SUBJECT: PART-TIME WORK SCHEDULES
As a means of extending their commitment to
employment stabilization, the parties have agreed to explore alternate work
schedules which could serve the purposes of potentially reducing the number of
layoffs and responding to the needs of individual employees. One of these alternate work schedules is a
"part-time work schedule" which, for purposes of this Letter of
Understanding, shall mean a fixed weekly work schedule which is less than the
regular forty (40)-hour week. No minimum
or maximum number of hours will be required, but fixed days (other than
Saturdays or Sundays) and hours of work must be established. This Letter of Understanding is strictly
limited to those part-time work schedules which are voluntary by an employee.
Participation in a voluntary part-time work
schedule is subject to management approval which shall be effective for a
minimum of ninety (90) days. In the
event that more employees in a particular job classification in a shop
volunteer than can be accommodated, selections will be made on the basis of
seniority. Employees on part-time work
schedules covered by this Letter of Understanding will be subject to all
provisions of the parties' Collective Bargaining Agreement, except as follows:
1. Holidays
Employees are eligible for holiday pay if
they are scheduled to work twenty (20) or more hours in a seven (7)-day cycle
or forty (40) or more hours in a fourteen (14)-day cycle. Payment will be four (4) hours of holiday pay
for each Company holiday, regardless of calendar day or hours scheduled on the
respective holiday. Employees required to work on a holiday will receive double
their regular rate for the time worked in addition to any holiday pay to which
they are entitled.
2. Overtime
For the first ten (10) hours worked in
excess of forty (40) hours in a workweek, the employee will receive one and
one-half times the base rate; for hours worked in excess of fifty (50) hours in
a workweek, the employee will receive double the base rate. No overtime will be paid when less than forty
(40) hours have been worked during the workweek. Notwithstanding any provision in the parties'
Collective Bargaining Agreement, employees on part-time work schedules will not
be asked, or permitted, to work on a Saturday or a Sunday unless all other
employees in the same classification in that shop have been offered the
opportunity to perform the work.
3. Other Pay Practices
Employees are eligible for jury duty and
witness service pay if they are scheduled to work twenty (20) or more hours in
a seven (7)-day cycle or fort (40) or more hours in a fourteen (14)-day
cycle. Payment will be four (4) hours
for each day served, regardless of calendar day or hours scheduled on each day
served. For purposes of bereavement
leave and report time, the phrase "assigned shift" will be
substituted for "eight (8) hours."
Employees on third shift who are approved for part-time work schedules
will be reassigned to second shift.
4. Group Benefits
Employees on part-time work schedules will
be offered an insurance package consisting of the Traditional Medical Plan and
Incentive Dental Plan. All normal Plan
provisions will apply. Premiums will be
paid by the Company on a pro-rated basis, as determined by scheduled weekly
hours as follows:
|
Pro-Rated
Schedule Medical
and Dental Coverage |
|
|
1-19 hours |
Not Eligible for Group Insurance |
|
20-32 hours |
70% Paid by Company |
|
33 or more hours |
100% Paid by Company |
Employees eligible for group insurance may either
pay the balance of the premium by payroll deduction or decline coverage
entirely.
This Letter of
Understanding may be cancelled by either party by giving written notice to the
other upon each six (6)-month anniversary of its execution.
Dated
By:_____________________________ By:_________________________
Date: ___________________________ Date:_______________________