Personal Leave Days

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#99FFFF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>Attention AGS Engineers:</B></div> <div> <B>Please read the </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id58.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Personal Days Amended"><U><B>Personal Leave amendment </B></U></A><B>relating to carry over days.  Also,  be aware that PL Days  cannot be claimed as a temporary vacancy.  If an engineer takes 2 PL Days on June 29 and June 30, and he starts his vacation on July 1, you cannot be placed on the vacancy until July 1.  If an engineer takes 8 personal leave days in a row, you still cannot claim it as a temporary vacancy until the 6th day.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>Title 130</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U>--Type Title Here--</U></A> | <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Agreements and Benefits"><U>Agreements and Benefits</U></A> | <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is FELA ?"><U>What is FELA ?</U></A> | <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Legal Counsel"><U>Legal Counsel</U></A> | <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Q and A"><U>Q and A</U></A> |</div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A> | <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Members "><U>Members </U></A> | <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Just Surfing"><U>Just Surfing</U></A> | <A HREF="id109.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About the BLE"><U>What is BLE?</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> AGREEMENT</div> <bR> <div> between</div> <bR> <div> NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY</div> <bR> <div> its Affiliated Lines and Subsidiaries</div> <bR> <div> and their</div> <bR> <div> LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS</div> <bR> <div> represented by</div> <bR> <div> BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS</div> <bR> <div> IT IS AGREED:</div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 1</U>.</div> <bR> <div> Engineers in road freight service not covered by the National Paid Holiday Rules will be entitled to personal leave day (s) on the following graduated basis subject to the limitation contained in Section 2, below:</div> <bR> <div>           <U>Years of Service</U><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >               </FONT><U>Personal Leave Days</U></div> <bR> <div>       Less than 5 years<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                </FONT>3<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>days</div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Five years and less than 10 years</FONT>          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >5</FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >days</FONT></div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Ten years and less than 15 years</FONT>           <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >7</FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >days</FONT></div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Fifteen years and less than 20 years</FONT>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >9</FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >days</FONT></div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Twenty years or more</FONT>                          <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >11</FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >days</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 2</U>.</div> <bR> <div> The number of personal leave days each road freight service engineer is entitled to shall be reduced by the number of paid holidays (or pay in lieu thereof) received in covered road service or in the exercise of road and/or yard seniority rights. Once an engineer has reached the maximum of 11 days under this or any other agreement, he will not be entitled to any additional paid holidays or personal leave day(s) in that calendar year.</div> <bR> <div> If an engineer takes any of his personal leave days before his service anniversary date, in a year in which his entitlement will increase, he may take up to the number of leave days he is entitled to prior to his anniversary date and then take the additional days that he is entitled to after his service anniversary date.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 3</U>.</div> <bR> <div> Personal leave day(s) may be taken upon 24 hours' advance request to an appropriate Carrier Officer and shall be granted consistent with the requirements of the service. The Carrier has the option of granting personal leave days with less than 24 hours' notice. The engineer will be paid one basic day at the rate of the last service performed for each personal leave day(s). Should the Carrier refuse an engineer's request for personal day(s), those leave days will be carried over, but must be requested an<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >d</FONT> granted prior to May 1 of the following year. Any personal leave days not taken during the calendar year because of failure of the engineer to make timely request therefor shall not be carried over.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>Section 4.</U></div> <div>           </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >          </FONT>Personal leave day or days will not be scheduled to start on other than a workday of the engineers position. Personal leave days for extra board engineers and those in pool freight service will begin when they otherwise would have been called<I>.</I><I> </I>Personal leave days will be counted as qualifying days for vacation purposes.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 5.</U></div> <bR> <div>           Personal leave days will not be scheduled or allowed to start on other than a work day of engineer's position and when personal leave days begin, they will be taken consecutively.</div> <bR> <div>           Personal leave days for extra board engineers and those in Pool Freight Service will begin when they otherwise would have been called.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Section </U><U>6.</U></div> <bR> <div>           For convenience, references to gender, if any, in this Agreement are made in the masculine gender. It is understood and agreed by the parties to this Agreement that references to the masculine gender include both the masculine and female genders.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 7.</U></div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     Appended as Attachment "A" are questions and answers concerning this Agreement.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <U>Section 8.