth in Article 8,
Section 8.09.
(c) Employees not placed under the procedures set forth in (b)
above shall irrevocably choose, in writing, from a Company-
prepared list of selected vacancies within the bargaining
unit for which they are deemed qualified. Determination as
to qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth
in Article 8, Section 8.09.
(d) Employees displaced from an Occupational Group(s) or work
location(s) under Section 9.02, 9.03 or 9.05 of this Article
shall retain the right, as limited herein, to return to
their previous Occupational Group or work location should a
vacancy(s) become available, for which they are deemed
qualified. Determinations as to the qualifications shall be
based on the same criteria as outlined in Article 8, Section
8.09. New employees shall not be employed or transferred
into the Occupational Group or work location, until such
displaced employee(s) have had one (1) opportunity to accept
such a vacancy or until the expiration of two (2) years from
the date of displacement, whichever occurs first. Vacan-
cy(s) shall be offered to the employees by continuous
service seniority.
(e) For the purpose of this Article the Company and the Union
agree to waive the advance bid procedures as outlined in
Article 8, Section 8.10(b) for employees displaced under
this Article for two (2) years from the date of
displacement.
(f) After an employee has been transferred to a new Occupational
Group pursuant to a reduction in force under this Article,
for three (3) years thereafter he/she shall not be removed
from his/her Pay Grade roster under Subsection (a) above
before other employees on such roster with less continuous
service providing the employee is satisfactorily performing
the duties of the classification.
(g) If more than one (1) reduction in force is enacted in one
(1) Occupational Group within a three (3) year period and
employees from that Occupational Group are transferred
pursuant to the reductions in force to the same new
Occupational Group, employees who are transferred in the
latter reduction(s) in force shall receive the same
classified seniority date in the job classification to which
they are transferred as if they had been transferred during
the earliest reduction in force.
Section 9.03. When the reduction involves eliminating an
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Occupational Group, Department, or Organizational Group, the
procedures set forth in Section 9.02(b) and, if necessary,
Section 9.02(c) or (d) shall apply to the affected employees.
Section 9.04. For the purposes of this Article 9 only, each
organization or grouping of organizations listed below shall be
deemed to be an "Organizational Group":
(a) Comptroller
(b) Computer Services
(c) Corporate Affairs
(d) Customer Services
(e) Electric System
Operations & Construction,
System Operations, Operations & Construction
(f) Energy Planning & Resources,
Energy Policy & Development
(g) Environment,
System Engineering
(h) General Administration
(i) Human Resources
(j) Investor Relations
(k) Materials
(l) Market Planning & Policy
(m) Production
(n) Rates & Regulatory Practices
(o) Treasurer
Adjustments to these designated Organizational Groups may be made
in the future as appropriate and agreed to by the Company and the
Union.
Section 9.05. Employees not placed under the procedures set
forth above shall be furloughed; provided, however, that no
individual employee shall be furloughed if he/she is qualified
and willing to perform work presently being performed by a
contractor who has been awarded an annual labor contract (that
is, a contractor who makes available to the Company a labor pool
from which the Company on a daily basis routinely and regularly
draws to perform bargaining unit work). Employees to be
furloughed shall receive two (2) weeks notice in writing before
the reduction becomes effective. Such notice shall state that
for a period of two (2) years thereafter the employee may retain
a position on the seniority roster, provided that within ten (10)
days after the effective date of furlough the employee shall give
notice in writing to the Company and to the Union of his/her
intention to retain such position, and shall thereafter,
throughout said period of two (2) years keep the Company and the
Union advised of his/her mailing address. All employees from the
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same Organizational Group (Section 9.04) will be placed on a
recall list with the most senior employee, by continuous service
date, listed first. In addition, the employee shall maintain a
position, by classified seniority date, on the roster from which
he/she was furloughed. Furloughed employees on the recall list
shall be called back to their Group by certified mail notifica-
tions as seniority and qualifications allow. Determination as to
qualifications shall be based on the criteria set forth in
Article 8, Section 8.09. If an employee so called shall fail to
return to work within two (2) calendar weeks from the date of
mailing such call, the employee's name shall be removed from the
roster and his/her seniority shall terminate. New employees shall
not be employed in a Group until all furloughed employees from
the Group who are qualified for the particular job opening have
been removed or recalled in accordance with this Section.
Section 9.06. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Article, no employee with twelve and one-half (12-1/2) years or
more of continuous service will be furloughed nor will they be
reduced in pay because of a reduction in the working force.
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. The Company agrees that on basic schedule
workdays, it will not require employees to work outdoors in
extremely inclement weather, unless such work is necessary to
protect life or property or to maintain service. During such
periods of extremely inclement weather, the Company may assign
such employees to any work out of the weather. Nothing in this
Section shall be interpreted as to deny the right of the Company
to require meter readers, testers, installers, drivers and other
persons occupying positions of similar type to work outdoors at
any time at their normal tasks.
Section 10.02. No supervisor shall act in other than a
supervisory capacity except in emergencies. This is not intended
to prevent a supervisor from protecting life or property, giving
occasional or emergency assistance or performing work for the
purpose of instruction. However, the primary function of a
supervisor is supervision and he/she is not to perform work which
will eliminate an employee or interfere with supervision.
Section 10.03. By special agreement of the parties, it is agreed
that employees in the exempt supervisory position presently
designated as Senior Power Plant Operator at the Xxxxxxxxx, Chalk
Point, and Morgantown Generating Stations and all such
supervisors with similar duties and responsibilities in
generating stations constructed in the future are specifically
excluded from the provisions of Section 10.02.
Section 10.04. Professional engineers and other employees with
special experience, education or training, may be assigned work
at different occupations within the bargaining unit in any
Department as part of a training period. When employees in the
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bargaining unit are so assigned, they shall retain their rights
in their regular status under this Agreement and their assignment
shall not affect the rights of other employees under this
Agreement. When employees not in the bargaining unit are so
assigned, they shall neither be affected by provisions of this
Agreement nor shall their assignment deprive other qualified
employees of work.
Section 10.05. In the operation of Section 10.04, the number of
employees included at any one time shall be not more than one
percent of the total number of Company employees. No employee
shall be kept in any one assignment for longer than one year or
for longer than a total period of 5 years in all assignments
included herein. The Company will inform the Union of the names
of employees and the Departments to which they will be assigned.
Section 10.06. When the Company plans to install new or revised
general work schedules which will affect the majority of the
employees in an Occupational Group, it will post the new or
revised schedules on the bulletin board for the Occupational
Group affected. If the Company fails to post the notice for two
(2) weeks before implementation of the new or revised schedules,
employees whose schedules have been changed shall receive time
and one-half on the first three (3) days of the changed schedule.
If unforeseen circumstances make it necessary to extend a revised
general work schedule beyond the date which was originally
contemplated, the provisions of this Section shall not apply and
the extension shall be treated as a change of schedule as
provided for elsewhere in this Agreement.
Section 10.07. It is recognized that the Company has the right to
have work done by outside contractors. Work normally performed
as of the effective date of this Agreement, by employees in the
bargaining unit, will not be contracted out if it will result in
the furlough or affect recall of employees in the bargaining unit
who normally perform such work.
Section 10.08. The Company shall provide Union bulletin boards at
the major work locations for the posting of official Union
notices. The Company shall determine the number of bulletin
boards required and the placement of such boards at the work
locations. The Union agrees that it shall not post any notice
that is derogatory or inflammatory or anything which is
considered inappropriate as to Company-Union relations.
Section 10.09. Any future agreements or memoranda of
understanding during the term of this Agreement that are prepared
by the Company and the Union, or any subdivisions thereof, shall
require the signature or confirming signature of the Union
President and the Manager - Industrial Relations or their
designated representatives.
ARTICLE 11
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HOLIDAYS
Section 11.01. For the term of this Agreement, the following days
will be observed as uniform and fixed Company holidays:
Independence Day December 24, 2001
Labor Day December 24, 2002
Thanksgiving Day New Year's Day
Day after Thanksgiving Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx'x Birthday
Christmas Day Presidents' Day
December 23, 1999 Memorial Day
December 26, 2000
Section 11.02. In each contract year, each employee will be
eligible to select one (1) floating holiday (in addition to those
fixed holidays in Section 11.01 above). Each employee is
required to request his/her floating holiday with at least 24
hours advance notice.
Section 11.03. The Company will, as far as practicable consistent
with work requirements, permit such floating holidays to be taken
at the time desired by employees, but determinations as to the
total number of employees or any employees, the number of
employees of a particular classification or at a particular
location, the number and classification of employees of a
particular working group, to be allowed off on a holiday at any
time; and the make-up of working groups for holiday purposes, are
reserved solely to the Company in order to ensure the orderly
operation of the Company. When these determinations have been
made by the Company and there is an opportunity of choice between
two (2) or more employees, the employee with the highest
classified seniority roster position shall have first choice of
holiday time off.
Section 11.04. Employees normally scheduled to work on a
designated holiday, or who are off duty as part of their regular
schedule on a designated holiday, shall be paid a holiday
allowance of a normal workday at their basic rate of pay and
double time for all hours actually worked on the holiday. When
January 1 (New Year's Day), July 4 (Independence Day), or
December 25 (Christmas Day) are designated to be observed on a
Monday or Friday through the operation of Section 11.07,
employees who work on either the designated holiday or the actual
holiday shall receive a holiday premium of double time for all
hours actually worked on either day providing, however, that any
employee who works both days will only be entitled to the holiday
premium for the hours worked on the actual holiday.
Section 11.05. When Company requirements make it necessary for
some but not all employees in any department to work on a
holiday, the Company will indicate the number and classifications
of employees needed. Employees, beginning with the most senior
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employee (by classified seniority), will choose whether or not to
work the holiday. Such choices will continue until the Company
requirements are met. In the event that after all department
employees have been polled it becomes necessary to assign
employees to work the holiday, such assignment will be by inverse
classified seniority order. This process must be completed no
less than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the holiday.
Section 11.06. An employee will be eligible for holiday allowance
providing (1) he/she performs work or is on vacation in the pay
period in which the holiday is observed, and (2) works as
scheduled or assigned both on his/her last scheduled workday
prior to and his/her first scheduled workday following the day on
which the holiday is observed unless he/she has failed to so work
because of sickness or because of death in the immediate family
or because of similar good cause. Irrespective of the above, an
employee on a Sickness Disability Case will not be paid holiday
allowance unless the Company's Medical Department determines that
the employee was able to return to work on or before the holiday
and would have been released to return at that time but for the
holiday. An employee who is scheduled to work on a holiday,
either on regular shift or overtime, but who fails to report to
work, will not be paid holiday allowance.
Section 11.07. When any of the holidays referenced in Section
11.01 of this Article fall on a Sunday, the following Monday
shall be observed as the holiday. Should any of the holidays
fall on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the
holiday.
Section 11.08. Holidays to be selected under Section 11.02 of
this Article shall not be carried over from one contract year to
the next. The Company may deny any employee his/her holiday
observance when in its discretion the employee cannot be spared.
If the employee has a holiday schedule approved, but later denied
by the Company, the employee shall have a choice of selecting
another holiday or being paid for the holiday under the
provisions of Section 11.04 of this Article.
ARTICLE 12
VACATIONS
Section 12.01. Regular employees shall be entitled to vacation
eligibility according to the maximum allowances set forth in the
following table. An employee's initial vacation allowance for
any calendar year will be determined by length of continuous
service as of December 31 of the previous year. Eligibility may
increase during the calendar year by application of the
employee's anniversary date to the following table; however, in
no case will any employee with less than five (5) years of
continuous service receive a mid-year increase in vacation
allowance by application of the employee's anniversary date.
Increases in eligibility during a calendar year shall take effect
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for the remainder of that year, provided that if the increase
cannot be accommodated in the remainder of the year the Company
may grant advance leave in the amount of the prospective
increase.
Maximum allowances are as follows:
Continuous Service Maximum Vacation Allowance
Less than 6 months 1 day for each full calendar month of
continuous service but not to exceed 1
week
6 months 2 weeks
5 years 3 weeks
10 years 4 weeks
20 years 5 weeks
30 years 6 weeks
Section 12.02. No employee may have a Maximum Vacation
Allowance in excess of the allowance provided for his/her period
of continuous service.
Section 12.03. The amount of vacation pay will be based upon
the employee's normal workweek at the regular basic straight time
rate exclusive of any premiums, overtime or other remuneration.
Section 12.04. Maximum allowances will be payable to
employees who have worked 1,000 hours or more during the
preceding calendar year. Employees with less than 1,000 hours of
work in such year will not be eligible for any vacation
allowance. Compensation paid to an employee for hours not worked
on a regularly-scheduled workday shall not be considered toward
the 1,000 hours of work unless specifically provided for in this
Agreement.
Section 12.05. Employees with less than six (6) months of
continuous service shall be eligible for their maximum allowances
if they have worked a minimum of one hundred forty (140) hours
multiplied by the number of full calendar months of continuous
service. All hours, including overtime hours of paid
compensation will be counted towards establishing vacation
eligibility.
Section 12.06. An employee who is off work due to an on-job
injury and thereby cannot meet the 1,000 hour requirement for an
earned vacation shall be entitled to a vacation based on his/her
continuous Company service in the calendar year when the employee
is released by the Medical Department to return to work on a
full-time basis.
