Unfortunately, that has been grieved numerous times....
The company has a right to pay straight time versus overtime.
(The state panel always shoots it down)
You see it happen, with inside employees more often.
They will sign up for a Sunday sort, come in and not work. Then....
on Friday expect time and 1/2.
The smart ones, have figured out to get on the clock for a few minutes.
-Bug-
Perhaps I place too much emphasis on reading and comprehending the meaning of the phrase "who has not yet had the opportunity to work five (5) days"?
While I believe that the panels have ruled against it, I don't believe this is how this language should be interpreted.
In my mind, this is indicative of what is wrong with the panel system.
Why should we be bound eternally by poor decisions of the past?
What is the purpose of the phrase "who has not yet had the opportunity to work five (5) days", if not for how I interpret it?
I think the language is meant to isolate employees who were laid off during that particular work week due to seniority, not for any random slug who called off or made an extra contractual agreement outside the constraints of seniority with management.
How is it fair that I work a ball buster route M-friend, while a junior guy works 4 of 5 ground days during the same period and then rounds out his week on a gravy Saturday Air day?
I have grieved this very issue and was awarded 8 hours at time and a half at the local level, twice.
I guess the labor manager didn't know of these decisions, or thought my position was a fresh look at the issue in contrast to the previous cases argued at panel and didn't want to upset the previous precedent.
Maybe next time we'll lock it up and rewrite history.
It needs to happen more often.