CNIC/IC/CCP Hourly Wage Agreement (including ... - Blet602.org

Section 4Aggregate ServiceEngineers may be released four (4) hours or more. If so released the Engineer will beconsidered on pay until called to resume duty and such release time shall not be countedtowards hours of service or overtime.ARTICLE I8 - PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS (PLD’s)A. Engineers will be entitled to a maximum of eleven (11) PLD’s for each calendar year.PLD’s shall be paid at eight (8) hours at the straight time hourly rate of pay, exceptPLD’s taken on the holidays designated in Article 9 B will be paid at ten (10) hours atthe straight time hourly rate of pay.B. Subject to scheduling by the BLE Local Chairman or his designate, one (1) personalleave day will be granted on any day to employees subject to the jurisdiction of eachGEB under the following conditions:(i)(ii)The PLD’s that are subject to assignment by the Local Chairman will beassigned on a first come, first served basis.The BLE Local Chairman or his designated representative must give thecrew callers' office at least forty-eight (48) hours' notice of the day to beobserved.(iii) Once the PLD is assigned by the BLE Local Chairman, it will not bechanged unless requested by the BLE Local Chairman.(iv)(v)Subject to the needs of service, an Engineer scheduled for suchdesignated PLD may lay off up to twenty-four (24) hours in advance of theday at the home terminal in order to avoid being at the away-from-hometerminalwhen the PLD begins.At locations where two or more extra boards exist and are subsequentlyconsolidated, the Local Chairman shall schedule two PLD’s in themanner provided above.C. Other PLD’s provided for in Paragraph A. but not taken under Paragraph B. herein,upon forty-eight (48) hours' advance notice from the employee, will be scheduled withthe approval of the Crew Management Center. PLD’s requested and approved asprovided for herein must be taken and payment will be made on the followingpayroll period.D. In situations where the number of applicants seeking PLD’s exceeds thenumber of Engineers that can be released, the Company will approveapplications on the basis of the order they were received except no applicationmay be submitted more than six months in advance. In the event more thanone application is received on the same day the most senior Engineer will havepreference.34