Section 12.07. Any employee who leaves the Company's
employment for any reason shall be paid for any unused vacation
eligibility in effect at the time of leaving employment. Upon
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the death of an employee such eligibility shall be paid to his or
her estate.
Section 12.08. An employee who is laid off after 1 year of
service, retires, or dies will be paid a vacation allowance
proportionate to the number of full months worked in the calendar
year in which the layoff, retirement or death occurs. An
employee whose employment terminates for any other reason will
not be paid a proportionate vacation allowance for any time
worked in that calendar year.
Section 12.09. The Company will, as far as practicable
consistent with work requirements, permit vacations to be taken
at the time desired by employees, but determinations as to the
total number of employees or any employees, the number of
employees of a particular classification or at a particular
location, the number and classification of employees of a
particular working group, to be allowed on vacation at any time;
the time within which vacations may be taken; and the make-up of
working groups for vacation purposes, are reserved solely to the
Company in order to ensure the orderly operation of the Company.
When these determinations have been made by the Company and there
is an opportunity of choice between two (2) or more employees,
the employee with the highest seniority roster position shall
have first choice of vacation time made available.
Section 12.10. When employees are requested to state
vacation preferences preparatory to the Company's establishing
vacation schedules, an employee who divides his/her vacation
allowance into more than one period may apply his/her seniority
preference as provided above to only one period, and he/she shall
not have another selection opportunity until all other employees
with whom he/she is concerned for vacation purposes have had the
opportunity of selecting a vacation period.
Section 12.11. It is agreed that vacations shall normally be
scheduled to be taken in periods of one full week or more.
Shorter periods of vacation may be allowed, however, in the
discretion of the Company, for special circumstances when
approved in advance of the day or days for which vacation
allowance is requested. In no case will vacation be allowed for
a period of less than one-half day.
Section 12.12. Employees are considered to be on vacation at
the end of their last scheduled workday; or, if they continue on
duty for overtime work, at the time they are released from such
overtime work. Employees are considered to be returned from
vacation when they report to work at the beginning of their first
regular scheduled shift after scheduled vacation days.
Section 12.13. Vacations shall not be carried over from one
year to the next except as herein permitted.
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(a) Employees who will have earned more than three (3) weeks of
vacation based on their length of continuous service as of
December 31 of a calendar year may elect to:
(1) Carry over full weeks of vacation to a maximum of two
(2) weeks which must be used by the end of the calendar
year following the calendar year for which the election
is made; and/or,
(2) Receive pay in lieu of any full weeks in excess of
three (3) weeks;
Provided, however, in exercising either or both of these
options, employees must retain at least two (2) weeks of
vacation allowance (from allowance determined as of December
31 of the calendar year in which the election is made) for
use during the next year.
(b) Employees who wish to exercise options provided for in
Subsection (a) above must notify the Company of their
decision by December 1 of the current year for elections
effective for the next calendar year. Such notice must
describe the option(s) selected, the amount of vacation sold
back or carried over, and in the case of payment for
vacation must indicate the month(s) in the next calendar
year in which the payment(s) is/are to be made. Payments
may begin in March of each year and will be made
concurrently with the first full payroll period of any
designated month(s). At the sole discretion of the Company,
an employee may be allowed to take any vacation previously
designated for carry over in the same calendar year (in full
day increments only). Nothing herein shall entitle an
employee to vacation in the next calendar year if the
employee does not otherwise meet the requirements of this
Article.
(c) An employee may not elect to receive pay in lieu of taking
vacation for any vacation carried over under this section.
(d) The Company may deny any employee his/her current vacation
allowance or any part of it when in its discretion he/she
cannot be spared. In such cases the employee shall have the
choice of carrying over to the following year the amount of
vacation denied him/her without regard to the limitations of
Subsection (a) above or being paid for it at his/her basic
straight time rate of pay.
Section 12.14. Legal holidays as set forth in Article 11
which fall on scheduled vacation days shall be considered as
holidays and not as days of vacation. The additional day of
vacation resulting in these cases may not necessarily be taken as
continuation of the same vacation period but will be allowed at
the convenience of the Company.
Section 12.15. When an employee is disabled because of
sickness disability and qualifies for Sickness Disability
Allowances; or is disabled due to an occupational injury; or is
called up on a military emergency, and any such event occurs
prior to the time for the employee's vacation to begin, the
employee may request a postponement of vacation. Any such
postponed vacation may be rescheduled by the Company at anytime
during the same calendar year. If it is not practicable for the
Company to reschedule the vacation during the same calendar year,
the Company shall have the option of allowing such vacation in
the following calendar year or paying the employee for it at the
employee's basic straight time rate of pay. If the Company
chooses to pay the employee for the vacation, such payment shall
be in addition to any occupational injury, sickness disability
case, or military emergency allowances being paid at that time.
Section 12.16. As to vacation eligibility, all hours,
including overtime hours, of paid compensation, except sickness
disability, will be counted toward establishing vacation
eligibility. As to paid vacation eligibility, all hours,
including overtime hours, of paid compensation, including
sickness disability will be counted toward establishing vacation
eligibility for those employees with twenty or more years of
continuous service as of December 31 of the previous year.
ARTICLE 13
SICKNESS DISABILITY ALLOWANCES
Section 13.01. Employees shall be eligible for sickness
allowances as provided herein. Sickness shall include injury
other than any injury arising out of or in the course of
employment by the Company for which compensation will be paid
under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act.
Section 13.02. Eligible employees absent due to sickness shall
be paid at their regular basic rates for absences occurring on
their regular workdays, assuming proper report is made and
assuming medical certification is timely furnished if required
under Section 13.03. Such payments will begin on the first
workday of absence except as provided below:
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(a) Annual Allowance
Employees shall receive an annual sickness allowance in
accordance with the following schedule:
Annual
Continuous Service As of Allowance
December 31 of Previous Year (in days)
6 Months 1
1 but less than 3 years 3
3 years or more 5
(b) Options Regarding Unused Annual Allowance
As soon as practicable after the end of a calendar year, an
employee who has not exhausted his/her Annual Allowance for that
year has the following options:
(1) Carryover Bank
The employee may elect to carryover the unused portion
into the next year at the rate of one (1) day for every
full unused sick day.
Fractions must be bought back in accordance with buy
back provision below, or,
(2) Buy Back Option
The employee may elect to have the Company buy back the
unused Annual Allowance, which will be paid for by
separate check, at a conversion rate of four (4) hours
per unused day (two (2) hours per fractional). Once a
day is placed in the Carryover Bank, it may not be
converted under this Section. Except as may be
required due to fractional days, an employee may not
split his/her election between the Carryover Bank and
Buy Back Option.
(c) Use of Annual Allowance and Carryover Bank
(1) An employee's Annual Allowance must be exhausted before
his/her Carryover Bank is used.
(2) An employee whose Annual Allowance and Carryover Bank
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are exhausted shall not be eligible for additional
sickness payment until the fourth consecutive workday
of an absence during the remainder of the calendar
year. This three (3) day waiting period shall apply
when an employee's Annual Allowance and Carryover Bank
are exhausted during an absence as well as to all
subsequent absences during that calendar year. An
absence under this Article shall be a continuous
absence of a half a day or more.
(d) When an employee has taken twenty (20) sick days (exclusive
of days compensated under Section 13.04) in a calendar year,
paid or unpaid, he/she shall not be eligible for sickness
payments until the seventh consecutive workday of the
absence during which the 20th day is reached or any
subsequent absence in that calendar year.
(e) An employee who dies, retires, or is furloughed shall be
paid at one hundred percent (100%) of the employee's regular
basic rate then in effect, and an employee whose employment
with the Company is otherwise terminated shall be paid at
fifty percent (50%) of the employee's regular basic rate
then in effect, for all unused days in his/her Carryover
Bank.
Section 13.03. Absences due to sickness disability of three (3)
days or less, whether compensated or not, need not require
medical certification as to the employee's inability to report to
work; however, upon advance notice medical certificates may be
required when the Company feels the employee's attendance record
warrants such. Absences of more than three (3) days shall
require medical certification. When a medical certificate is
required, it should be presented to the Company upon the return
to work, but in no case later than three (3) working days after
the employee returns to work. The Company may have an employee
or other persons (not a member of the bargaining unit) visit
absent employees and may require medical examinations by
physicians.
Section 13.04. An employee whose absence extends more than six
(6) workdays shall thereafter be paid at his/her regular basic
rates provided proper report is made and a medical certificate
attesting to his/her sickness is presented to the Company. These
periods shall be termed "sickness disability cases" and pay
allowances shall be made according to the following schedule:
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Continuous Service (in years) Allowance (in weeks)
At least: But less than: Full Pay 3/4 Pay 1/2 Pay
1 2 2 - 4
2 5 3 - 6
5 10 8 - 18
10 20 10 - 16
20 25 14 8 4
25 16 10 0
Section 13.05. The Company reserves the right to require a
medical examination by a physician of its own choosing and to
have a nurse or other employee or person (not a member of the
bargaining unit) visit an employee who is claiming allowance for
sickness disability.
Section 13.06. When an employee is absent on a sickness
disability case, whether new or continued, there shall be
deducted from his/her allowance under Section 13.04 all Annual
Allowance days taken during the previous seventeen (17) weeks.
Section 13.07. Successive sickness disability cases shall be
counted as one (1) case in computing the time for which an
employee shall be entitled to allowances unless the employee has
returned to work and engaged in the performance of his/her normal
duties for a continuous period of seventeen (17) weeks between
cases. When an employee has worked seventeen (17) weeks, the
next sickness disability case shall be considered a new case.
Section 13.08. After a medical examination of any employee, who
has been absent on account of sickness disability for any length
of time, by a physician selected by the Company, and the
physician's report states that the employee is able to return to
work, and such employee fails to do so, no further payments or
allowances will be made on account of such sickness disability
and said report shall be conclusive and final. However, if the
employee informs the Company's physician of the date on which the
employee's physician has advised the employee to return to work,
and the Company's physician does not agree, then the Company's
physician shall make a reasonable effort to consult with the
employee's physician before issuing a report.
Section 13.09. No employees shall receive any sickness allowance
when the following conditions exist:
(a) For time for which salary or wages might be paid by the
Company.
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(b) From the time any retirement payments might begin.
(c) When the disability is caused or results from an
intentionally self-inflicted injury or other general acts of
misconduct.
(d) When the employee is on furlough or suspended from duty.
(e) When the employee is on vacation.
(f) When proper notice of sickness disability is not given to
his/her Department. Reasonable rules governing time and
place of notice may be promulgated by the various
Departments of the Company, depending upon the operating
conditions existing in each. When proper notice is not
given, allowances shall not begin until such notice is
given.
(g) When, upon the occasion of a visit to the employee by a
nurse or other employee or person (not a member of the
bargaining unit) he/she is found not to be home and cannot
furnish a satisfactory explanation of his/her whereabouts.
(h) When the injury is the result of the employee's working for
an employer other than the Company or self-employment for
gain.
Section 13.10. When an employee has received the maximum
allowance indicated in the schedule in Section 13.04, he/she
shall not be eligible for further allowances until he/she shall
have performed his/her normal duties for a continuous period of
seventeen (17) weeks.
Section 13.11. No assignment of any sickness allowance will be
permitted or recognized. Attempts at assignment will be regarded
as sufficient cause for revocation of any allowances heretofore
made, and in case of any attempted attachment or other legal
proceedings, the Company may cancel or revoke any allowances, and
in its discretion, or if it so elects, pay such allowances to the
family of such sick or disabled employee.
Section 13.12. Where the sickness of an employee is such as to
amount to permanent disability, or to indicate a more or less
permanent absence from the service of the Company, the Company
reserves the right to arrange to have the employee, if eligible,
placed on Long Term Disability, in which event all payments
herein provided shall be exhausted before such action is taken.
Any allowance herein provided for shall in no way affect the
right of the Company to sever the connection of an employee from
the service of the Company for just cause.
Section 13.13. In the event an employee is paid Sickness
Disability Allowance due to an injury caused by some person other
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than the Company or such injured employee, the Company may after
a reasonable time pursue the subrogated rights of such employee
against said other person up to the extent of the amount it has
paid to the employee as Sickness Disability Allowances, if the
injured employee does not pursue his/her remedy for damages. In
addition, in the event the employee pursues his/her remedy
against such third person and receives a judgment or decree or
settlement from such third person, the Company shall under its
rights of subrogation be notified and will be entitled to
participate in such judgment or decree or settlement up to the
extent of the amount it has paid to the employee as Sickness
Disability Allowances. If the Company receives a settlement, to
the extent of the amount it has been paid, the employee shall
have his/her Sickness Disability Allowance restored to the extent
used.
Section 13.14. The Company will provide a Workers' Compensation
Supplement to eligible employees who sustain an on-the-job injury
and who meet the eligibility provisions and other conditions set
forth in this Article 13. Such supplement shall represent the
approximate difference between the value of compensation an
employee receives under the applicable Workers' Compensation law
and the net pay an employee would receive under the provisions of
this article for his/her pay grade and step.
Section 13.15. Female employees (regular status) who leave work
due to pregnancy shall be eligible for benefits in accordance
with this Article 13 in the same manner as any other disability,
provided that the following procedures are adhered to:
(a) The employee shall present a written statement from her
attending physician certifying (1) that a pregnancy exists,
and (2) the last date on which the employee can safely work.
