Article 10 Article 10
Article 10
Rates of Pay/Pay Day/ Omitted Time
Section 1
Through and irregular freight, work, construction, snow plow, or wreck train service shall be paid as set forth in applicable national
agreements.
Section 2
A For service paid the local or freight rate, said rates are set forth in applicable
national agreements. .
B. Road switcher service shall be paid at the 5-day yard rate of pay without a
mileage component. .
Section 3
In any class of service or job classification, rates of pay, additives, and other applicable elements of compensation for an employee whose
seniority in train or engine service is established after November I, 1985, will be 75% of the rate for present employees and will increase in
increments of 5 percentage points for each year of active service until the new employee's rate is equal to that of present employees. A year
of active service shall consist .of a period of 365 calendar days in which the employee performs a total of 80 or more tours of duty.
Q-I:
An employee, hired on December I, 1985, works 6 tours of
duty per month and, accordingly, on December 1,1986 he will have worked 72 tours of duty. If he continues to work 6 tours of duty per month
and on January 10, 1987 he will
have worked his 80th tour of duty, will he be entitled to an increase to 80% of the regular rate effective January II, 19817
A-I:
Yes.
Q-2: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement performs his 79th tour of duty on the 365th day following his
date of hire.
(a) When would this employee receive a 5% increase in rate progression?
(b) Would a new 365/80 qualifying period then begin?
A-2:
(a) After performance of the 80th tour of duty.
(b) Yes.
Q-3: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement attains his 80th tour of duty 240 days after entering service.
Would this employee receive the 5% increase at that time or at the expiration of 365 calendar days?
A-3:
At the expiration of 365 calendar days.
Q-4:
It is intended that the 365 calendar day period be continuous without interruption, such as furlough, injury, illness, suspension resulting from
disciplinary action, etc.?
A-4:
Yes, however, a subsequent 365 calendar day period for purposes of this article would not commence until the involved employee attains his
80th tour of duty.
Q-5: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement performs his first tour of duty on January 5, 1987. Would this
employee receive a 5% increase after completion of his 80th tour of duty on January 5, 1987 or will he have forfeited the increase by failing to
make the 80 tours of duty within the 365 day period, January 1, 1986 . January 1, 1987?
A-5:
The 5% increase would be applicable following the 80th tour of duty, i.e., as of January 6, 1987.
Q-6:
If an employee subject to the entry rate provisions of this article is disciplined, and such discipline is subsequently set aside with pay for time
lost, will such pay for time lost be credited toward the 80 tours of duty in a 365 calendar day period?
A-6:
Yes.
Q-7:
In application of Section 6, when an engine service employee is placed on the bottom of the appropriate ground service roster in compliance
with Section 2, Establishing Brakeman Seniority, of Article III - Firemen or a train service employee transfers to engine service on or after
November 1, 1985, is such employee considered a new employee and subject to the entry rate provisions?
A-7:
No. This section is intended to apply solely to "new hires" who had not established seniority in train or engine service on that railroad.
Q-8:
If an employee does not have 80 tours of duty at the end of a 365 day period, will the 365 days be extended until 80 hours are accumulated
and at that point a new 365 day period would commence?
A-8:
Yes.
Section 4
A. An employee who is subject to Article IV. Section 5 of the UTU Implementing Document A of November 1, 1991 (Rate Progression - New
Hires) on the effective date of this article shall have his position on the rate progression scale adjusted to the next higher level upon promotion
to conductor/foreman or engineer (on a carrier party hereto on which the UTU represents engineers). Such an employee 'who has already
been promoted to conductor/foreman or engineer shall have his position on the rate progression scale adjusted to the next higher level on the
effective date of this article.
B. The next adjustment to' an employee's position on the rate progression scale after the adjustment specified in subsection A of this Section
shall be made when such employee completes one year of "active service" (as defined by the aforementioned Article IV. Section 5)
measured from the date on which that employee would have attained the position on the rate progression scale provided pursuant to
subsection A of this Section.
Q-I:
What rate of pay is applicable to employees who are promoted to conductor (foreman) and/or engineer but are working as brakemen
(helpers) and/or hostler? .
