Nine month disciplinary window
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9 months is when a warning letter gets tossed out.
brown_trousers
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Its very much a regional issue. Where im at, they count up occurances within a rolling 9 month window.
Rack em
Made the Podium
The company has 10 days to issue discipline. Yes all infractions are included but you cannot be disciplined based on combined infractions. Progressive discipline applies to everything.
Non sequitur
Well-Known Member
All infractions in that category.
brown_trousers
Well-Known Member
And to make it even more complex, state and local laws can supercede the disciplinary progression.
In portland we have whats called "portland sick time". Extra sick hours given to us, to comply with a new law passed in portland, with the disclaimer that they cant in any way be counted toward discipline. Its basically a freeby sick day with no consequences.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
That's a slippery slope, to say it can't happen.
I've seen drivers discharged and the company introduce everything within
the last 9 months.... with the stated position of "overall job methods".
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oldngray
nowhere special
They will dig up everything in the drivers file even if its a not at fault to attempt to paint a history of bad behavior.
BigUnionGuy
Got the T-Shirt
I've seen the company, be allowed to introduce a drivers accident and injury history
beyond the 9 month period.... as long as it didn't show discipline.
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brown_trousers
Well-Known Member
Would it make a difference? I thought they had to reach a predetermined amount of sick days to terminate someone.
I thought you had ten days to file a grievance against UPS, but UPS has nine months to write you up or do some other kind of discipline?
No. You are confused
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
I think you're a little confused. First you should check your contract for the amount of time you have to file a grievance. Many people think it's only 10 days because the company has 10 days to discipline and they tell us we have the same. In my area we have 30 days to file.
The company has 10 days to discipline you and that progressive discipline stays in effect for 9 months (This time frame I've seen on here can differ slightly.) So if you get a warning letter for attendance and call out again in 3 months. The progressive discipline would move forward. If you call out again after 9 months they would have to start all over.
Rack em
Made the Podium
We have only 5 days to file from the date the violation happens, but the company gets 10 days to issue discipline.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
That's something you guys need to be asking for doing proposals. Make a mental note of it for next contract. 5 days is ridiculous.
Rack em
Made the Podium
It would be good to make it longer, but I also don't see the need to wait to file? If you're going to grieve it then grieve it so it gets resolved faster. Waiting up to 30 days seems counter productive.
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
That would not be proper if it were not the same specific "method" repeatedly....and a textbook "point of order", no???
....if there is such a thing anymore?
At my State Panel, that would be a result of an inept Business Agent....or a Union Chair that is entrenched in a quid pro quo relationship with the UPS Labor Manager presenting for the Company.
Sounds like the room that I end up in every time I go to Panel.
This Union Chair presides over my grievances at the Panel, then goes home to deal with the same Labor Manager that presides over my Local.
Talk about a classic case of "conflict of interest"???
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Where? Local or State panel?
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The same one that two weeks ago argued to give a new warning letter of one day suspension to a driver when the original one was untimely and the company kept him from working for three days when he just crimped an awning.
Back to the same old games and you are right @Bubblehead there's a problem with this situation. A large problem.
The good ol boys club is alive and not so well.
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We have 5 business days not calendar days.
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