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NUCLEAR SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE V HOURS OF WORK - WORKING CONDITIONS - RATES OF PAY 35. Schedules of Work 1 Ten (10) Hour, Four Day Work Week 2 Twelve (12) Hour Shifts 6 35.1 Work on the Second Rest Day 10 37. Rotating and Training Shifts 10 38. Call Outs – Prearranged Overtime 10 41. Meals-Lodging-Transportation 12 Special Training Schools Outside State of Florida 14 44. Distribution of Overtime 15 Overtime Shift Splitting for Nuclear Operators 18 Holiday Work by Nuclear Operators, and Radiation Protection Technologists 19 48. Apprentices in All Departments 20 48.1 Plant Itinerant 21 50. Classification-Relieving or Substituting in Another 22 ARTICLE VI TERM, EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION Exh "A" Hourly Wage Schedules, Nuclear Division 26 Exh "A" Notes 28 Exh "A" Fire Brigade Insurance, Nuclear Division 32 Exh "A" Shift Differentials 32 MISCELLANEOUS Cleaning Policy in Class "AA" Plants 33 New Operations Clerk "A" Jobs in Power Plants 33 Welding of Aluminum Bus Structure 34 Nuclear Division Addendum, Nuclear Operations Career Path 34 License Retention Compensation Program Nuclear Plants 37 Nuclear i Temporary Employees (Nuclear Division) 40 Operators Standard Clothing - Nuclear Plants 43 Jr. Radiation Technologist Training Agreement 43 Instrument Control Specialist Digital Nuclear Training Center 45 Instrument and Control Specialist Digital assigned to Security Maintenance Turkey Point Nuclear Plant 46 Air Conditioning Work Agreement 46 Composite Crews 47 Use of Tools by Nuclear Operators 48 Welding Certification Nuclear 49 ICS-Digital 50 Nuclear ii 35. SCHEDULES OF WORK (a)(1) The regular schedule of non-shift employees in the Nuclear Division will be five (5) consecutive days of eight (8) consecutive hours (exclusive of meal time) per week, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except as provided in subparagraphs (a)(6), (c) and (d). (a)(2) The Company and the Union agree to establish Special Maintenance classifications to include Mechanical, Electrical, Instrument, Helper and Utility Worker within the Nuclear Division. Special Maintenance Employees may be scheduled to
work eight 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 3:30p.m. to 11:30p.m. 11:30p.m. to 7:30a.m. 10:00 p.m. to 6:00a.m. The Company agrees that rest days for Special
Maintenance It is agreed that schedules may be changed with
twenty-four (24) It is agreed that Special Maintenance personnel,
in Nuclear Division, Nuclear 1 Special Maintenance employees in the classifications
of craft In the event of a temporary absence within a Special
Maintenance Temporary vacancies in Operator shift schedules will
not be filled by Special Maintenance personnel will not be scheduled
to work any All Special Maintenance classifications in the
Nuclear Division shall For the purpose of overtime meals only, employees
regularly When Special Maintenance Crews are posted, the
initial regularly (a)(6) TEN HOUR, FOUR DAY WORK WEEK A schedule of ten (10) hour work periods scheduled four (4) days per week may be implemented for non-shift personnel in Nuclear Energy The (4) four days schedule will be inclusive of the employee’s regular five (5) day workweek. This schedule will be implemented as deemed necessary by the Company with at least three (3) days notice and the company reserves its right to change such schedule consistent with the terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Agreement. During the start-up phase of new and re-powered power plants, this schedule may Nuclear 2 apply to all employees at the site and may include either Saturday or a Sunday as part of their normal shift. Start-up phase is defined as beginning with the initial staffing of plant personnel and continuing until the units are declared "Commercial." Vacations: Vacations shall be taken consistent with Paragraph 8 of the Memorandum of Agreement, except that vacation shall be considered by hours and charged accordingly (e.g, an employee scheduled for ten (10) hour work period would be charged ten (10) hours vacation). Holidays: In a week with a holiday, employees on a ten (10) hour, four (4) day schedule may be rescheduled to an eight (8) hour, five (5)day work week or the holiday will be taken the same as vacation. The employee receives eight (8) hours holiday pay and can elect to use two (2) hours vacation or two (2) hours "employee request" (not paid). A floating holiday will be taken the same as vacation, the employee receives eight (8) hours holiday pay and can elect to use two (2) hours vacation or two (2) hours "employee request"(not paid). Employee Illness – Death in Family – Serious Illness in Family: To such extent the employee shall be paid the employee’s salary for each regular scheduled workday lost up to eight (8) hours (four (4) day ten (10) hour schedule shall be paid ten (10) hours) because of such bona fide illness. Pay for bona fide illness shall not be cumulative and no employee shall receive sick leave pay for more than forty (40) hours in any one (1) week. Jury Duty – Court Service – Voting: The provisions of Paragraph 9 shall apply relative to time off to perform jury duty except that " eight (8)" shall be replaced by "ten (10)." Meals: If an employee has not previously earned a meal, a meal will be earned after eleven (11) consecutive hours following their starting time and additional meals at five (5) hours interval thereafter, if they continue to Nuclear 3 work. All other meals paid will be in accordance with paragraph 41 of the Memorandum of Agreement. (b)(1) The regular schedule of operating employees in Power Plants and all departments regularly scheduled to work in shifts (either overlapping shifts, two-shift or three-shift operation) will be five (5) days of eight (8) consecutive hours per week provided, however, that the regular schedules may be changed upon twenty-four (24) hours advance notice. The schedule of any shift individual will not be changed more than one time during the scheduled work week without mutual agreement between the employee and the employee’s supervisor. Sunday and holiday work may be regularly scheduled, however, whenever possible, rest days shall be consecutive. It is further agreed that during periods when units are " off-line" and not needed to meet system load requirements that operators on shift may perform maintenance as directed by the Production Leader. (b)(2) During the initial start-up of a unit(s),operators may be assigned to a schedule of eight (8) consecutive hours,(exclusive of meal time),per day until such time that a two (2) or three (3) shift operation schedule is established on that unit. (b)(3) Except as provided in Paragraph 35(c), Operators or Helper when scheduled on maintenance and reassigned without notice to operations during the day shift will retain the same quitting time as maintenance employees and will be paid at the overtime rate for any time worked outside the work schedule for maintenance employees. Operators, when scheduled to work on the day shift in operations and are reassigned without notice to work in maintenance will be paid at the overtime rate for hours worked outside the work schedule for operating employees on the day shift. (c) For prearranged repair or maintenance jobs, or emergency repairs or maintenance jobs, employees may be re scheduled per the following provisions: When one or more units are scheduled under either Paragraph 35(c)(1) or 35(c)(2),they may be defined on one posting. This posting will define the work to be performed, the employee’s hours and days of work, and under which subparagraph of Paragraph 35(c) the work is being scheduled. Employees under this condition will be allowed to work on any of the posted units on their posted schedule. Nuclear 4 Where only one unit is posted under either Paragraph 35(c)(1) or 35(c)(2) and subsequently a new unit(s) requires work to be performed under either Paragraph 35(c)(1) or 35(c)(2), a new schedule will be posted. This posting will define the scope of work, the hours and days of work, and under which subparagraph of Paragraph 35(c) the work is being performed. The overtime list will be used to make assignments unless the entire classification is being assigned equivalent hours, or no overtime work is planned. Such rescheduled employees may be assigned to any shift needed, and will be paid the equivalent of the operator’s shift differential. All hours worked for the next twenty-four (24) hours following a change in schedules, where the twenty-four (24) hours notice was not given, shall be paid for at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular straight-time hourly rate until the expiration of the twenty-four (24) hours notice. Such rescheduled employees will be paid at their respective overtime rates plus appropriate shift differential for any work done on their respective normal days off. (c)(1) Employees may be rescheduled to work on two (2) or three (3) shifts per day basis (by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours’ prior notice) to handle jobs which will require more than four (4) days for completion on a rush basis. For the purpose of this paragraph, "rush basis" means the work will be scheduled at least six (6) days per week. (c)(2) Employees may be rescheduled to work on two (2) or three (3) shifts per day basis (by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice) for a minimum period of two (2) days and a maximum of four (4) days. An individual will not be required to work an assignment of this type more than one time during a pay period. (d) A Watch Person may be assigned such schedules as work and duties may require and will be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours per week. (e) In connection with the overtime hours provisions of subparagraphs (a),(b) and (c) of this paragraph, all overtime hours worked will be paid for and no employees shall be required to take time off to offset overtime hours worked. The following hours of labor shall be deemed to be overtime hours: (1) All hours over forty (40) per work week. (2) All off schedule work. Nuclear 5 Overtime hours will be paid, except as otherwise provided for herein, at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular straight-time hourly rate. There shall be no compounding of overtime or premium pay; namely, duplication of premium or overtime payment. (f) For planned work involving overtime, in Nuclear