USPS – NPMHU Contract Interpretation Manual
thereof, in addition to the holiday pay to which the employee is entitled under Article 11, Sections 2 and 3 language. This guarantee will be waived if the employee, with the concurrence of the Union and approval of Management, requests to be released early. 6. A schedule posted in accordance with Article 11, Section 6, shall be the full-time regular employee's schedule for that holiday. A full-time regular employee who works outside of the posted holiday schedule shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1½) times the base hourly straight-time rate for the hour(s) worked outside the employee's posted schedule. 7. In no event shall a full-time regular employee receive more than one and one-half (1½) times the base hourly straight-time rate for hours actually worked on the employee's holiday in addition to payments prescribed in Article 11, Section 3. Question: If management requires the wrong employee to work on a holiday, what is the remedy for the employee who worked? Answer: The employee would be compensated an additional 50% at the straight-time rate for all hours worked. Question: What guarantee does a full-time regular employee have if he or she does work on his/her holiday or designated holiday? Answer: Full-time employees who work on their holiday or designated holiday are guaranteed eight hours of work or pay in lieu thereof. The guarantee may be waived if requested by the employee, concurred in by the union and approved by management. Question: Are full-time regular employees entitled to work the hours as posted in the holiday schedule? Answer: Yes. In fact, employees are entitled and required to work the scheduled hours as posted even if those are not the hours of their regular schedule. Source: National Arbitration Award H8C-5D-C 15429, Arbitrator H. Gamser, October 25, 1982. Question: If a part-time flexible employee who is properly scheduled to work on a holiday fails to report and a full-time regular employee is called in, is the fulltime regular employee compensated only at the straight-time rate?
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