Such written statement shall be submitted to the Medical
Department within a reasonable time after the pregnancy is
known but not later than the end of the sixth month of preg-
xxxxx. It is expected that the employee will work to the
date certified above and no employee will be allowed to work
beyond the date certified by her physician as the last date
on which the employee can safely work.
(b) Following childbirth, the employee shall submit to the
Medical Department a written statement from her physician
certifying the earliest date that the employee can return to
work. Benefits under this Article 13 shall cease on the
return to work date certified by the employee's physician.
If the employee elects not to return to work on this date
the employee may request a leave of absence in accordance
with Article 14, Sections 14.06, 14.08 and 14.09.
Section 13.16. It is understood that none of the provisions of
this Article 13 shall in any way limit the Company's right to
discipline employees for excessive absenteeism or misrepresenta-
tion of injuries, ailments, or physical condition.
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ARTICLE 14
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Section 14.01. Employees will be excused with pay for absence on
scheduled workdays upon the occasion of a death as follows:
(a) Between, and including, the day of death and the day of the
funeral of a father, mother, xxxxxx father or mother,
husband, wife, brother, sister, son or daughter, mother-in-
law, or father-in-law, with a maximum of four (4) working
days. One (1) of the four (4) days total allotment may be
taken on the day immediately after the funeral.
(b) For one day on the day of the funeral to attend the services
for a son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandfather, grandmother,
grandson, granddaughter, stepfather, stepmother,
stepbrother, stepsister, stepchild, half brother or half
sister.
(c) In the event relatives listed in Section 14.01(b) were
living in the household of the employee at the time of
death, the allowance of Section 14.01(a) shall apply.
(d) The allowances of this Section shall apply only to employees
regularly at work and shall not apply to employees absent
because of vacation, sick leave, leave of absence for any
reason, layoff, furlough, disciplinary action, or any
permitted absence.
Section 14.02. When regular employees are selected to serve as
jurors in the jurisdiction of their residence and are required to
be absent from work on regular scheduled workdays because of jury
duty, pay at their basic rate shall be continued during such
absences and they may retain any fees paid to them for jury duty.
The work schedules of shift workers will be revised when
necessary so that they will not be assigned to night work on
normal jury duty days. Employees shall notify their supervisors
promptly after receiving notice of jury duty summons and shall
obtain such certifications regarding hours and days of jury duty
as may be required by the Company. Employees shall report for
work whenever they are not actually serving as jurors during
their regular scheduled workdays unless otherwise instructed by
their supervisors. Continuation of pay as provided herein shall
not be allowed more than once in two consecutive calendar years
unless the individual is unable to be excused from serving on
jury duty.
Section 14.03. Any employee subpoenaed as an innocently involved
witness in a federal, state or local government judicial
proceeding shall lose no pay thereby.
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Section 14.04. Employees who are called to active duty or enlist
in the U.S. Armed Forces shall be granted leaves of absence for
their initial tour of duty or initial enlistment period. If such
employees return to work within 90 days of their separation or
discharge from military service, their continuous service with
the Company shall not be broken. All employee benefits shall be
suspended during the period such employees are on active duty.
Section 14.05. Employees who are called to temporary, short term
active duty in the National Guard or Reserve due to a declared
emergency or regular encampment shall be granted a leave of
absence on request. The Company will compensate employees during
such leaves for the difference between the employee's military
pay and the employee's base pay rate in the Company, providing
employees promptly submit official military documentation as to
military pay received for the period of the emergency or regular
encampment.
Section 14.06. An employee who has worked for PEPCO for at
least one (1) year may make a request for a leave of absence
under local and/or federal family and medical leave laws provided
the employee has worked the requisite number of hours in the
preceeding twelve (12) months. A request for leave must be made
in writing specifying the reason for such leave (including any
requested supporting documentation), the date the leave is
expected to commence and the date the employee expects to return
to work.
Section 14.07. An employee may request a personal leave of
absence without pay for a period up to four (4) months providing
such request is made in writing stating the reason for such
leave, the date the leave is to commence, and the date the
employee will return to work. Such leave requests shall be
submitted to the employee's department head and shall require the
approval of the employee's General Manager and the General
Manager - Human Resources. Depending on Company operating
requirements and reasons for requested leaves of absence, the
Company shall be the sole determiner as to whether a leave of
absence is granted. If the employee does not return to work on
the approved return date, his/her employment with the Company
shall be terminated. Personal leaves of absence shall not be
renewed or extended beyond the approved return date except in
cases of demonstrated hardship and only on the approval of the
employee's General Manager and the General Manager - Human
Resources. No leave will be granted to accept employment with
another organization or to be self-employed. No more than one
(1) leave of absence (four (4) months maximum) will be granted
within any continuous eighteen (18) month period. Before
beginning such a leave of absence, an employee must take all
vacation to which he/she is then entitled.
Section 14.08. Any employee who is duly elected to a federal,
state, or local government position which requires such employee
to be absent from the Company on a full-time basis, may request a
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leave of absence without pay for a period not to exceed the first
term of office.
Section 14.09. Employees granted leaves of absence under section
14.06 shall maintain the applicable group medical and group
dental plan coverage as if they had continued working. In the
event the employee is a member of a medical plan requiring an
employee contribution, the employee must timely forward the
appropriate contribution to employee benefits each month to
continue coverage. Group life insurance may be continued under
the terms described in Section 14.10.
Section 14.10. Employees granted leaves of absence under
Sections 14.07 and 14.08 shall have the coverage of the following
benefit plans continued to the end of the month in which the
leave commences:
Group Life Insurance Program
Group Medical Insurance Program
Group Dental Assistance Plan
If the employee desires to obtain continued coverage under these
programs after the period specified above, such employees shall
pay the full monthly cost of the benefit plan premiums or
contributions up to and including the month in which the employee
returns to work from his/her leave of absence. Full monthly cost
shall include both employee and employer premiums or
contributions. Such payments shall commence and be submitted to
the Employee Benefits Department by the first day of the month
following the periods specified above and by the first day of any
succeeding months of the leave of absence. Failure to make
timely payments as prescribed shall cause the immediate
cancellation of the program coverage. Regarding the General
Retirement Plan, if an employee does not desire to make
contributions to the Plan during a leave, contributions to the
Plan will be suspended during the leave of absence and be resumed
when the employee returns to work.
Section 14.11. Employees who return from a personal leave of
absence prior to or on the approved return date will be
reinstated in their former position at their former rate of pay
and will retain their position on the seniority roster.
Section 14.12. A regular employee who is elected or appointed to
a full-time official position in Local Union #1900 shall be
granted a leave of absence without pay by the Company for the
term of such elected or appointed office. In conjunction with
such leave, the following will apply:
(a) The President of Local Union #1900 shall give written notice
to the Manager - Industrial Relations stating the name of
the employee to be granted leave, the date such leave will
commence, and the name and term of office involved.
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(b) The Company shall make no wage payments to the employee
during the term of leave of absence; however, the Company
will continue the employee's coverage under certain benefit
plans listed below, provided that Local Union #1900
reimburses the Company for the full cost of premiums or
contributions (employee-employer) currently in effect for
such plans. Such reimbursements shall be forwarded monthly
to the Manager-Employee Benefits, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Building.
The benefit plans subject to such continuation are as
follows:
Group Medical Insurance Program
Group Life Insurance Program
General Retirement Plan
Long Term Disability Plan
Group Dental Assistance Plan
Local Union #1900 shall be responsible for providing
Workers' Compensation coverage for any employee who is on
leave of absence under this Section 14.12.
(c) An employee on leave shall continue to accrue all seniority
rights during the term of office with Local Union #1900 and
shall, upon expiration of such leave, be reinstated in
his/her former job classification at the former work
location if he/she is physically qualified to perform the
work. It is understood that an employee on leave for Union
business forfeits any promotional opportunities in the
Company which occur during such leave of absence.
ARTICLE 15
LIMITED SERVICE
Section 15.01. When (a) an employee with ten (10) or more years
of continuous service is unable to perform the regular work of
his/her classification because of a disability resulting from a
non-occupational illness or injury, or when (b) an employee,
regardless of length of service, is unable to perform the regular
work of his/her classification because of a disability resulting
from an accident on the job, the Company may invoke the
provisions of this Article by giving written notice to the
employee, copy to the Union. Such notice shall state that the
employee may bid into any available job he/she can do within the
limits of his/her disability and shall have his/her pay protected
to the extent set forth in the applicable provision of this
Article. If the employee does not successfully bid into another
job within 12 months of such notice, the Company will endeavor to
place him/her in any available work where, in the Company's
opinion, the employee can be productive taking into account
his/her previous experience, education and the limits of his/her
disability. At its election, the Company can permanently place
an employee prior to the expiration of this 12-month period and
the employee's salary shall be grandfathered for the balance of
that 12-month period. In the event the employee bids into
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another position prior to the expiration of the original 12-month
period, that employee's pay shall be grandfathered for the
balance of that 12-month period governed by the provisions of
Sections 15.02 & 15.03. In fulfilling its obligation under this
Article, the Company may place employees without regard to the
posting, seniority or other selection requirements of Article 8;
however, such placement shall be discussed in advance with the
Union.
Section 15.02. If the disability referred to in Section 15.01
results from a non-occupational illness or injury, the employee's
rate of pay shall be determined as follows:
(a) If the employee has completed twenty (20) years of
continuous service, his/her rate of pay will be
grandfathered (as defined below in Section 15.03).
(b) If the employee has completed fifteen (15) years of
continuous service, his/her rate of pay will be reduced by
50% of the difference between his/her existing rate and the
rate established for the work he/she is to perform.
(c) If the employee has completed ten (10) years of continuous
service, his/her rate of pay will be the rate established
for the work he/she is to perform.
Section 15.03. When the disability referred to in Section 15.01
results from an accident on the job which was promptly reported
and was not the result of a willful or deliberate act by the
employee, the employee's rate of pay shall be grandfathered, that
is, he/she shall continue to be paid at the same step and pay
grade that the employee was receiving at the time he/she was
informed in writing of the Company's intention to invoke the
provisions of this Article and shall be eligible for future
general wage increases.
Section 15.04. Employees in limited service status who become
subject to a reduction under the terms of Article 9 shall first
have their status reviewed under the terms of this Article
including classification and seniority.
Section 15.05. When an employee is to be changed to, or from,
limited service, the case will be discussed with the Union and
his/her seniority status decided by mutual agreement.
Section 15.06. Future status of an employee's ability to return
to his/her former job or a job of higher classification shall be
subject to review at anytime the employee's condition improves to
allow such consideration. If the employee is found to be capable
of performing the duties of his/her former job as determined by
the Company's Medical Director, he/she shall be returned to the
job in question. Concerning a job in a higher classification or
a job in another Occupational Group, if the employee is found to
be capable of performing the duties of such job as determined by
the Medical Director, the employee shall be given consideration
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on the next job vacancy.
ARTICLE 16
SUSPENSION AND DISCHARGE
Section 16.01. The maintenance of discipline is the
responsibility of the Company and to that end the Company may
discipline employees for cause. A copy of all disciplinary
actions issued to Bargaining Unit employees will be forwarded to
the Union. This includes all Oral Reminders, Written Reminders,
Decision Making Leaves (DML), and notices of meetings regarding
continuation of employment (and resulting determinations from
such meetings).
Section 16.02. In the event the Company believes that a
Bargaining Unit employee's problems regarding work performance,
conduct & safety, or attendance appears to warrant discharge, a
meeting will be scheduled for that employee before his/her
General Manager (or designated representative); other Company
representatives may also be present.
(a) The employee and the Union will be notified, in writing, at
least two (2) days prior to the meeting. The notification
will include the date and time of the meeting, a statement
describing the employee's performance problem(s), and a
statement to the employee advising of his/her right to Union
representation (also included will be the Union's telephone
number).
(b) The Company will endeavor to assure that a Union Xxxxxxx is
available when an employee is notified of the meeting. In
the event a Xxxxxxx is not available, the Union office will
be notified as soon as reasonably possible.
(c) The purpose of the meeting is to assure that an appropriate
decision is made regarding the Bargaining Unit employee's
continued employment with the Company. A representative of
the Union may attend that meeting. If desired, the employee
may allow that Union official to represent him/her at that
meeting. During this meeting, all parties will make all
relevant facts available. Further, the Company may allow
witnesses with relevant information to testify at the
meeting.
(d) After the meeting, and after the Company has completed any
additional investigation that it deems appropriate, the
employee will be advised, in writing, of the Company's final
determination. A copy of that determination will be
forwarded to the Union. It is understood that employees will
remain at work pending the Company's final determination,
unless that employee has been placed on Crisis Suspension or
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Excused With Pay.
Section 16.03. In the event a Bargaining Unit employee is placed
on Crisis Suspension or Decision-Making Leave, the Company will
endeavor to assure that a Xxxxxxx is present when the employee is
notified. In the event a Xxxxxxx is not available, or it is
impractical to have a Xxxxxxx present, the management
representative who places the employee on Crisis Suspension or
Decision-Making Leave is responsible for ensuring that the Union
office is notified as soon as possible. Additionally, the
employee will be provided with the Union's telephone number.