Division schedule for non-shift employees shall be considered changed when both the starting and stopping times are changed for two (2) consecutive days or more regardless of the number of hours worked per day. In these cases, the first eight (8) hours within the period 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. shall be the regular schedule. (g) It is further agreed that from time to time employees regularly assigned to a schedule outside the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. may be rescheduled for the Company Orientation Program, Apprentice Instructor Meetings, Switching Schools, or other occasions that must be mutually agreed upon between the Company and Union prior to any rescheduling. Such employee will be rescheduled to a workweek as follows: Saturday and Sunday off, and Monday through Friday on the regular day schedule for the period of the meeting. Such rescheduled employee will assume the same hours as is determined by the day schedule (this may include time out for meals) and remain on the day schedule for a minimum of five (5) days or multiples thereof unless by mutual agreement between the employee and the employee’s supervisor, the employee is reassigned to the employee’s previous schedule. TWELVE (12) HOUR SHIFTS SCOPE: The following changes are required to assure a cost-effective implementation of a twelve (12) hour shift schedule. This schedule will be offered at those locations selected by the Company. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the Bargaining Unit employees affected by the schedule change must vote in favor of the twelve (12) hour shift in order for implementation at that location. At such time, the employees will select the hours of work (i.e., 6-6,7-7,8-8). Voting will be administered Nuclear 6 By the Chief Job Steward and the Supervisor at the affected location The Company and Union will review this process each year to improve its effectiveness and either party may terminate the agreement at the end of the term of the contract period. Once a twelve (12) hour shift has been voted into a work location, it will remain in effect for a minimum of one (1) year. After that the Bargaining Unit employees can petition for a vote with the signatures of 80% of the Bargaining Unit employees affected. The vote would be administered the same as above. Vacations: Vacations shall be taken consistent with Paragraph 8 of the Memorandum of Agreement, except that vacation shall be considered by hours and charged accordingly (e.g., an employee scheduled for a twelve (12) hour work period would be charged twelve (12) hours vacation). Holidays: Holiday Worked: Employee receives eight (8) hours of holiday pay plus
twelve (12) Employee scheduled off or employee requests to be
scheduled off Employee receives eight (8) hours of holiday pay,
employee is As per Paragraph 36, all off-scheduled hours worked on days the employee observes as a holiday shall be paid for at double time. When an employee has more than four (4) consecutive days off, and the holiday falls on one of these days off, the closest scheduled work day will be observed as the holiday. The holiday will be observed on the last scheduled workday if the holiday falls in the middle day of an odd number of days off. Holiday pay may be taken as additional hours of vacation the following year at the employee’s request. Nuclear 5 Employee Illness – Death in Family – Serious Illness in Family: Employee illness-death in family shall be taken consistent with Paragraph 6 of the Memorandum of Agreement except that sick leave shall be considered by hours and charged accordingly (e.g., an eligible employee who is absent due to a bona fide illness who is regularly scheduled to work twelve (12) hours, will be charged twelve (12) hours sick leave). Jury Duty: The provisions of Paragraph 9 shall apply relative to time off to perform jury duty except that "eight (8)" shall be replaced by "twelve (12)". Schedule of Work (Paragraph 35) (b) The regular schedule hours of work for operating employees will consist of seven (7) workdays in a normal two-week pay period. Three (3) workdays will be scheduled in one week with four (4) workdays in the other. The maximum normal schedule length will be twelve (12) hours. A minimum of eighty (80) total equivalent straight time hours will be scheduled in any pay period. Regular schedules may be changed upon twenty-four (24) hours advanced notice. Sunday and holiday work may be regularly scheduled. (e) In connection with the overtime hours provisions of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph, all overtime hours worked will be paid for and no employees shall be required to take time off to offset overtime hours worked. The following hours of labor shall be deemed to be overtime hours: (1) All hours worked over thirty-six (36) hours in a three day work week. (2) All hours worked over forty (40) hours in a four-day workweek. Sick leave, vacation, and holiday hours will not be considered as hours worked for overtime purposes. (3) All hours worked outside regular schedule in any one (1) work day. (4) All hours worked on the employee’s rest days. For the purpose of training and other special needs, employees may occasionally be rescheduled