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RULE
6 - OFF-TRACK VEHICLE INSURANCE
Under a NJT Rail sponsored
plan, NJT Rail shall provide off-track vehicle insurance coverage for positions
presently covered by such benefits at Conrail.
The benefits provided under this Rule will be substantively comparable to
the benefits applicable to the positions at Conrail effective December 31, 1982.
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See
Appendix 4 - Injury Benefits - Off- Track Vehicles, page 68.
RULE
7 - RIDERSHIP PASSES
NJT Rail shall provide each
employee with a pass entitling the employee to unlimited rides on all rail
commuter lines in the NJT Rail system. The
pass shall be issued annually and shall be valid only during the year in which
issued. The pass will not be
transferable.
RULE
8 - HOLIDAYS
(a.) Effective July 1, 1983,
each regularly assigned Engineer who meets the qualifications set forth in
paragraph "c" hereof will receive eight (8) hours' pay at the
straight-time rate for each of the following subsequent holidays:
New
Year's Day Labor Day
Washington's Birthday Veterans
Day
Good Friday
Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Fourth of July
Christmas
Martin Luther King's
Birthday
NOTE
1: Martin Luther King's Birthday was added by the contract effective February
27, 1989.
Only one eight (8) hour payment
will be paid for the holiday, irrespective of the number of trips or tours of
duty worked.
NOTE
2: For any of the above-listed holidays, the day observed by the State of New
Jersey will be considered the holiday.
(b.) Any regularly assigned
Engineer required to work on any of the holidays listed in paragraph
"a" will be paid at the rate of time and one-half for all services
performed on the holiday. Not more
than one time and one-half payment will be allowed, in addition to the one eight
(8) hour holiday payment, for service performed during a single trip or tour of
duty on a holiday which is also a workday or a vacation day.
(c.) To qualify, a regularly assigned Engineer must be available for or
perform service as a regularly assigned Engineer on the workdays immediately
preceding and following such holiday, and if his assignment works on the
holiday, he must fulfill such assignment. However,
a regularly assigned Engineer whose assignment is annulled, cancelled or
abolished, or a regularly assigned Engineer who is displaced from a regular
assignment as a result thereof on (1) the workday immediately preceding the
holiday, (2) the holiday, or (3) on the workday immediately following the
holiday will not thereby be disqualified for holiday pay, provided he does not
lay off on any of such days and makes himself available for service on each of
such days, excepting the holiday in the event the assignment does not work on
the holiday. If the holiday falls
on the last day of his work week, the first workday following his "days
off" will be considered the workday immediately following. If the holiday falls on the first workday of his work week,
the last workday of the preceding work week will be considered the workday
immediately preceding the holiday. When
one or more designated holidays fall during the vacation period of a Engineer,
the qualifying days for holiday pay purposes will be his workdays immediately
preceding and following the vacation period.
NOTE:
A regularly assigned Engineer who qualified for Holiday Pay under paragraph
"c" will not be deprived thereof by reason of changing from one
regular assignment to another regular assignment on the workday immediately
preceding or following the holiday or on the holiday.
(d.) Nothing in this Rule will
be considered to create a guarantee or to restrict the right of NJT Rail to
annul assignments on the specified holidays.
(e.) The terms
"workday" and "holiday" refer to the day to which service
payments are credited.
Engineers
Assigned to an Extra Board
(f.) Effective July 1, 1983,
Engineers assigned to an extra board who meet the qualifications provided in
paragraph "g" will receive eight (8) hours' pay at the straight-time
rate on any of the following subsequent holidays:
New
Year's Day Labor Day
Washington's Birthday
Veterans Day
Good Friday
Thanksgiving Day
Memorial Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Fourth of July
Christmas
Martin Luther King's
Birthday
NOTE
1: Martin Luther King's Birthday was added by the contract effective February
27, 1989.
Only one eight (8) hour payment will be paid for the holiday
irrespective of the number of shifts worked.
NOTE
2: For any of the above-listed holidays, the day observed by the State of New
Jersey will be considered the holiday.
(g.) To qualify, an Engineer
assigned to an extra board must perform service or be available for service on
the full calendar day of the holiday and on the full calendar days immediately
preceding and immediately following the holiday.
NOTE
1: An Engineer assigned to an extra board whose service status changes from an
Engineer assigned to an extra board to a regularly assigned Engineer or vice
versa on one of the qualifying days will receive the basic day's pay provided in
paragraph "f" provided (1) he meets the qualifications set forth in
paragraph "g" on the day or days he is an Engineer assigned to an
extra board, and (2) he meets the qualifications set forth in paragraph
"b" on the day or days he is a regularly assigned Engineer.