A-I:
Once an individual is promoted to conductor (foreman) and/or engineer, that employee receives the applicable rate percentage, regardless
of the craft in which they are working, until such time as they reach the next rate step in accordance with Article IV, Section 5 of the 1991
Implementing Document.
Q-2:
An 80% entry rate employee promoted to Conductor March I, 1996, immediately elevates. to the 85% entry rate. On his July I, 1996 hiring
anniversary date does the entry rate of that employee increase to 90%?
A-2:
No. The employee goes to 90% on July I, 1997.
Q-3:
What constitutes "promotion to yardmaster" as contained in Document "B" Article VI - Rate Progression - Section I?
A-3:
For application of this .article, when an employee has been qualified to work
a yardmaster position. .
Q-4:
An employee is elevated to the next step in the rate progression upon promotion from brakeman to conductor. Does that employee elevate to
the next step upon subsequent promotion to engineer?
A-4:
Yes, where UTU is the certified representative for the craft of locomotive engineer.
Q-5:
If an individual is promoted to conductor and thereby advanced to the next higher wage step, will the wage step be advanced again if later
promoted to foreman?
A-5:
No.
Q-6:
Where existing promotion rules or practices provide for the automatic promotion to conductor and engineer upon promotion to either
conductor or engineer, will an employee be elevated two (2) steps 0:0, the wage scale?
A-6:
Yes.
Q-7:
Are rate progression adjustments applicable to employees who establish seniority as trainmen after June I, 1996?
A-7:
Yes.
Section 5
Employees on assignments reporting to Argos will receive the 5-day road switcher rate of pay.
Section 6
Carrier will, except for employees in the State of New York, inaugurate bi-wee14y' paydays on every other Friday. In the event payday falls on
a legal holiday, the preceding day, Thursday, will be payday.
Section 7
Employees desiring to have their bi-weekly paychecks mailed to their home address may do so in accordance with the following:
A. Employees must make application on the form prescribed for home delivery.
B. Fifty (50) cents to cover postage and cost of handling will be deducted from each employee's check who has requested home delivery. .
C. The Carrier will in addition to mailing the employee's check also mail under the same or separate cover the employee's Statement of
Itemized Earnings.
D. Employees presently receiving free delivery due to unusual circumstances must make application for home delivery within thirty (30) days
of the effective date of this Agreement or such home delivery will cease and checks will be sent to the usua1location on the division or
terminal as the case may be. .
E. Employees will be responsible for prompt notification to the appropriate Carrier officer at least two (2) weeks prior to a change in their
address. Failing to do so will relieve the Carrier of responsibility for late delivery of such checks.
F. 1. Complaints in connection with late delivery of checks will not be made earlier than seven (7) days following the recognized pay day.
2. Complaints in connec1ion with late delivery will be made to the division or terminal timekeeper as the case may be for necessary handling.
Section 8
Employees desiring to have their paychecks deposited automatically via Direct Deposit may request to do so by completing a Norfolk
Southern Direct Deposit Authorization (form 11097) and attach a voided bank check. Mail it to Payroll Accounting, 110 Franklin Rd. SE,
Roanoke, VA 24042-0057.
Section 9
An itemized record of daily earnings for each pay period including all T &E payments made during such pay period will be furnished
engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen. The record will show the following: Name, Social Security Number, Date, Time on Duty, Miles,
Rate of Pay, Gross Earnings, Overtime Pay, Initial Terminal Delay Time, Final Terminal Delay Time, Miscellaneous Time, Without Fireman,
Air Hose Arbitrary, Pooling of Caboose Allowance and Constructive Allowances (deadheading, holiday pay, penalty time claims, etc.).
Itemized records of payments referred to above will be furnished to the employees at the same pay location where pay check<s are made
available.
Any rules contained in the respective schedule agreements which conflict with any
provisions of this Article are modified accordingly. .
Section 10
Trainmen who are short eight (8) hours or more in their pay, shall upon request, be given a time voucher for the omitted time. When it is
known in advance of the pay date that the shortage exists, voucher for the omitted time will be given without request provided that the time
slip involved has been filed in the designated place at the completion of their trip or tour of duty.
Section 11
Trainmen shall be promptly notified 'in Writing when time is not allowed as per time claim and the reason therefore. Additionally. the
employee shall be advised what time will
be allowed. .