(a) It is understood and agreed that a Crisis Suspension
does not necessitate a meeting before the employee's
General Manager (or designated Representative) unless
that suspension is expected to be converted to
discharge. However, in the event a Crisis Suspension
extends past five (5) days, the Union shall have the
right to request a hearing. In the event of such
request, the parties shall, within two (2) days,
arrange to meet and discuss the employee's employment
status.
Section 16.04. In the event the Union disagrees with a Company
decision to discharge a Bargaining Unit employee, the Union may,
within five (5) working days after the determination, appeal the
discharge directly to Arbitration in accordance with Article 18.
However, prior to Arbitration, the Union may request that a Step
2 meeting be held to discuss the matter.
Section 16.05. Crisis suspensions may be appealed directly to
Step 2 of the Grievance Procedure, Article 17.
ARTICLE 17
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
Section 17.01. It is considered by the parties that all
grievances should be presented promptly, discussed without delay
and answered within a reasonable time. A grievance is defined as
a violation of a specific term(s) or provision(s) of this
Agreement or of an established precedent in terms and/or
conditions of employment. It is also considered that grievances
should be settled whenever possible at the levels where the
greatest familiarity with the subject matter exists. Any
individual employee or group of employees shall have the right to
present grievances and to have them considered for adjustment,
provided any adjustments are not inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement and a Union representative has been given an
opportunity to attend as provided in this procedure. Therefore,
it is agreed that all grievances shall be subject to the
following grievance procedure.
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Section 17.02. Any employee who believes that he/she has a
grievance shall, within one (1) week after the cause of the
grievance is alleged or known to have taken place, discuss it
with his/her immediate supervisor. The employee may, if he/she
desires, have his/her Xxxxxxx present during the discussion. The
supervisor shall within three (3) workdays after the discussion,
notify the employee or Xxxxxxx (if present at the discussion) of
his/her disposition of the matter.
Section 17.03. Step 1--If the appropriate supervisor's response
does not resolve the grievance, then within two (2) weeks after
the cause for the grievance is alleged or known to have taken
place, the grievance shall be stated in writing on forms
available from the Company or the Union, listing facts, reasons,
Agreement provisions in question, and/or established precedent in
terms and conditions of employment. The grievance must be
numbered (by the Local Union Office), dated and signed and one
(1) copy shall be delivered to the Department Head and one (1)
copy shall be delivered to Industrial Relations. If a grievance
is not delivered to the Department Head within two (2) weeks
after occurrence of cause for the grievance, it will no longer
exist.
Section 17.04. Within one (1) week of delivery of the aforesaid
grievance to the Department Head, the appropriate supervisor(s),
the grievant, Xxxxxxx, and/or Chief Xxxxxxx shall meet to resolve
the grievance. Within one (1) week after the meeting, the
appropriate supervisor(s) shall give written notice to the
Xxxxxxx, with a copy to the Local Union President, of the
determination of the grievance. If the grievance is not resolved,
it may be taken to Step 2.
Section 17.05. Step 2--If the grievance is not resolved in Step
1, the President of the Local Union (or his/her designated
representative) may, within two (2) weeks after receipt of the
written determination in Step 1, submit in writing to the Manager
- Industrial Relations (or his/her designated representative) a
request for a meeting to resolve the grievance. Within one (1)
week after receipt of such request from the Local Union President
(or his/her designated representative), the Manager - Industrial
Relations (or his/her designated representative) shall arrange to
meet with the Union's Grievance Committee (grievant, Xxxxxxx,
Chief Xxxxxxx, and/or Local Union President or his/her designated
representative) to resolve the grievance. Such meeting will be
held within four (4) weeks of the receipt of the request unless
mutually agreed otherwise. The Union and the Company may have
present and eligible to participate in the discussion any persons
they so desire. Within two (2) weeks after the meeting, the
Manager - Industrial Relations (or his/her designated
representative) shall give written notice to the Local Union
President (or his/her designated representative) of the
determination of the grievance. If the grievance is not resolved
in Step 2, it may be taken to arbitration as provided in Article
18.
Section 17.06. Discussions regarding grievances shall be
conducted as far as practicable during the employee's working
hours. Payment for discussions regarding grievances shall be
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compensated as outlined in Article 4 of this Agreement. All
employees shall first obtain permission from their supervisor to
be absent for such meetings and must report to him/her upon
returning.
Section 17.07. Grievances relating to matters which extend
beyond a single Department, Division, or Group may originate in
the Step of the grievance procedure where management authority to
settle the matter exists, but no grievance may be taken to
arbitration until it has been presented in Step 2, except where
time limits as described in Section 17.05 have been exceeded and
then only if the party seeking to move the matter to arbitration
has not caused or contributed to the time limits being exceeded
or except as otherwise provided for in Section 16.05 regarding
discharges.
Section 17.08. Whenever a grievance involves a group of
employees, a committee of not more than three persons, which
shall include the appropriate Xxxxxxx and at least one of the
employees affected, may be substituted for an employee wherever
the word "employee" is used in the grievance procedure.
Section 17.09. It is agreed that the grievance procedure or time
limits may be varied at anytime by agreement of the parties when
such action appears to be necessary or desirable.
Section 17.10. The Union and the Company shall inform each other
of persons authorized to represent them in grievance matters.
Section 17.11. Grievances of the Company or Union shall
originate in the lowest step where authority to take appropriate
action exists.
Section 17.12. The grievance procedure is applicable to all
employees in the bargaining unit except as otherwise restricted
elsewhere in this Agreement, provided, however, that terminations
of regular employees during their first year of continuous
service and terminations of temporary employees at anytime may
not be the subject of a grievance.
Section 17.13. Failure to comply with the time limit provisions
by employees or Union representatives shall invalidate the
grievance. Failure to comply with the time limit provisions by
Management representatives shall permit the grievance to be
advanced to the next Step of the grievance procedure.
ARTICLE 18
ARBITRATION
Section 18.01. Any grievance not resolved in Step 2 of the
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grievance procedure may be submitted to impartial arbitration.
Section 18.02. The Company or the Union shall notify the other
party of its desire to proceed to arbitration within two (2)
weeks of receipt of the Step 2 answer. Such notice shall be in
writing and shall specify the grievance to be arbitrated and
state the issue(s) involved.
Section 18.03. An impartial Arbitrator shall be selected by
mutual consent of the Company and the Union as soon as
practicable after receipt of the request for arbitration. If the
parties do not agree on the selection of an Arbitrator within two
(2) weeks after receipt of the request for arbitration, the
American Arbitration Association shall select from a standing
panel (agreed to by the parties in the Memorandum of
Understanding by which this Agreement was established) the five
Arbitrators least recently selected under this Article and shall
provide a list thereof to each party. Within one (1) week
following receipt of the list of Arbitrators, the parties shall
meet and alternate in striking names from the list with the loser
of a coin toss striking first. The remaining name, after each
party has struck twice, shall be the impartial Arbitrator.
Section 18.04. The arbitration hearing shall be held as quickly
as possible. The award of the Arbitrator shall be final and
binding upon both parties and upon the employee(s) involved. The
fees and expenses of the Arbitrator, and any other expenses
agreed to by the parties prior to the arbitration hearing, shall
be shared equally by the Company and the Union. The Arbitrator
shall have power and authority to arbitrate only those matters
expressly made subject to arbitration by the terms of this
Agreement and shall rule only on the issues submitted to him/her.
The Arbitrator shall have power only to interpret this Agreement
and shall not have the power to alter or amend it.
Section 18.05. At the request of either party, a grievance
involving the discharge or discipline of an employee shall be
submitted to Expedited Arbitration (as defined below). The
Arbitrator for such Expedited Arbitrations shall be appointed
from a standing panel of at least ten (10) Arbitrators agreed to
by the parties in the Memorandum of Understanding by which this
Agreement was established. As soon as practicable after receipt
of the arbitration request referred to in Section 18.02 above,
the parties shall try to agree on a date(s) to arbitrate the
case. If agreement is reached, the parties shall notify the
American Arbitration Association (hereinafter "AAA") of the
desired date(s). The AAA will then appoint an Arbitrator from
the parties' standing panel who is available on the requested
date(s). Prior to the parties' selection of a mutually
acceptable date(s), neither party shall be informed of the
availability of a named Arbitrator on a particular date. If the
parties are unable to agree on a date within two (2) weeks after
receipt of the request for arbitration, either party may so
notify the AAA, requesting that the AAA appoint an Arbitrator who
will set the time and date(s) after considering the parties'
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positions on when the case should be heard. In appointing
Arbitrators under this Section, the AAA shall make every effort
to evenly distribute the cases among the standing panel of
Arbitrators. The Expedited Arbitration will be conducted
according to the Expedited Arbitration rules in effect July 1,
1983, except to the extent inconsistent with this Section.
ARTICLE 19
APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS
Section 19.01. It is understood and agreed that the provisions
of this Agreement are in all respects subject to all applicable
laws and governmental regulations now or hereafter in effect and
to the lawful rulings and orders of all regulatory commissions
now or hereafter having jurisdiction. Should any provision of
this Agreement be found to be in conflict with any applicable
laws or lawful rulings or regulations, the parties shall at once
meet for the purpose of discussing and/or modifying that portion
of the Agreement only.
Section 19.02. The Company will endeavor to comply with all
state and local laws and regulations relating to the safety and
health of employees and will take such additional steps as may be
necessary to make adequate provision therefore, including the
establishment and maintenance of appropriate first aid stations
and other facilities. The Company will also formulate and
publish safety rules to which the employees shall be required to
conform.
ARTICLE 20
SAFETY AND HEALTH
Section 20.01. The Company and the Union recognize the need for
an effective Safety and Health Program for the benefit of all
employees and the Company. The Union will cooperate in assisting
and maintaining the Company's rules regarding safety and health.
The Company recognizes the interest of the Union in the safety
and health of its members, and will give careful consideration to
any recommendations made by it. The Company agrees to
investigate, upon request of the Union, any conditions which
might affect the safety and health of employees, and will meet
with a Union safety committee as designated below.
Section 20.02. The Company and the Union agree to establish a
Joint Safety and Health Advisory Committee for the purpose of
reviewing or recommending new or revised safety and health rules,
discussing current safety and health conditions or problems, and
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discussing laws and regulations concerning Occupational Safety
and Health Act (OSHA) and/or other federal and state regulatory
agencies having local jurisdiction. This Committee shall consist
of not more than three (3) members for the Company and three (3)
members for the Union. Two of the three members of the Union
committee will be permanent members of the Joint Safety and
Health Advisory Committee and the third may be a rotating member
as designated by the Union.
Section 20.03. This Committee shall generally meet on a monthly
basis and take actions it deems appropriate in presenting and
recommending new or revised safety and health rules affecting the
employees of the Company. However, it should be understood that
the establishment and enforcement of safety and health rules and
regulations is a proper function of management and to this end
the final determination as to adoption and implementation of
safety and health rules shall be the sole responsibility of the
Company.
Section 20.04. It is understood that any dispute arising out of
the enforcement of Company established safety and health rules
shall be proper subject for a grievance under Article 17 of this
Agreement.
Section 20.05. The Company will compensate members (Company
employees) for time spent in meetings of the Joint Safety and
Health Advisory Committee.
Section 20.06. When the Company is required to notify OSHA or a
corresponding state agency of an accident involving Company
employee(s), it will also notify the Union of such accident. The
Union may thereafter investigate the accident by having a Union
official contact the Manager-Corporate Safety or a member of
his/her staff who will arrange for such investigation.
ARTICLE 21
UNAUTHORIZED WORK STOPPAGES,
SLOWDOWNS, OR LOCKOUTS
Section 21.01. It is understood and agreed that the services
performed by the employees of the Company in their employment are
essential to the continuing operations of the Company as a public
utility and to the welfare of the public.
Section 21.02. During the term of this Agreement and any
mutually agreed-upon extensions thereof, the Union will not call,
authorize, encourage, ratify, or engage in any strike, sitdown,
slowdown, or other interference with or stoppage of the work of
the Company, and the Company will not engage in any lockout of
employees.
Section 21.03. In the event that any employees in the bargaining
unit individually or collectively engage in any strike, sitdown,
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slowdown, or other interference with or stoppage of work, the
Company shall notify the Union of such incident and the Union
shall take the following actions:
(a) Notify the Company in writing within 24 hours of such
incident that such strike, sitdown, slowdown, or other
interference with or stoppage of work is not authorized by
the Union.
(b) Immediately instruct such employees that they are in
violation of the Agreement and order them to immediately
cease such action.
(c) Grant such employees no assistance in such action.
Section 21.04. If the Union complies with Section 21.03 there
shall be no responsibility on the part of the Union, its officers
or representatives.
Section 21.05. If such employees (Section 21.03) do not cease
such action immediately upon instructions of the Union, they
shall be subject to discipline by the Company, including
discharge.
Section 21.06. If there is any question about any individual
employee as to his/her participation in a strike, sitdown,
slowdown, or other interference with or stoppage of work, and/or
the discipline imposed, the matter may be subject to Article 17,
Grievance Procedure.
ARTICLE 22
BENEFIT PLANS
Section 22.01. General Retirement Plan (GRP) - The level and
type of benefits provided under the existing General Retirement
Plan will be continued during the term of this Agreement.