to work five (5) consecutive days of Nuclear 8 eight (8) consecutive hours (exclusive of meal time) per week between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. It is understood that twelve hour shift schedules were negotiated to provide the employees that elected to work them with a minimum of eighty and one half (80 1/2) equivalent straight time hours in any two week pay period . The anticipated schedule was thirty-six (36) hours in the first week and forty-three (43) hours in the second week. This schedule would provide eighty and one half (80 1/2) equivalent straight time hours. This schedule, however, will cause unanticipated administrative problems when an employee is required to miss some time on the second week due to such things as holidays, jury duty, employee illness, etc. In order to avoid these administrative problems the company will agree to schedule at least forty-four (44) hours on the second week, and are on overtime, may be released after seven (7) hours if not needed. It is expected that the Production Leader will adjust the schedule each pay period to balance the overtime on his/her shift. Meals: If an employee has not previously earned a meal, a meal will be earned after twelve and one-half (12 1/2) consecutive hours following their starting time (holdover of one half (1/2) and additional meals at five (5) hour intervals thereafter if the employee continues to work. All other meals will be in accordance with paragraph 41 of the Memorandum of agreement. Thrift Plan: Regarding the impact of 12-hour shifts on the Thrift Plan contribution, the Company’s intent is to consider 80 hours worked per pay period as eligible for Thrift Company contributions. For the first week of the pay period, the 36 hours worked are eligible for Th rift Company contributions. For the second week of the same period, 44 hours of the 48 hours worked are eligible for Thrift Company contributions. In order to accommodate employees, who work a 12-hour shift, it is incumbent upon those employees to record the hours worked correctly on the time report to capture the full 80 hours as "Thriftable" income. Nuclear 9 35.1 WORK ON SECOND REST DAY Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring the Company to work an employee on both of the employee’s rest days. (b) When an employee is required to work on any two (2) consecutive rest days, all hours worked on the second rest day and any rest day thereafter shall be paid for at double the straight-time hourly rate until such time that the employee has either observed a rest day off or works back into the employee’s normal schedule. 37. ROTATING AND TRADING SHIFTS Where the nature of the service requires scheduled shifts, such shifts shall be arranged so that each shift shall be rotated among all employees as regularly and evenly as is reasonably possible. Employees will, upon request, be permitted to trade shifts temporarily from time to time, if they so desire, provided that such temporary inter change does not lead to the payment of overtime. 38. CALL-OUTS-PREARRANGED OVERTIME (a) When an employee is required to report for work at a time other than the employee’s regular work schedule, it shall be considered: (1)a call-out if the employee has less than twelve (12) hours’ notice, or (2) prearranged overtime if the employee has twelve (12) hours’ or more notice. (b) On a call-out, the employee shall be allowed actual time required for traveling from the employee’s home to the job and return, plus a minimum of three (3) hours as time actually worked, except that if the employee is called out before the employee’s regular starting time and works through the employee’s regular work period, then only time actually worked shall be allowed. (c)In the case of prearranged overtime, the employee shall receive a minimum of four (4) hours as hours worked (except in the case of meetings, two (2) hours), except if the employee is required to report before the employee’s regular starting time and works through the employee’s regular work period or is required to continue after the employee’s regular quitting time, then only time actually worked or spent in meetings shall be allowed. If an employee who has been Nuclear 10 prearranged to work overtime other than holdover overtime is given less than seven (7) hours’ notice prior to the starting time of the overtime that the employee is not to report, the employee will receive two (2) hours’ pay at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee’s straight-time hourly rate. If an employee who has no telephone is notified of a cancellation less than seven (7) hours prior to the starting time of the overtime, the employee will receive one (1) hour’s pay at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee’s straight-time hourly rate. For purposes of this subparagraph, if an employee has a pending application for a phone, or if the employee has listed with the company a phone number where the employee may be contacted, the employee shall be considered as if the employee has a telephone. (d) On call-outs and prearranged overtime an employee designated to temporarily relieve or substitute in a higher classification shall be paid at the r ate of such higher classification for the