Article 10
Rates of Pay/Pay Day/ Omitted Time
Section 1
Through and irregular freight, work, construction, snow plow, or wreck train service shall be paid as set forth in applicable national
agreements.
Section 2
A For service paid the local or freight rate, said rates are set forth in applicable
national agreements. .
B. Road switcher service shall be paid at the 5-day yard rate of pay without a
mileage component. .
Section 3
In any class of service or job classification, rates of pay, additives, and other applicable elements of compensation for an employee whose
seniority in train or engine service is established after November I, 1985, will be 75% of the rate for present employees and will increase in
increments of 5 percentage points for each year of active service until the new employee's rate is equal to that of present employees. A year
of active service shall consist .of a period of 365 calendar days in which the employee performs a total of 80 or more tours of duty.
Q-I:
An employee, hired on December I, 1985, works 6 tours of
duty per month and, accordingly, on December 1,1986 he will have worked 72 tours of duty. If he continues to work 6 tours of duty per month
and on January 10, 1987 he will
have worked his 80th tour of duty, will he be entitled to an increase to 80% of the regular rate effective January II, 19817
A-I:
Yes.
Q-2: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement performs his 79th tour of duty on the 365th day following his
date of hire.
(a) When would this employee receive a 5% increase in rate progression?
(b) Would a new 365/80 qualifying period then begin?
A-2:
(a) After performance of the 80th tour of duty.
(b) Yes.
Q-3: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement attains his 80th tour of duty 240 days after entering service.
Would this employee receive the 5% increase at that time or at the expiration of 365 calendar days?
A-3:
At the expiration of 365 calendar days.
Q-4:
It is intended that the 365 calendar day period be continuous without interruption, such as furlough, injury, illness, suspension resulting from
disciplinary action, etc.?
A-4:
Yes, however, a subsequent 365 calendar day period for purposes of this article would not commence until the involved employee attains his
80th tour of duty.
Q-5: An employee hired subsequent to the effective date of the UTU Agreement performs his first tour of duty on January 5, 1987. Would this
employee receive a 5% increase after completion of his 80th tour of duty on January 5, 1987 or will he have forfeited the increase by failing to
make the 80 tours of duty within the 365 day period, January 1, 1986 . January 1, 1987?
A-5:
The 5% increase would be applicable following the 80th tour of duty, i.e., as of January 6, 1987.
Q-6:
If an employee subject to the entry rate provisions of this article is disciplined, and such discipline is subsequently set aside with pay for time
lost, will such pay for time lost be credited toward the 80 tours of duty in a 365 calendar day period?
A-6:
Yes.
Q-7:
In application of Section 6, when an engine service employee is placed on the bottom of the appropriate ground service roster in compliance
with Section 2, Establishing Brakeman Seniority, of Article III - Firemen or a train service employee transfers to engine service on or after
November 1, 1985, is such employee considered a new employee and subject to the entry rate provisions?
A-7:
No. This section is intended to apply solely to "new hires" who had not established seniority in train or engine service on that railroad.
Q-8:
If an employee does not have 80 tours of duty at the end of a 365 day period, will the 365 days be extended until 80 hours are accumulated
and at that point a new 365 day period would commence?
A-8:
Yes.
Section 4
A. An employee who is subject to Article IV. Section 5 of the UTU Implementing Document A of November 1, 1991 (Rate Progression - New
Hires) on the effective date of this article shall have his position on the rate progression scale adjusted to the next higher level upon promotion
to conductor/foreman or engineer (on a carrier party hereto on which the UTU represents engineers). Such an employee 'who has already
been promoted to conductor/foreman or engineer shall have his position on the rate progression scale adjusted to the next higher level on the
effective date of this article.
B. The next adjustment to' an employee's position on the rate progression scale after the adjustment specified in subsection A of this Section
shall be made when such employee completes one year of "active service" (as defined by the aforementioned Article IV. Section 5)
measured from the date on which that employee would have attained the position on the rate progression scale provided pursuant to
subsection A of this Section.
Q-I:
What rate of pay is applicable to employees who are promoted to conductor (foreman) and/or engineer but are working as brakemen
(helpers) and/or hostler? .