Section 22.02. Long Term Disability Plan (LTD)
(a) The level and type of benefits provided under the existing
Long Term Disability Plan for bargaining unit employees, as
amended by the 1993 Memorandum of Understanding (Benefits),
will be continued during the term of this Agreement. All
employees awarded long term disability benefits under the
plan must make timely application for Social Security
Disability Benefits and if benefits are denied, must
continue to appeal, in a timely manner, the denial of such
benefits unless and until the Company or its agent
determines further appeals are no longer necessary. Failure
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to file timely application or timely appeal(s) for Social
Security Disability Benefits or to cooperate with the
Company or its agents in such appeal(s) will result in
suspension of benefits under the plan. The existing
Disability Retirement Plan shall continue in effect only for
purposes of coverage for employees who became disabled prior
to June 1, 1982.
(b) When an employee with ten (10) or more years of continuous
service is unable to perform the regular work of his/her
classification because of a physical disability resulting
from a non-occupational illness or injury, and such employee
has been determined ineligible for benefits under the Long
Term Disability Plan for bargaining unit employees, when the
Company is notified of such ineligibility, the Company shall
endeavor to place the employee in any available work where,
in the Company's opinion, the employee can be productive
taking into account his/her previous experience, education
and the limits of his/her physical disability; however, such
placement shall be discussed in advance with the Union. In
fulfilling its obligation, the Company may place employees
without regard to the posting, seniority or other selection
requirements of Article 8. Nothing herein shall preclude
the employee from bidding into any available job during this
period and the employee shall retain all rights under
Article 15 of the Labor Agreement.
Section 22.03. Medical Coverage
(a) The level and type of benefits provided under the existing
Medical Plan for bargaining unit employees, as amended by
the 1993 Memorandum of Understanding (Benefits), will be
continued during the term of this Agreement and shall apply
to all bargaining unit employees except those who elect
medical coverage under a Health Maintenance Organization
plan as described in Section 22.04 below. During the term
of this Agreement, all covered employees shall pay the
following monthly contribution:
$10.00 Individual coverage
$30.00 Family coverage
(b) In the event a Plan member has been paid benefits from the
Plan for injuries caused by some person other than the
Company or such injured member, the Company may, after a
reasonable time, and with the written authorization of the
injured member, pursue the subrogated rights of such member
against said other person up to the amount it has incurred
or paid to or on behalf of the member from the Plan, if the
injured member does not pursue his/her remedy. Such injured
member shall not unreasonably withhold his/her consent. In
the event the member pursues his/her remedy against such
third person and receives a judgment or decree or settlement
from such third person, the Company shall, under its rights
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of subrogation, be notified by the member and will be
entitled to participate in the judgment or decree or
settlement up to the amount it has paid on behalf of the
member from the Plan. If the Company receives a settlement,
to the extent of the amount it has been paid, the employee
shall have his/her "lifetime maximum" restored. It is
agreed, however, that the Company shall be paid only from
the amount remaining after all expenses, legal fees and
court costs, etc. have been paid.
Section 22.04. Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO) -
(a) Employees may elect either medical coverage described in
Section 22.03, or medical coverage under a Health
Maintenance Organization (HMO). Employees may make such an
election during an annual "open enrollment period" in the
last quarter of each year and such election shall be
irrevocable during the next calendar year. Employees who
elect an HMO plan shall pay the difference in the added
monthly premium cost, if any, between the elected coverage
in the HMO plan and the applicable monthly premium cost less
the applicable employee contribution to PEPCO's Medical Plan
in effect on January 1 of each year for medical coverage
described in Section 22.03, above.
(b) The Company shall offer the services of a representative
group of at least three HMOs. The determination as to which
HMO shall be offered under this Section shall be made by the
Company taking into account 1) the objective of providing
representative HMO options to as many employees as
reasonably possible; 2) the requirements of federal law and
regulations relating to HMOs; and 3) the need to protect
employees and the Company from problems associated with
medically or financially deficient HMO administration. If
the Company determines to offer an HMO to employees, it
shall not be deemed to be an endorsement of the HMO or an
assurance from the Company that the employee will receive
proper care from the HMO.
(c) An employee who elects HMO medical coverage shall have such
medical coverage as his/her exclusive medical coverage and
the Company shall have no obligation with regard to the
provision of medical benefits or payment thereof, other than
payment as described in Section 22.04(a) above.
(d) If any employee is enrolled in an HMO which is no longer
made generally available to employees, any employee who is
enrolled in such HMO shall be permitted to continue
participation in such HMO for one (1) year subject to
payment of any applicable contribution.
Section 22.05. Life Insurance - The level and type of benefits
provided under the existing Group Life Insurance Plan for
bargaining unit employees shall continue during the term of this
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Agreement.
Section 22.06. Travel-Accident Insurance - The existing Travel-
Accident Insurance coverage (Company paid) for bargaining unit
employees will be continued during the term of this Agreement.
Section 22.07. Dental Assistance Plan - The level and type of
benefits provided under the existing Dental Assistance Plan for
bargaining unit employees, as amended by the 1993 Memorandum of
Understanding (Benefits), shall continue during the term of this
Agreement.
Section 22.08. Savings Plan - Provided Section 401(k) of the
Internal Revenue Code as in effect on the date of this Agreement
remains available, the level and type of benefits provided under
the existing Savings Plan for bargaining unit employees, as
amended by the 1993 Memorandum of Understanding (Benefits), shall
continue during the term of this Agreement. The Company will
provide a match of 40 Cents for each dollar of participant's
contributions to the Plan, up to 6% of base pay.
Section 22.09. Pre-Tax Spending Account - Provided Sections 125
and 129 of the Internal Revenue Code as in effect on the date of
this Agreement remains available, the level and type of benefits
provided under the existing Pre-Tax Spending Account for
bargaining unit employees shall continue during the term of this
Agreement.
Section 22.10. Child Care Referral Service - The level and type
of benefits provided under the existing Child Care Referral
Service shall continue during the term of this Agreement.
Section 22.11 The method of funding, the election to self-
insure any benefit plan described in this Article or the
selection of an insurer for any plan shall be entirely within the
discretion of the Company, and in the event there is any change
from the current insurer(s), the Company shall maintain programs
whose overall level and type of benefits are equal to the present
programs, if available. Any dividends or reductions in premium
rates during the term of this Agreement will accrue to the
benefit of the Company.
Section 22.12 The administration of benefit plans described in
this Article shall be the responsibility of the Administrative
Board of the Company under the direction of the Board of
Directors. Such responsibility shall include the selection of
trustees, consultants, actuaries, investment managers, or other
parties deemed necessary for the orderly operation of the plans.
The Company may enter into or amend contracts or agreements with
any parties involved with any of the Plans described in this
Article such as trustees, insurance carriers, financial
institutions, or investment fund managers, in the administration
and operation of trusteed, self-funded self-insured, or insured
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benefit plans, and when necessary, to amend plans and plan
documents to reflect operational changes or to secure
qualification as appropriate from the Internal Revenue Service.
It shall be the Company's responsibility and authority to
determine the extent to which all or any part of any benefit plan
is self-funded, trusteed or insured. The Company will annually
submit reports to the Union on defined benefit plans in
accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA).
ARTICLE 23
IDENTITY OF PARTIES AND
COMPLETE AGREEMENT
Section 23.01. The parties to this Agreement agree that it shall
be binding upon them and their successors and assigns.
Section 23.02. It is agreed that in the negotiations leading to
the execution of this Agreement each party had full opportunity
to propose, present, and discuss all matters concerning
relationships between the Company, its employees in the agreed
classifications and jobs covered by this Agreement, and the
Union. Neither party is obligated to bargain collectively, as
regards such employees, with respect to any matter not covered by
this Agreement, for the life thereof, except as may be
specifically permitted by any reopening clause. Neither party
shall have the right, without consent of the other party, to
insist upon an addition thereto, change therein or deletion
therefrom. Amendments to this Agreement may be made, however,
and amendments proposed in writing by one party shall be
considered by the other and discussed by the parties jointly; but
if, as a result of such negotiations, no amendments are agreed
to, the disagreement shall not constitute a dispute subject to
Article 17, Grievance Procedure.
ARTICLE 24
DURATION, REOPENING AND RENEWAL
Section 24.01. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement or accompanying General Memorandum of Understanding and
attachments thereto by which this Agreement was established, it
shall become effective upon formal signing and shall supersede
all prior agreements between the parties; except for the
implementation of any change from the previous Agreement which
shall occur as may be called for in the Agreement. The Standard
Wage Classification shall be implemented as outlined in Sections
24.03, 24.04 and 24.05 of this Article. The term of this
Agreement shall be to and including May 31, 2003 and it shall
thereafter continue in full force and effect for succeeding
periods of 12 calendar months each, unless either party, prior to
April 1, 2003, or April 1 of any year thereafter, shall serve
written notice upon the other party of its desire to amend and/or
to terminate the Agreement as of the following June 1.
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(a) In 2002, either party may request to reopen the contract by
giving the other party 60 day's notice prior to June 1,
2002. Any such re-opener will be limited to wages and
benefits.
Section 24.02. If amendments to the Agreement are so proposed
for any such June 1, such notice shall set forth the Articles and
Sections of which amendment is desired and the nature of the
proposed amendments. If, following negotiations on such
amendments, agreement is not reached by June 1, either party may
thereafter terminate this Agreement at any time by giving 48
hours' written notice thereof to the other.
Section 24.03. The Wage and Salary Schedule included in the
Standard Wage Classification which constitutes Annex A to this
Agreement shall become effective as of the date set forth in said
Annex A, for all employees in the bargaining unit who are not
covered by Section 24.04 below with each such employee's wage or
salary rate, as the case may be, thereupon being changed to the
applicable rate shown in Annex A for such employee's progression
step in his/her Pay Grade.
Section 24.04. Other provisions of this Agreement
notwithstanding, a wage increase of any type shall not become
effective prior to the start of a pay period during which the
employee records hours of work.
Section 24.05. Only those employees being carried on the
Company's payroll as of the date of ratification shall be
eligible for any retroactive payment as they may be otherwise
entitled.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Company and the Union have
respectfully caused this Agreement, constituting the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the collective
bargaining agreement, to be signed by their proper and duly
authorized officials, this 8th day of December 1998.
Washington, D.C.
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
Group Vice President - /S/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Corporate Services
Manager - Industrial Relations & /S/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Employee Benefits
Supervisor - Labor Relations /S/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
LOCAL UNION #1900
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
President/Financial Secretary /S/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
/S/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
/S/ Xxxx X. Xxxx
/S/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, the Company and the Union have
respectfully caused this Agreement, constituting the entire
agreement between the parties with respect to the collective
bargaining agreement, to be signed by their proper and duly
authorized officials, this 8th day of December 1998.
Washington, D.C.