</U></div> <bR> <div>           <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >This Agreement will be effective     , 1992 and remain in effect until changed or modified in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, as amended. </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Signed in Norfolk, Virginia, this         day of April, 1992.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> FOR THE EMPLOYEES:               FOR NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY</div> <div>                                                           and its affiliated lines and subsidiaries:</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> __________________________          _________________________________</div> <div> R.C. Wallace, General Chairman          Sr. Assistant Vice President Labor Relations</div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <div> Approved:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> _____________________________</div> <div> E.     E. Watson, Vice President</div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <div> 0366J</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Attachment "A"</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 1.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q.          If an engineer with more than five years and less than ten years of service, who is entitled to five personal leave days a year (receives or could have received 6 paid holidays but did not qualify due to unavailability on qualifying day or days), goes to road service, which does not qualify for holiday pay, would he be entitled to five personal leave days?</div> <bR> <div> A.          Yes, but he could not get more than eleven personal leave days and holidays through the combination of the two.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 2.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q.          In the event the same engineer, who qualified for and who is entitled to five personal leave days, works a yard job or a road job qualifying for holiday pay and earns seven paid holidays and then takes a job that does not qualify for holiday pay, how many personal leave days would he then be entitled to?</div> <bR> <div> A.          Four.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 3</U>.</div> <bR> <div> Q.       In the case of a 20-year engineer working the first part of the year on freight trains not covered by holiday pay, and during such time uses all eleven days of his "personal leave," then goes to a road freight run covered by Holiday Pay Rules, or yard service covered by Holiday Pay Rules, what is his eligibility for holiday pay?</div> <bR> <div> A          He would not be eligible for holiday pay, as he used his maximum eleven days for the year, and no more holiday-pay days would be due; similarly, if he used five days of personal leave, he would only be eligible for the six holiday-pay opportunities the remainder of the year, i.e., in no event can an engineer accrue more than eleven days' personal leave or holiday pay in combination.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 4.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q.<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>If a passenger service engineer, where no holiday pay applies, or a yard service employee, goes into freight service where the personal leave days apply, is he eligible for such days when in freight service?</div> <bR> <div> A.          Yes, after the engineer has made one or more trips in freight service.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 5.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.         </FONT>An engineer has five years of service as of December 28, 1992, has taken no personal leave days prior to that date and is then entitled to five personal leave days, but there are only four days remaining in the year.  After taking four personal leave days, may he then carry the fifth day over into the next year?</div> <bR> <div> A          No.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 6.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.     </FONT>An engineer who will have five years of service on August 1, 1992, takes three personal leave days prior to that date. Is he entitled to an additional two personal leave days after August 1, 1992?</div> <bR> <div> A.          Yes.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 7.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q.      Can an engineer on a combination road/yard extra board take personal leave days?</div> <bR> <div> A.       Yes, but he cannot get more than 11 personal leave/holidays through a combination of           the two.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 8.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q.  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    </FONT>When personal leave days have begun, how will they be computed?</div> <bR> <div> A.       Consecutively on calendar-day basis.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 9.</U></div> <bR> <div> Q<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.     </FONT>Does this Agreement preclude the payment of time and one-half for service actually performed on a holiday by an engineer who has previously taken a combination of eleven (11) holiday/ personal leave days?</div> <bR> <div> A.        No, provided he is otherwise qualified for time and one-half payment for service performed on a holiday under the National Holiday Rule.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Question and Answer No. 10</U>.</div> <bR> <div> Q<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.       </FONT>If an engineer carries over personal leave days as provided by Section 3, will such employee be permitted to take his personal leave days even though he is holding, at that time, an assignment covered by the National Paid Holiday Rules?</div> <bR> <div> A.          Yes<B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Norfolk Southern Corporation                                                              <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Robert  Spenski</B></FONT></div> <div> Three Commercial Place                                                                      Sr Assistant Vice President</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Norfolk, Virginia   23510-2191            </FONT> April           ,1992                <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Labor Relations          </FONT></div> <div> 804  629-2684</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> AG- E-101</div> <bR> <div> Side Letter No. 1</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Mr. R. C. Wallace</div> <div> General Chairman, BofLE</div> <div> P. 0. Box 16039</div> <div> Asheville, North Carolina 28816</div> <bR> <div> Dear Mr. Wallace:</div> <div>                 </div> <div>                 This refers to the Agreement signed April     , <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>1992 concerning personal leave<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>days.