A-I:
Once an individual is promoted to conductor (foreman) and/or engineer, that employee receives the applicable rate percentage, regardless
of the craft in which they are working, until such time as they reach the next rate step in accordance with Article IV, Section 5 of the 1991
Implementing Document.
Q-2:
An 80% entry rate employee promoted to Conductor March I, 1996, immediately elevates. to the 85% entry rate. On his July I, 1996 hiring
anniversary date does the entry rate of that employee increase to 90%?
A-2:
No. The employee goes to 90% on July I, 1997.
Q-3:
What constitutes "promotion to yardmaster" as contained in Document "B" Article VI - Rate Progression - Section I?
A-3:
For application of this .article, when an employee has been qualified to work
a yardmaster position. .
Q-4:
An employee is elevated to the next step in the rate progression upon promotion from brakeman to conductor. Does that employee elevate to
the next step upon subsequent promotion to engineer?
A-4:
Yes, where UTU is the certified representative for the craft of locomotive engineer.
Q-5:
If an individual is promoted to conductor and thereby advanced to the next higher wage step, will the wage step be advanced again if later
promoted to foreman?
A-5:
No.
Q-6:
Where existing promotion rules or practices provide for the automatic promotion to conductor and engineer upon promotion to either
conductor or engineer, will an employee be elevated two (2) steps 0:0, the wage scale?
A-6:
Yes.
Q-7:
Are rate progression adjustments applicable to employees who establish seniority as trainmen after June I, 1996?
A-7:
Yes.
Section 5
Employees on assignments reporting to Argos will receive the 5-day road switcher rate of pay.
Section 6
Carrier will, except for employees in the State of New York, inaugurate bi-wee14y' paydays on every other Friday. In the event payday falls on
a legal holiday, the preceding day, Thursday, will be payday.
Section 7
Employees desiring to have their bi-weekly paychecks mailed to their home address may do so in accordance with the following:
A. Employees must make application on the form prescribed for home delivery.
B. Fifty (50) cents to cover postage and cost of handling will be deducted from each employee's check who has requested home delivery. .
C. The Carrier will in addition to mailing the employee's check also mail under the same or separate cover the employee's Statement of
Itemized Earnings.
D. Employees presently receiving free delivery due to unusual circumstances must make application for home delivery within thirty (30) days
of the effective date of this Agreement or such home delivery will cease and checks will be sent to the usua1location on the division or
terminal as the case may be. .
E. Employees will be responsible for prompt notification to the appropriate Carrier officer at least two (2) weeks prior to a change in their
address. Failing to do so will relieve the Carrier of responsibility for late delivery of such checks.
F. 1. Complaints in connection with late delivery of checks will not be made earlier than seven (7) days following the recognized pay day.
2. Complaints in connec1ion with late delivery will be made to the division or terminal timekeeper as the case may be for necessary handling.
Section 8
Employees desiring to have their paychecks deposited automatically via Direct Deposit may request to do so by completing a Norfolk
Southern Direct Deposit Authorization (form 11097) and attach a voided bank check. Mail it to Payroll Accounting, 110 Franklin Rd. SE,
Roanoke, VA 24042-0057.
Section 9
An itemized record of daily earnings for each pay period including all T &E payments made during such pay period will be furnished
engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen. The record will show the following: Name, Social Security Number, Date, Time on Duty, Miles,
Rate of Pay, Gross Earnings, Overtime Pay, Initial Terminal Delay Time, Final Terminal Delay Time, Miscellaneous Time, Without Fireman,
Air Hose Arbitrary, Pooling of Caboose Allowance and Constructive Allowances (deadheading, holiday pay, penalty time claims, etc.).
Itemized records of payments referred to above will be furnished to the employees at the same pay location where pay check<s are made
available.
Any rules contained in the respective schedule agreements which conflict with any
provisions of this Article are modified accordingly. .
Section 10
Trainmen who are short eight (8) hours or more in their pay, shall upon request, be given a time voucher for the omitted time. When it is
known in advance of the pay date that the shortage exists, voucher for the omitted time will be given without request provided that the time
slip involved has been filed in the designated place at the completion of their trip or tour of duty.
Section 11
Trainmen shall be promptly notified 'in Writing when time is not allowed as per time claim and the reason therefore. Additionally. the
employee shall be advised what time will
be allowed. .
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