POTOMAC ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
/s/Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Group Vice President - ______________________
Corporate Services Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Manager - Industrial Relations & ______________________
Employee Benefits Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Supervisor - Labor Relations ______________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
LOCAL UNION #1900
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS
/s/Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
President/Financial Secretary _________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
_________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
/s/Xxxx X. Xxxx
_________________________
Xxxx X. Xxxx
/s/Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
_________________________
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
HOURLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
Effective January 1, 1999
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER HOUR
4 8.50 8.76 9.01 9.27 9.53
6 11.11 11.62 11.85 12.04 12.52
7 12.24 12.44 12.63 12.83 12.99
8 12.63 12.83 12.99 13.21 13.41
9 13.67 13.82 14.08 14.30 14.44
10 14.82 15.07 15.29 15.56 15.74
11 15.45 15.68 15.94 16.16 16.37
12 17.06 17.31 17.54 17.77 18.04
13 19.12 19.39 19.55 19.84 20.10
14 20.12 20.41 20.68 20.96 21.19
15 20.97 21.30 21.55 21.81 22.13
15-A 22.62
16 22.13 22.41 22.63 22.96 23.26
17 23.38 23.68 23.94 24.22 24.50
18 24.72 25.04 25.26 25.51 25.87
19 26.13 26.38 26.64 26.93 27.24
20 27.48 27.78 28.02 28.31 28.62
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
HOURLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 29, 2000
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER HOUR
4 8.76 9.02 9.28 9.55 9.82
6 11.44 11.97 12.21 12.40 12.90
7 12.61 12.81 13.01 13.21 13.38
8 13.01 13.21 13.38 13.61 13.81
9 14.08 14.23 14.50 14.73 14.87
10 15.26 15.52 15.75 16.03 16.21
11 15.91 16.15 16.42 16.64 16.86
12 17.57 17.83 18.07 18.30 18.58
13 19.69 19.97 20.14 20.44 20.70
14 20.72 21.02 21.30 21.59 21.83
15 21.60 21.94 22.20 22.46 22.79
15-A 23.30
16 22.79 23.08 23.31 23.65 23.96
17 24.08 24.39 24.66 24.95 25.24
18 25.46 25.79 26.02 26.28 26.65
19 26.91 27.17 27.44 27.74 28.06
20 28.30 28.61 28.86 29.16 29.48
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
HOURLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 29, 2001
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER HOUR
4 9.02 9.29 9.56 9.84 10.11
6 11.78 12.33 12.58 12.77 13.29
7 12.99 13.19 13.40 13.61 13.78
8 13.40 13.61 13.78 14.02 14.22
9 14.50 14.66 14.94 15.17 15.32
10 15.72 15.99 16.22 16.51 16.70
11 16.39 16.63 16.91 17.14 17.37
12 18.10 18.36 18.61 18.85 19.14
13 20.28 20.57 20.74 21.05 21.32
14 21.34 21.65 21.94 22.24 22.48
15 22.25 22.60 22.87 23.13 23.47
15-A 24.00
16 23.47 23.77 24.01 24.36 24.68
17 24.80 25.12 25.40 25.70 26.00
18 26.22 26.56 26.80 27.07 27.45
19 27.72 27.99 28.26 28.57 28.90
20 29.15 29.47 29.73 30.03 30.36
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
HOURLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 29, 2002*
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER HOUR
4 9.29 9.57 9.85 10.14 10.41
6 12.13 12.70 12.96 13.15 13.69
7 13.38 13.59 13.80 14.02 14.19
8 13.80 14.02 14.19 14.44 14.65
9 14.94 15.10 15.39 15.63 15.78
10 16.19 16.47 16.71 17.01 17.20
11 16.88 17.13 17.42 17.65 17.89
12 18.64 18.91 19.17 19.42 19.71
13 20.89 21.19 21.36 21.68 21.96
14 21.98 22.30 22.60 22.91 23.15
15 22.92 23.28 23.56 23.82 24.17
15-A 24.72
16 24.17 24.48 24.73 25.09 25.42
17 25.54 25.87 26.16 26.47 26.78
18 27.01 27.36 27.60 27.88 28.27
19 28.55 28.83 29.11 29.43 29.77
20 30.02 30.35 30.62 30.93 31.27
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
*Rates effective unless wage re-opener requested.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
WEEKLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective January 1, 1999
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER WEEK
1 427.50 452.50 460.50 472.75 489.75
2 463.75 488.50 499.00 508.50 528.00
3 553.25 564.25 569.75 576.00 586.50
4 600.50 612.50 622.50 637.25 645.50
5 667.25 681.50 695.25 705.50 716.25
6 764.50 778.25 789.75 801.50 812.50
7 831.75 845.75 856.75 869.50 880.75
8 879.50 896.75 910.75 928.75 940.25
9 955.50 973.50 992.00 1017.25 1034.75
9-A 1055.50 1073.75 1094.00 1117.25 1136.25
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
WEEKLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 31, 2000
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER WEEK
1 440.25 466.00 474.25 487.00 504.50
2 477.75 503.25 514.00 523.75 543.75
3 569.75 581.25 586.75 593.25 604.00
4 618.50 631.00 641.25 656.25 664.75
5 687.25 702.00 716.00 726.75 737.75
6 787.50 801.50 813.50 825.50 837.00
7 856.75 871.00 882.50 895.50 907.25
8 906.00 923.75 938.00 956.50 968.50
9 984.25 1002.75 1021.75 1047.75 1065.75
9-A 1087.25 1106.00 1126.75 1150.75 1170.25
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
WEEKLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 31, 2001
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER WEEK
1 453.50 480.00 488.50 501.50 519.75
2 492.00 518.25 529.50 539.50 560.00
3 586.75 598.75 604.25 611.00 622.00
4 637.00 650.00 660.50 676.00 684.75
5 707.75 723.00 737.50 748.50 760.00
6 811.25 825.50 838.00 850.25 862.00
7 882.50 897.25 909.00 922.25 934.50
8 933.25 951.50 966.25 985.25 997.50
9 1013.75 1032.75 1052.50 1079.25 1097.75
9-A 1119.75 1139.25 1160.50 1185.25 1205.25
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
WAGE SCHEDULE FOR
WEEKLY RATE CLASSIFICATIONS
effective May 31, 2002*
PAY
GRADE DOLLARS PER WEEK
1 467.00 494.50 503.25 516.50 535.25
2 506.75 533.75 545.50 555.75 576.75
3 604.25 616.75 622.50 629.25 640.75
4 656.00 669.50 680.25 696.25 705.25
5 729.00 744.75 759.75 771.00 782.75
6 835.50 850.25 863.25 875.75 887.75
7 909.00 924.25 936.25 950.00 962.50
8 961.25 980.00 995.25 1014.75 1027.50
9 1044.25 1063.75 1084.00 1111.75 1130.75
9-A 1153.25 1173.50 1195.25 1220.75 1241.50
Consideration for time and merit progression
through step rates in each Pay Grade at
6-month intervals.
*Rates effective unless wage re-opener requested.
HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
CUSTOMER SERVICES AND POWER DELIVERY BUSINESS UNIT
CUSTOMER SERVICES GROUP
METERS SERVICES DIVISION
Meter Installation & Test
013040 Meter Electronic Technician A .................... 18
013726 Meter Electronic Technician B .................... 16
013066 Meter Electronic Technician C .................... 12
013017 Meter Laboratory Technician ...................... 17
013039 High Tension Field Meter Tester .................. 17
013041 Field Meter Tester A ............................. 15
013044 Laboratory Meter Tester A ........................ 15
013042 Field Meter Tester B ............................. 13
013045 Laboratory Meter Tester B ........................ 11
013090 Meter Installation Technician .................... 16
013047 Meter Installer A ................................ 15
013048 Meter Installer B ................................ 12
013043 Field Meter Tester/Installer C ................... 10
013046 Laboratory Meter Tester/Installer C .............. 8
013062 Helper ........................................... 6
013010 Meter Repairer A ................................. 15
013050 Equipment Service Technician A ** ................ 15
Meter Reading
015001 Special Meter Reader ............................. 13
015002 Meter Reader ..................................... 12
CUSTOMER SERVICES OPERATIONS & ACCOUNTING DIVISION
Customer Credit
024002 Collection Specialist ............................ 15
024001 Collector ........................................ 14
024013 Collection Order Dispatcher ...................... 14
**Restricted Roster
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
POWER DISTRIBUTION GROUP
Distribution Field Support
141064 Gardener A ....................................... 12
141065 Gardener B ....................................... 9
Customer Reliability & Test
027010 Lead Transmission & Distribution Tester .......... 19
027001 Lead Distribution Tester ......................... 18
027011 Distribution Tester A ............................ 16
027020 Lead Transformer Tester .......................... 18
027021 Transformer Tester A ............................. 16
027030 Transmission & Distribution Tester B ............. 14
027031 Transmission & Distribution Tester C ............. 11
027032 Transmission & Distribution Tester D ............. 9
027033 Helper ........................................... 6
027050 Utility Mechanic A** ............................. 11
027051 Utility Mechanic B** ............................. 6
FORESTVILLE SERVICE CENTER DIVISION
Forestville Service Center
413020 Lead Line Mechanic ............................... 18
413027 Qualified Line Mechanic .......................... 16
413004 Line Mechanic A .................................. 14
413005 Line Mechanic B .................................. 13
413006 Line Mechanic C .................................. 9
413017 Helper ........................................... 6
413014 Trouble Assistant/Street Light Replacer A ........ 12
413012 Trouble Assistant/Street Light Replacer B ........ 9
413007 Service Line Mechanic ............................ 14
000000 Overhead Equipment Operator ...................... 14
000000 Service Inspector ................................ 13
000000 Truck Driver-Ground Helper-Boat Operator ......... 13
000000 Truck Driver-Ground Helper A ..................... 12
000000 Truck Driver-Ground Helper B ..................... 6
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Forestville Service Center (Cont')
000000 Truck Driver B ................................... 8
000000 Utility Mechanic A** ............................. 11
413041 Utility Mechanic B** ............................. 6
ROCKVILLE SERVICE CENTER DIVISION
Rockville Service Center
412220 Lead Line Mechanic - Rockville ................... 18
412227 Qualified Line Mechanic - Rockville .............. 16
412204 Line Mechanic A - Rockville ..................... 15
412205 Line Mechanic B - Rockville ..................... 14
412206 Line Mechanic C - Rockville ..................... 9
412017 Helper - Rockville .............................. 6
000000 Truck Driver-Ground Helper A - Rockville ........ 12
000000 Truck Driver-Ground Helper B - Rockville ........ 6
XXXXXXX SERVICE CENTER DIVISION
Xxxxxxx Service Center
411002 Lead Construction Mechanic ....................... 18
411001 Construction Mechanic ............................ 17
411010 Conduit Crew Leader .............................. 15
000000 Conduit Equipment Operator ....................... 14
000000 Compressor Operator .............................. 9
000000 Conduit Installer A .............................. 13
411006 Conduit Installer B .............................. 9
411061 Conduit Installer C .............................. 6
000000 Truck Driver Conduit ............................. 9
000000 Truck Driver B ................................... 8
000000 Conduit Line Locator** ........................... 13
411040 Utility Mechanic A** ............................. 11
411041 Utility Mechanic B** ............................. 6
411019 Lead Cable Splicer/Mechanic Pressurized Systems .. 18
411022 Lead Cable Splicer/Mechanic ...................... 18
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Xxxxxxx Service Center (Cont'd)
411001 Cable Splicer/Mechanic A ......................... 16
411002 Cable Splicer/Mechanic B ......................... 14
411006 Cable Splicer/Mechanic C ......................... 13
411020 Cable Splicer/Mechanic D ......................... 9
411062 Helper ........................................... 6
411082 Service Inspector ................................ 13
000000 Materials Handler/Crane Operator ................. 13
000000 Underground Lines Training Assistant** ........... 17
TRANSMISSION BUSINESS UNIT
TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE GROUP
SUBSTATION OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE DIVISION
Substation Operations & Maintenance
051001 Lead Substation Technician - Maintenance ......... 19
051002 Sr. Substation Technician - Maintenance .......... 17
051003 Substation Technician - Maintenance .............. 15
051004 Substation Technician Trainee III - Maintenance .. 12
051007 Lead Substation Technician - Operations .......... 19
051008 Sr. Substation Technician - Operations ........... 17
051009 Substation Technician - Operations ............... 15
051010 Substation Technician Trainee III - Operations ... 12
051017 Lead Substation Technician - Test ................ 19
051018 Sr. Substation Technician - Test ................. 17
051019 Substation Technician - Test ..................... 15
051020 Substation Technician Trainee III - Test ......... 12
051005 Substation Technician Trainee II ................. 8
051006 Substation Technician Trainee I .................. 4
SYSTEM PROTECTION & CONTROL DIVISION
Substation Test
052007 Test Specialist .................................. 20
052001 Relay Tester A ................................... 17
052008 Relay Tester B ................................... 14
052003 Relay Tester C ................................... 9
052021 Helper ........................................... 6
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
SPC Planning & Analysis
145055 Laboratory Technician A .......................... 15
145054 Laboratory Technician B .......................... 13
145053 Laboratory Technician C .......................... 8
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
Microwave & Fibre Optics
199022 Radio Frequency Interference Investigator ........ 18
199044 Instrument and Equipment Technician A ............ 17
199010 Lead Electronic Technician ....................... 20
199005 Electronic Technician A .......................... 17
199006 Electronic Technician B .......................... 14
199009 Electronic Technician C .......................... 9
199018 Helper ........................................... 6
TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS OPERATIONS & SERVICES GROUP
CONTROL CENTER SYSTEMS DIVISION
Control Systems Support
065020 System Service Specialist ........................ 20
065021 System Service Technician A ...................... 17
065022 System Service Technician B ...................... 14
065010 Lead System Service Mechanic ..................... 17
065011 System Service Mechanic A ........................ 15
065012 System Service Mechanic B ........................ 13
065013 System Service Mechanic C ........................ 9
065014 Helper ........................................... 6
065001 Lead Building Attendant .......................... 9
065002 Building Attendant A ............................. 6
TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION GROUP
TRANSMISSION CONSTRUCTION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Transmission Construction & Project Management
179040 Construction Crew Leader ......................... 19
179041 Sr. Construction Electrical Mechanic ............. 17
179042 Construction Electrical Mechanic ................. 15
179043 Construction Elec. Mechanic Trainee III .......... 12
179044 Construction Elec. Mechanic Trainee II ........... 8
179045 Construction Elec. Mechanic Trainee I ............ 4
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
GENERATION BUSINESS UNIT
GENERATION OPERATIONS WEST GROUP
Xxxxxxx Generating Station
021022 System Technician ................................ 20
021021 Control Technician ............................... 19
021108 Senior Plant Technician .......................... 17
021106 Plant Technician ................................. 15
021041 Plant Technician Trainee III ..................... 12
021042 Plant Technician Trainee II ...................... 8
021043 Plant Technician Trainee I ....................... 4
000000 Control Room Operator ............................ 17
000000 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
021097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
021086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
021140 Operating Technician A (Buzzard Pt) .............. 17
021141 Operating Technician B (Buzzard Pt) .............. 15
021142 Operating Technician C (Buzzard Pt) .............. 13
021143 Operating Technician D (Buzzard Pt) .............. 9
021144 Helper (Buzzard Pt) .............................. 6
Potomac River Generating Station
095022 System Technician ................................ 20
095021 Control Technician ............................... 19
095108 Senior Plant Technician .......................... 17
095106 Plant Technician ................................. 15
095041 Plant Technician Trainee III ..................... 12
095042 Plant Technician Trainee II ...................... 8
095043 Plant Technician Trainee I ....................... 4
095051 Senior Fuel & Ash Technician ..................... 16
095052 Fuel & Ash Technician ............................ 14
095053 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee III ................ 12
095057 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee II ................. 8
059059 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee I .................. 4
095101 Senior Maintenance Technician .................... 17
095102 Maintenance Technician ........................... 15
095105 Maintenance Technician - Trainee III ............. 12
095103 Maintenance Technician - Trainee II .............. 8
095048 Maintenance Technician - Trainee I ............... 4
000000 Control Room Operator ............................ 17
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Potomac River Generating Station (Cont'd)
095015 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
095097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
095086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
095009 Lead Laboratory Technician** ..................... 16
095004 Laboratory Technician A .......................... 15
095006 Laboratory Technician B .......................... 13
095007 Laboratory Technician C .......................... 8
095008 Helper ........................................... 6
Xxxxxxxxx Generating Station
096022 System Technician ................................ 20
096021 Control Technician ............................... 19
096108 Senior Plant Technician .......................... 17
096106 Plant Technician ................................. 15