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >               </FONT> Agreements regarding displacement periods (except absences during bulletin periods) such as Article 26, Section B.6 and B.ll of the January 1, 1982 Southern Railway BLE Agreement are modified to read that an engineer who is displaced while on duty will exercise his seniority within 24 hours after completion of his tour of duty; and an engineer who is displaced after completion of his tour of duty will exercise his seniority within 24 hours after being notified of his displacement. However, if an engineer is on an assignment which is out of the terminal at the time he is displaced, he will exercise seniority within 24 hours of his return to the home terminal.</div> <bR> <div> Article 24 D. l. Exception, concerning displacement at an outlying assignment is<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>not affected by this understanding.</div> <bR> <div> Very truly yours,</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Agreed:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> _____________________________</div> <div> R. C. Wallace, General Chairman </div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Approved:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> _____________________________</div> <div> E. E. Watson, Vice President </div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                          </B></FONT></div> <div> Norfolk <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Southern Corporation                                        </FONT></div> <div> Three Commercial Place                                                             <B>Robert S. Spenski</B></div> <div> Norfolk, Virginia 23510-2191<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                                                              </B></FONT>Sr. Assistant Vice President</div> <div> 804 629-2684                                                                                <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Labor Relations</FONT></div> <bR> <div>                                              </div> <div>                                              </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>April     , 1992</div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >AG-E-101</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT>Side Letter No. <I>2</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Mr. R. C. Wallace</div> <div> General Chairman, BofLE</div> <div> P.     0. Box 16039</div> <div> Asheville, North Carolina 28816</div> <bR> <div> Dear Mr. Wallace:</div> <bR> <div>                 This refers to the Agreement signed April     , 1992 concerning personal leave days.  </div> <bR> <div>            <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >     The parties hereby agree that Article III (Self-Propelled Equipment) and Article V (Combination Road-Yard) of the June 25, 1964 National Agreement are incorporated into current schedule agreements.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>                 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > For example, in connection Article III, Engineers will not be required on self-propelled equipment such as but not limited to, Burro Cranes, Sperry Cars, Rail Testing Machines, Inspection Motor Cars, Rail Grinders, Rail Laying Machines, Pile Drivers and any type of work/wreck cranes.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> It is also understood that the provisions of these Articles will be applied as if they were signed in 1964 and will be consistent with the application on Norfolk and Western Railway Company.</div> <bR> <div> Very truly yours,</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Agreed:</div> <bR> <div>                     ____________________________</div> <div> R.     C. Wallace, General Chairman</div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <div> Approved:</div> <bR> <div>                           _________________________________     </div> <div> E.     E. Watson, Vice President</div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Norfolk Southern Corporation                                                        </FONT><B>Robert</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><B>S. Spenski</B></div> <div> Three Commercial Place                                                         <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Sr Assistant Vice President</FONT></div> <div> NorfoIk, Virginia  <I> </I>23510-2191                                                        L<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >abor Relations</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >804 629-2684                                              </FONT>April     , 1992</div> <div>           </div> <div> <B>          </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                                                       </FONT>AG-E-101</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                               </FONT>                        Side Letter No. 3</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Mr. R. C. Wallace</div> <div> General Chairman, BofLE</div> <div> P. 0. Box 16039</div> <div> Asheville, North Carolina 28816</div> <bR> <div> Dear Mr. Wallace:</div> <bR> <div>                  This refers to the Agreement signed April     , 1992 concerning personal leave days.</div> <bR> <div>                  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > In connection therewith, the mileage regulating factor for interdivisional runs will be adjusted from the current 3,200 to 3,800 miles to 3,800 to 4,800 miles per month. Other through freight service will be adjusted from the current 3,200 to 3,800 miles to 3,800 to 4,400 miles.</FONT></div> <bR> <div>                   Both will be increased 200 miles on May 1, 1992 and thereafter increased 200 miles each succeeding January 1 until the limits are reached.</div> <bR> <div>                <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >   This agreement shall be applied on a district by district basis upon 10 days written notice by the Carrier.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Very truly yours,</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Agreed:</div> <bR> <div> _____________________________</div> <div> R. C<I>. </I>Wallace, General Chairman</div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> <div> Approved:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> _________________________________</div> <div> E. E. Watson, Vice President </div> <div> Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>