NOTE
2: An Engineer assigned to an extra board will be deemed to be available if he
is ready for service and does not lay off of his own accord.
NOTE
3: When one or more designated holidays fall during the vacation period of an
Engineer assigned to an extra board, his qualifying days for holiday pay
purposes will be his workdays immediately preceding and following the vacation
period.
(h.) Any Engineer assigned to
an extra board who works on any of the holidays listed in paragraph
"f" will be paid at the overtime rate, for all services performed on
the holiday, provided the employee qualifies under paragraph "g" of
this Rule.
(i.) The terms "calendar day" and "holiday" on which
service is performed refer to the day to which service payments are credited.
RULE
9 - CHOICE HOLIDAYS
Effective July 1, 1989,
Engineers covered by this Agreement will receive one (1) "choice
holiday" as a twelfth holiday, in lieu of a workday, subject to the
qualifying requirements of the Holiday Rule, except that they will not be
required to work or to be available for work on the "choice holiday"
to qualify for holiday pay for such "choice holiday" if they so elect. Such "choice holiday" will be selected by the
employee and date of hire will govern preference to the employee who may make a
request no earlier than four (4) days before the first day of the month in which
the day is requested, but no later than four (4) days before the date requested.
Employees' requests will be made on the prescribed form, showing the date
the request was submitted and the date of the request.
Employees will submit request forms to the designated NJT Supervisor, who
will verify the request was submitted and give a copy of the request to the
employee. NJT Rail will grant at
least one (1) employee which is to be construed as any combination of Engineers
or Assistant Engineers which equal one (1) on any given day on each Division
such "choice holiday". NJT
Rail will notify the employee(s) whose request(s) were granted no later than 48
hours in advance of the date requested.
Effective July 1 1996, the
choice holidays schedule shall be amended as follows:
A.
An employee with less than ten (10) years of continuous
service shall be entitled to one (1) additional
day.
B. An employee with ten (10) but less than twenty (20) years of
continuous service shall be entitled to two (2) additional days.
C. An employee with twenty (20) but less than thirty (30) years of
continuous service shall be entitled to three (3) additional days.
D. An employee with thirty (30) or more years of continuous service shall
be entitled to four (4) additional days.
E.
An employee having reached an anniversary date during a
particular calendar year will be considered as
having reached such anniversary date as of January 1st of that year.
F. Choice holidays may not be accumulated and if not used will be
reimbursed at the end of each calendar year.
G. Years of service shall be calculated the same as vacation entitlement.
RULE
10 - ENGINEER SICKNESS - LEAVES
Engineers shall be allowed
three (3) sick leave days each year. Compensation
for such leave days shall be eight hours pay at the straight-time rate.
An employee shall not falsely claim sick time.
1.
Approved Leave Status
In recognition of the substantial increases and
modernization of the contractual leave provisions, employees shall maintain an
approved leave status at all times. Employees must be on approved leave status
at all times. Employees must be on approved leave status such as sick, vacation,
personal, union, or authorized leave of absence. Any absence not authorized will
be designated unauthorized absence. (UAB)
2.
Sick Leave Plan
The current sick leave plan is amended in the
following fashion:
(1.)
Commencing January 1, 1996, each employee will be provided an
annual allowance of five (5) sick days. Sick days
may be accumulated and carried over from year to years Sick banks are not
subject to any maximum accumulation or cap.
(2.)
Employees shall be able to utilize any and all sick days in
their bank for personal illness or injury or to
care for any sick or injured family members provided that the employee is
primarily responsible for the care of such family member.
(3.)
There is no waiting period or exclusionary period prior to
payment. Sick leave shall be paid at ninety (90%)
percent of the daily rate.
3.
Sick Leave Reimbursement Plan
Any employee who leaves New Jersey Transit service
for any reason, other than termination for cause, with a minimum of ten years of
continuous service at the time of separation shall be entitled to a cash
severance payment of fifty (50%) percent of the daily rate of pay of half of all
accumulated but unused sick days, provided that the number of accumulated but
unused sick days is at least fifty (50%) percent of the total number eligible.
4.
Sick Leave Verification
(1.) Payment in cases of bona fide sickness or disability will be made in
accordance with New Jersey Transit payroll procedures. In cases of doubt, the
employee may be required to prove to New Jersey Transit satisfaction, preferably
in the form of doctor's certificate, that the sickness or injury is bona fide.
(2.)
Every application for sick leave for a period over three (3)
days, whether with or without pay, must be
accompanied by Medical proof satisfactory to New Jersey Transit and upon a form
to be furnished by New Jersey Transit setting forth the nature of the employee's
illness and certifying that by reason of such illness the employee was unable to
perform his duties for the period of absence.
(3.)
Across the board doctor's notes will not be permitted.
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