096041 Plant Technician Trainee III ..................... 12
096042 Plant Technician Trainee II ...................... 8
096043 Plant Technician Trainee I ....................... 4
096051 Senior Fuel & Ash Technician ..................... 16
096052 Fuel & Ash Technician ............................ 14
096053 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee III ................ 12
096057 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee II ................. 8
096059 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee I .................. 4
096101 Senior Maintenance Technician .................... 17
096102 Maintenance Technician ........................... 15
096105 Maintenance Technician - Trainee III ............. 12
096103 Maintenance Technician - Trainee II .............. 8
096048 Maintenance Technician - Trainee I ............... 4
000000 Control Room Operator ............................ 17
000000 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
096097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
096086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
096009 Lead Laboratory Technician** ..................... 16
096004 Laboratory Technician A .......................... 15
096006 Laboratory Technician B .......................... 13
096007 Laboratory Technician C .......................... 8
096008 Helper ........................................... 6
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
GENERATION OPERATIONS EAST GROUP
Chalk Point Generating Station
089022 System Technician ................................ 20
089021 Control Technician ............................... 19
089108 Senior Plant Technician .......................... 17
089106 Plant Technician ................................. 15
089041 Plant Technician Trainee III ..................... 12
089042 Plant Technician Trainee II ...................... 8
089043 Plant Technician Trainee I ....................... 4
089051 Senior Fuel & Ash Technician ..................... 16
089052 Fuel & Ash Technician ............................ 14
089053 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee III ................ 12
089057 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee II ................. 8
089059 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee I .................. 4
000000 Control Room Operator ............................ 17
000000 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
089097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
089086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
089009 Lead Laboratory Technician** ..................... 16
089004 Laboratory Technician A .......................... 15
089006 Laboratory Technician B .......................... 13
089007 Laboratory Technician C .......................... 8
089008 Helper ........................................... 6
Morgantown Generating Station
093022 System Technician ................................ 20
093021 Control Technician ............................... 19
093108 Senior Plant Technician .......................... 17
093106 Plant Technician ................................. 15
093041 Plant Technician Trainee III ..................... 12
093042 Plant Technician Trainee II ...................... 8
093043 Plant Technician Trainee I ....................... 4
093051 Senior Fuel & Ash Technician ..................... 16
093052 Fuel & Ash Technician ............................ 14
093053 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee III ................ 12
093057 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee II ................. 8
093059 Fuel & Ash Technician Trainee I .................. 4
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Morgantown Generating Station (Cont'd)
000000 Control Room Operator ............................ 17
000000 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
093097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
093086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
093009 Lead Laboratory Technician** ..................... 16
093004 Laboratory Technician A .......................... 15
093006 Laboratory Technician B .......................... 13
093007 Laboratory Technician C .......................... 8
093008 Helper 6
GENERATING ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE SERVICES GROUP
Production Services
155101 Senior Maintenance Technician .................... 17
155102 Maintenance Technician ........................... 15
155105 Maintenance Technician - Trainee III ............. 12
155103 Maintenance Technician - Trainee II .............. 8
155048 Maintenance Technician - Trainee I ............... 4
155007 Parts Specialist ................................. 15
155097 Plant Toolkeeper A ............................... 12
155086 Plant Toolkeeper B ............................... 11
Performance & Technical Services
171052 Condition Monitoring Technician A ................ 19
171051 Condition Monitoring Technician B ................ 17
Metallurgy
172060 Metallurgical Laboratory Technician .............. 16
CORPORATE SERVICES BUSINESS UNIT
GENERAL SERVICES/MATERIALS GROUP
General Services/Materials Support
340340 Lead Messenger ................................... 9
340025 Mobile Messenger ................................. 8
340341 Messenger ........................................ 6
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Fleet Services
017004 Lead Automotive Mechanic ......................... 17
017001 Automotive Mechanic A ............................ 16
017002 Automotive Mechanic B ............................ 13
017003 Automotive Mechanic C ............................ 8
017062 Helper ........................................... 6
017011 Service Specialist A ............................. 9
017012 Service Specialist B ............................. 8
017009 Garage Attendant A ............................... 7
017007 Garage Attendant B ............................... 6
017040 Utility Mechanic A** ............................. 11
017041 Utility Mechanic B** ............................. 6
FACILITY & SECURITY SERVICES DIVISION
General Shops
005004 Lead Shop Mechanic .............................. 17
005001 Shop Mechanic A ................................. 15
005002 Shop Mechanic B ................................. 13
005003 Shop Mechanic C ................................. 9
005062 Helper .......................................... 6
005006 Sign Painter .................................... 15A
005007 Painter A ........................................ 15
005008 Painter B ........................................ 13
005009 Painter C ........................................ 9
005010 Helper ........................................... 6
005040 Utility Mechanic A** ............................. 11
005041 Utility Mechanic B** .............................
Facility & Security Services
043015 Lead Building Engineer ........................... 15
043002 Building Engineer A .............................. 14
043006 Building Engineer B .............................. 13
043007 Building Engineer C .............................. 9
043020 Helper ........................................... 6
043016 Lead Building Electrician ........................ 17
043017 Building Electrician A ........................... 14
043018 Building Electrician B ........................... 13
043011 Building Electrician C ........................... 9
043019 Helper ........................................... 6
043001 Lead Building Attendant .......................... 9
043004 Building Attendant ............................... 6
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HOURLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
MATERIALS SERVICES DIVISION
Stores
016021 Lead Handler/Disposal Specialist /1 .............. 16
016022 Specialized Carrier /2 ........................... 16
000000 Material Handler/Driver /3 ....................... 15
000000 Stock Handler A .................................. 14
016003 Stock Handler B .................................. 11
016004 Stock Handler C .................................. 8
016062 Stock Handler-Helper ............................. 6
000000 Equipment Operator A ............................. 14
000000 Equipment Operator B ............................. 11
000000 Material Handler ................................. 8
016061 Helper ........................................... 6
016040 Utility Worker A** ............................... 11
016041 Utility Worker B** ............................... 6
Waste Management
229021 Lead Handler/Disposal Specialist ................. 16
229002 Stock Handler A .................................. 14
229003 Stock Handler B .................................. 11
229004 Stock Handler C .................................. 8
229062 Stock Handler - Helper ........................... 6
229022 Specialized Carrier .............................. 16
COMPUTER SERVICES GROUP
CLIENT SERVICES DIVISION
Network Services
336070 Telecommunications Technician .................... 17
337071 Associate Telecommunications Technician .......... 13
(1) Promotion to this position will be from job #016030 or
016002.
(2) Promotion to this position will be from job #016030 or
016016.
(3) Promotion to this position will be from job #016002 or
016006.
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CUSTOMER SERVICES AND POWER DELIVERY
BUSINESS UNIT
CUSTOMER SERVICES AND POWER DISTRIBUTION GROUP
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATIONS DIVISION
Distribution Control Room Operations
417008 Complaint Dispatcher A.......................... 8
417009 Complaint Dispatcher B.......................... 6
Distribution Operations Support
418002 System Operations Aide A ....................... 8
418003 System Operations Aide B ....................... 7
418010 System Operations Aide C ....................... 6
CUSTOMER SERVICES GROUP
METER SERVICES DIVISION
Meters Installation & Test
013020 Lead Meters Aide ............................... 8
013725 Meters Aide A .................................. 6
013022 Meters Aide B .................................. 4
013023 Meters Clerk ................................... 2
013031 Computer Applications Assistant ................ 5
013011 Data Input Clerk A - Special ................... 4
013012 Data Input Clerk B - Special ................... 3
Meter Reading
015005 Regional Accounts Clerk/Machine Operator ....... 5
000000 Regional Accounts Clerk ........................ 3
000000 Xxxxx Xxxxx .................................... 3
015064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
015065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
CUSTOMER SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE & DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
Customer Services Development
037002 Schedule Analyst ............................... 7
037013 System Development Representative A ............ 7
037014 System Development Representative B ............ 5
037080 General Clerk .................................. 1
Customer Services Administration & Training
049021 Lead Representative (Special Investigations) ... 8
049020 Special Investigations Representative .......... 7
CUSTOMER SERVICES OPERATIONS & ACCOUNTING DIVISION
Customer Credit
024015 Senior Credit Analyst .......................... 7
024016 Credit Analyst A ............................... 6
024017 Credit Analyst B ............................... 4
024018 Senior Delinquent Accounts Clerk ............... 3
024027 Delinquent Accounts Clerk ...................... 1
024047 Data Input Clerk ............................... 3
024064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
Revenue Accounting
028081 Lead CIS Processing Analyst .................... 7
028082 CIS Processing Analyst A ....................... 6
028083 CIS Processing Analyst B ....................... 5
028084 CIS Processing Analyst C ....................... 4
028085 CIS Processing Analyst D ....................... 3
028020 Meters Aide A .................................. 6
028021 Meters Aide B .................................. 4
028047 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
028064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
028010 Computer Applications Specialist ............... 9
028011 Computer Applications Assistant ................ 5
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Customer Operations
083022 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
083023 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
083001 Lead Service Representative ................... 7
083033 Service Representative A ....................... 6
083034 Service Representative B ....................... 4
083024 Receptionist ................................... 3
000000 Telephone Operator A ........................... 3
000000 Telephone Operator B ........................... 2
Billing Services & Investigations
306004 Lead Representative (Account Investigation) .... 8
306021 Account Investigation Representative A ......... 7
306020 Account Investigation Representative B ......... 5
306010 Account Investigation Representative C ......... 4
306011 Account Investigations Assistant** ............. 5
306001 Lead Representative (Billing Maintenance) ...... 6
306002 Billing Maintenance Analyst .................... 5
306006 Billing Maintenance Representative A ........... 4
306005 Billing Maintenance Representative B ........... 3
306047 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
306064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
306065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
CUSTOMER DESIGN DC DIVISION
Customer Design DC
054044 Field Technician A ............................. 9
054041 Field Technician B ............................. 8
054042 Field Technician C ............................. 7
054043 Field Technician D ............................. 5
054018 Field Assistant ................................ 2
054085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
054084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
054083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
054082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
054081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
054075 Service Security Assistant** ................... 7
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Customer Design DC (Cont'd)
054003 Customer Engineering Representative ............ 9
054010 Builder Service Representative ................. 7
054011 Customer Engineering Assistant ................. 5
054007 Processing & Liaison Clerk ..................... 7
054017 Customer Engineering Clerk A ................... 6
054004 Customer Engineering Clerk B ................... 5
054005 Customer Engineering Clerk C ................... 4
054033 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
054064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
054065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
054080 General Clerk .................................. 1
CUSTOMER DESIGN MD DIVISION
Customer Design MD
039044 Field Technician A ............................. 9
039041 Field Technician B ............................. 8
039042 Field Technician C ............................. 7
039043 Field Technician D ............................. 5
039018 Field Assistant ................................ 2
039085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
039084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
039083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
039082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
039081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
039039 Right-of-Way Representative .................... 8
039003 Customer Engineering Representative ............ 9
039010 Builder Service Representative ................. 7
039011 Customer Engineering Assistant ................. 5
039007 Processing & Liaison Clerk ..................... 7
039017 Customer Engineering Clerk A ................... 6
039004 Customer Engineering Clerk B ................... 5
039005 Customer Engineering Clerk C ................... 4
039033 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
039064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
039065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
POWER DISTRIBUTION GROUP
Distribution Administrative Support
004034 Technical Aide A ............................... 8
004035 Technical Aide B ............................... 7
004036 Technical Aide C ............................... 6
004082 Technical Aide D ............................... 4
004015 Lead ESO&C Aide ................................ 8
004017 ESO&C Aide A ................................... 6
004019 ESO&C Aide B ................................... 4
004081 ESO&C Aide C ................................... 2
004025 Lead Administration Assistant .................. 6
004026 Administration Assistant A ..................... 5
004027 Administration Assistant B ..................... 4
004005 Administration Assistant C ..................... 3
004030 Lead Data/Program Coder ........................ 7
004031 Data/Program Coder A ........................... 6
004004 Lead Data Processing Aide ...................... 7
004033 Data Processing Aide A ......................... 5
004007 Data Processing Aide B ......................... 4
004010 Data Processing Aide C ......................... 3
004721 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
004029 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
004064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
004065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
Customer Reliability & Test
027040 Transmission & Distribution Test Aide A ........ 8
027041 Transmission & Distribution Test Aide B ........ 7
027042 Transmission & Distribution Test Aide C ........ 6
DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION DIVISION
Distribution Engineering & Construction
006011 Prior Rights Aide A ............................ 8
006012 Prior Rights Aide B ............................ 6
006085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
006084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
006083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
006082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
006081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Distribution Engineering & Construction (Cont'd)
006038 Computer Applications Assistant A .............. 7
006040 Computer Applications Assistant B .............. 5
006044 Field Technician A ............................. 9
006041 Field Technician B ............................. 8
006042 Field Technician C ............................. 7
006043 Field Technician D ............................. 5
006045 Field Technician E ............................. 4
006018 Field Assistant ................................ 2
006019 Specialist Surveyor ............................ 9
006020 Surveyor A ..................................... 8
006021 Surveyor B ..................................... 7
006022 Surveyor C ..................................... 4
006039 Right-of-Way Representative A .................. 8
006029 Right-of-Way Representative B .................. 6
006062 Clerk-Stenographer C ........................... 3
006063 Clerk-Stenographer D ........................... 2
TRANSMISSION BUSINESS UNIT
RESOURCE PLANNING GROUP
Electric System Planning
014085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
014084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
014083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
014082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
014081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
014062 Clerk Stenographer C ........................... 3
014063 Clerk Stenographer D ........................... 2
Office of VP
170085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
170084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
170083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
170082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
ENERGY PLANNING DIVISION
Energy Systems Planning
311085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 8
311084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
311083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
311082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
311081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
Transmission System Operations & Services Group
TRANSMISSION SERVICES DIVISION
Transmission Planning
309086 Technical Assistant A** ........................ 9
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM OPERATIONS DIVISION
Transmission Control Room Operations
020008 Complaint Dispatcher A ......................... 8
020009 Complaint Dispatcher B ......................... 6
020020 Complaint Dispatcher C ......................... 4
020002 System Operations Aide A ....................... 8
020003 System Operations Aide B ....................... 7
020010 System Operations Aide C ....................... 6
020011 System Operations Aide D ....................... 4
020085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
020084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
020083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
020082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
Transmission System Operations Engineering
322002 System Operations Aide A ....................... 8
322003 System Operations Aide B ....................... 7
322004 System Operations Aide C ....................... 6
322005 System Operations Aide D ....................... 4
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JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
CONTROL ROOM SYSTEMS DIVISION
Control Systems Support
065006 System Operations Aide A ....................... 8
065003 System Operations Aide B ....................... 7
065004 System Operations Aide C ....................... 6
065005 System Operations Aide D ....................... 4
TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION GROUP
TRANSMISSION ENGINEERING & DESIGN DIVISION
Design Services
008010 Lead Design Technician, Electrical ............. 9A
008001 Design Technician A, Electrical ................ 9
008002 Design Technician B, Electrical ................ 8
008003 Design Technician C, Electrical ................ 6
008004 Drafting Technician, Electrical ................ 4
008005 Tracer, Electrical ............................. 2
008041 Design Technician A, Mechanical ................ 9
008042 Design Technician B, Mechanical ................ 8
008043 Drafting Technician A, Mechanical .............. 6
008044 Drafting Technician B, Mechanical .............. 5
008016 Graphic Technician A ........................... 8
008017 Graphic Technician B ........................... 6
008018 Graphic Technician C ........................... 4
008019 Graphic Technician D ........................... 2
000000 Lead Print Reproduction Operator ............... 6
000000 Print Reproduction Operator A .................. 4
000000 Print Reproduction Operator B .................. 2
000000 Records Preservation Clerk A ................... 5
008025 Records Preservation Clerk B ................... 3
008026 Records Preservation Clerk C ................... 2
008039 Drafting File Clerk A .......................... 3
008038 Drafting File Clerk B .......................... 1
008032 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
008033 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
008064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
008065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
008011 Technical File Clerk ........................... 5
008081 Technical Clerk ................................ 2
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Transmission Engineering & Design
128085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
128084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
128083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
128082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
128062 Clerk Stenographer C ........................... 3
128063 Clerk Stenographer D ........................... 2
TRANSMISSION CONSTRUCTION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Substation & Transmission Project Management
140024 Job Processor Clerk A .......................... 8
140047 Job Processor Clerk B .......................... 7
140026 Job Processor Clerk C .......................... 6
140031 Pricing Clerk A ................................ 5
140027 Pricing Clerk B ................................ 4
140001 Work Record Clerk .............................. 3
140034 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
140035 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
140036 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
140082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
140013 System Analyst A ............................... 8
140014 System Analyst B ............................... 6
TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE GROUP
SYSTEM PROTECTION & CONTROL DIVISION
Substation Test
052029 Technical Aide A ............................... 8
052034 Technical Aide B ............................... 7
052035 Technical Aide C ............................... 6
052036 Technical Aide D ............................... 4
System Protection & Control
125085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
125084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
125083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
125082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
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WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
Mobile Radio & Paging
198085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
198084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
198083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
198082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
Microwave & Fibre Optics
199085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 9
199084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 8
199083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
199082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
RATES AND REGULATORY PRACTICES GROUP
RATE ECONOMICS DIVISION
Rate Economics
105064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
105065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
Revenue Analysis
307001 Rate Research Aide A ........................... 8
307002 Rate Research Aide B ........................... 6
Rate Design
022001 Research Aide A ................................ 8
022003 Statistical Analyst D .......................... 6
022004 Statistical Analyst C .......................... 3
RATE ACCOUNTING DIVISION
Cost Allocation
038001 Research Aide A ................................ 8
038002 Research Aide B ................................ 6
21
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
MARKET PLANNING AND POLICY GROUP
DEMAND SIDE RESOURCES DIVISION
Load Research
058001 Load Research Aide A ........................... 8
058002 Load Research Aide B ........................... 6
Program Design
133031 Program Design Aide ............................ 8
FINANCE BUSINESS UNIT
FINANCE GROUP
Corporate Budget Coordination
316004 Budget Clerk A ................................. 6
316002 Budget Clerk B ................................. 4
316032 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
316033 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
316064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
316065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
COMPTROLLER GROUP
Property and Plant Accounting
026001 Technical Valuation Aide A ..................... 9
026002 Technical Valuation Aide B ..................... 7
026003 Technical Valuation Aide C ..................... 6
026011 Lead Cost Analyst .............................. 8
026004 Cost Analyst A ................................. 6
026005 Cost Analyst B ................................. 4
026021 Cost Analyst C ................................. 3
026016 Inventory Cost Clerk A ......................... 4
026020 Inventory Cost Clerk B ......................... 3
026018 Property Records Clerk A ....................... 2
026019 Property Records Clerk B ....................... 1
026049 Lead Plant Analyst ............................. 7
026050 Plant Analyst A ................................ 6
026051 Plant Analyst B ................................ 5
026052 Plant Analyst C ................................ 3
22
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Disbursement Accounting
025050 Lead Accounts Payable Clerk .................... 7
025051 Accounts Payable Clerk ......................... 6
025052 Invoice Clerk A ................................ 5
025053 Invoice Clerk B ................................ 4
025054 Invoice Clerk C ................................ 2
025062 Lead Accounting Clerk .......................... 7
025063 Accounting Clerk A ............................. 6
025064 Accounting Clerk B ............................. 5
025065 Accounting Clerk C ............................. 3
025081 Lead Records Preservation Clerk ................ 6
025082 Records Preservation Clerk A ................... 5
025083 Records Preservation Assistant ................. 4
025084 Records Preservation Clerk B ................... 3
025085 Records Preservation Clerk C ................... 2
General Accounting
035030 Lead Data Control Specialist ................... 7
035013 Data Control Specialist ........................ 5
035012 Data Control Clerk A ........................... 5
035032 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
035075 Typist A ....................................... 2
035001 Lead Fuel Reporting Clerk ...................... 7
035002 Fuel Reporting Control Clerk ................... 6
035003 Fuel Accounting Clerk A ........................ 5
035004 Fuel Accounting Clerk B ........................ 3
035005 Fuel Accounting Clerk C ........................ 2
Payroll & Benefits Accounting
044045 Lead Payroll Control Clerk ..................... 7
044046 Payroll Control Clerk A ........................ 6
044048 Payroll Control Clerk B ........................ 5
044049 Payroll Clerk .................................. 3
TREASURER GROUP
Mail and Bank Receipts
023034 Lead Processing Clerk .......................... 6
023030 Receipts Processing Clerk A .................... 5
023032 Receipts Processing Clerk B .................... 3
023033 Receipts Processing Clerk C .................... 2
23
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Treasury Management & Analysis
328010 Clerk-Teller ................................... 6
328001 Lead Teller .................................... 4
328002 Teller A ....................................... 3
328003 Teller B ....................................... 2
328081 Teller C ....................................... 1
328722 Receipts Assistant A ........................... 5
328006 Receipts Assistant B ........................... 3
INVESTOR RELATIONS DIVISION
Shareholder Services
042006 Lead Shareholder Records Clerk ................. 6
042008 Control Clerk .................................. 5
042011 Shareholder Records Clerk ...................... 4
042012 Ledger Posting Clerk B ......................... 2
042080 General Clerk .................................. 1
042062 Clerk-Stenographer C ........................... 3
042063 Clerk-Stenographer D ........................... 2
GENERATION BUSINESS UNIT
ENVIRONMENT GROUP
GENERATION ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY SERVICES DIVISION
Air Management
046085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 8
046084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
046083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
046082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
Natural Resource Management
149085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 8
149084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
149083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
149082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
24
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
Environmental Services
070085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 8
070084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
070083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
070082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
GENERATION FUELS & BUSINESS PLANNING GROUP
Generation Financial & Budget Analysis
167026 Principal Administrative Aide .................. 6
167027 Senior Administrative Aide ..................... 4
167028 Administrative Aide ............................ 3
Generation Information Technology
169026 Principal Administrative Aide .................. 6
169027 Senior Administrative Aide ..................... 4
169028 Administrative Aide ............................ 3
Generation Training & Procedures
168026 Principal Administrative Aide .................. 6
168027 Senior Administrative Aide ..................... 4
168028 Administrative Aide ............................ 3
GENERATION FUELS DIVISION
Coal Procurement
163026 Principal Administrative Aide .................. 6
163027 Senior Administrative Aide ..................... 4
163028 Administrative Aide ............................ 3
163081 Buyer B - Petroleum ............................ 5
Petroleum & Natural Gas Procurement
165026 Principal Administrative Aide .................. 6
165027 Senior Administrative Aide ..................... 4
165028 Administrative Aide ............................ 3
165089 Fuels Information Clerk ........................ 5
GENERATION OPERATIONS WEST GROUP
Potomac River Generating Station
095050 Laboratory Test Technician ..................... 8
25
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
BULK POWER MANAGEMENT GROUP
Accounting & Billing
050085 Technical Assistant A .......................... 8
050084 Technical Assistant B .......................... 7
050083 Technical Assistant C .......................... 6
050082 Technical Assistant D .......................... 4
050002 System Operations Aide A ....................... 8
050003 System Operations Aide B ....................... 7
050004 System Operations Aide C ....................... 6
050005 System Operations Aide D ....................... 4
CORPORATE SERVICES BUSINESS UNIT
GENERAL SERVICES/MATERIALS GROUP
General Services/Materials Support
340010 Financial Control Assistant .................... 6
340015 General Services Clerk ......................... 4
340009 Systems Clerk .................................. 4
340008 Financial Clerk ................................ 3
340064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
340065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
000000 Lead Mail Machine Operator ..................... 7
000000 Mail Machine Operator A ........................ 5
000000 Mail Machine Operator B ........................ 3
000000 Dispatch Stenographer B ........................ 4
Fleet Services
017019 Parts Inventory & Cost Control Specialist ...... 4
017010 Transportation & Warranty Clerk ................ 4
FACILITY AND SECURITY SERVICES DIVISION
Facility & Security Services
000000 Print Shop Operator ............................ 9
000000 Print Shop Assistant A ......................... 7
043297 Print Shop Assistant B ......................... 5
043021 Print Shop Assistant C ......................... 3
043023 Data Input Clerk A ............................. 4
043003 Data Input Clerk B ............................. 3
26
WEEKLY RATED CLASSIFICATION
JOB PAY
NUMBER CLASSIFICATION GRADE
MATERIAL SERVICES DIVISION
Purchasing
107010 Purchasing Aide A .............................. 5
107011 Purchasing Aide B .............................. 4
107012 Purchasing Aide C .............................. 3
107013 Purchasing Aide D .............................. 2
Stores
016014 Stores Office Clerk A** ........................ 7
016015 Stores Office Clerk B** ........................ 5
016016 Stores Office Clerk C** ........................ 3
016064 Clerk-Typist A ................................. 2
016065 Clerk-Typist B ................................. 1
016080 General Clerk .................................. 1
Waste Management
229014 Stores Office Clerk A .......................... 7
COMPUTER SERVICES GROUP
TECHNICAL SERVICES & OPERATIONS DIVISION
Computer Operations
057001 Lead Data Control Clerk ........................ 7
057012 Data Control Clerk A ........................... 5
000000 Auxiliary Machine Operator A ................... 4
000000 Data Control Clerk B ........................... 3
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS BUSINESS UNIT
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
Management & Employee Communications
075010 Typesetting/Graphics Aide ...................... 4
075058 Staff Photographer ............................. 6
075002 Photographic Assistant A ....................... 4
075001 Photographic Assistant B ....................... 2
**Restricted Roster
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