time that the employee is actually relieving or substituting in such higher classification. (e) Any employee called out before the employee has had eight (8) consecutive hours off duty since the end of the employee’s last scheduled work period will be paid at the overtime rate for all hours worked thereafter until the employee has had eight (8) consecutive hours off duty. Any employee called out nine and one-half (9-1/2) hours or more before the employee’s next regular scheduled starting time after the employee has been scheduled off a day or more will continue to be paid at the overtime rate until the employee has had eight (8) consecutive hours off duty. However, in either instance the Company will give eight (8) hours off duty at its discretion at the completion of the work and if the eight (8) hours off duty falls within or overlaps into the employee’s next regular scheduled work period, the employee will be paid for all such hours off duty within the employee’s regular scheduled work period at the straight-time rate. Any employee continuing to work beyond the employee’s regular scheduled work period will be paid at the overtime rate for all hours worked thereafter until the employee has had eight (8) consecutive hours off duty. Upon completion of the work, the employee shall have eight (8) consecutive hours off duty and if such eight (8) hours off duty falls within or overlaps into the employee’s next regular scheduled work period, the employee will be paid for all such hours off duty within the employee’s regular scheduled work period at the straight- time rate. Nuclear 11 41. MEALS-LODGING-TRANSPORTATION The Company will pay an employee a flat rate for each meal earned , to be included in the employee’s paycheck under the following conditions, unless the Company provides satisfactory meals. The flat rate for meals will be $11.00. (a) Call-Out: If an employee is called out to work one and one-half (1- 1/2) hours or more before their regular starting time, they will earn a meal upon starting work and at five (5) hour intervals thereafter, if they continue to work. (b) Pre-Arranged: Regularly scheduled workday: If an employee is prearranged to begin work one and one-half (1-1/2) hours or more before their regular starting time, they will earn a meal five (5) hours after beginning work and at five (5) hour intervals thereafter, if they continue to work. (c) Pre-Arranged: Rest day or holiday: If an employee is pre-arranged to work on a scheduled day off and they begin work one and one-half (1- 1/2) hours or more before or after their starting time on their last regular scheduled workday, they will earn a meal five (5) hours after beginning work and at five (5) hour intervals thereafter, if they continue to work. (d) Extended Hours: If an employee has not previously earned a meal, they will earn a meal after ten (10) consecutive hours following their starting time and additional meals at five (5) hour intervals thereafter, if they continue to work. Note (1) See Ten (10) Hour Shift. Note (2) See Twelve (12) Hour Shift. (e) For pre-arranged overtime, employees will be expected to bring necessary provisions for the duration of the scheduled work up to twelve (12) hours. (f) When an employee is temporarily assigned to work away from the employee’s regular headquarters and is required to be away overnight. This includes the noon meal on the first day away from headquarters. This does not include the noon meal when the employee is not required to be away from headquarters overnight. Nuclear 12 (g) The Company will not pay an employee for time out for meals, with the exception of approved instances, where a non-shift employee is engaged in rush work, and with the exception of shift employees whose duties require them to eat while performing their work. Lodging -Transportation (h) The Company will pay reasonable expenses for satisfactory lodging to an employee who is temporarily assigned work away from the employee’s regular headquarters and who is required to be away overnight. (h)(2) The Company will furnish the employee a listing of prefer red area hotels, with phone numbers, prior to the assignment. Travel expenses will be reimbursed using one of the following options. It is understood Option 1 is the usual level of benefit. The employee during unusual circumstances may use Option 2, if the usual room rate availability is not accessible or changes during the assignment for any reason. The employee must notify the Company prior to exercising Option 2. If less than twenty-four (24) hours notice is given for the travel assignment, at the employee’s request the Company will furnish lodging for the first night of the assignment: OPTION 1:Provide a per diem rate of $85.00 (north region, PCC,PPN, PSN), $95.00 (west region, PMT, PFM), $110.00 from December 15 through May 31 and $95.00 from June 1 through December 14 (south region, PSL, PMR, PRV, PPE, PFL, PCU, PTF, PTN) when the assignment is in effect for every day the employee is on temporary assignment. This per diem will cover meals, lodging and incidentals including laundry, phone calls, etc. OPTION 2:The Company will reimburse reasonable lodging expenses, as validated by receipt, plus $30.00 (increase to$35.00 effective 11-1-01) (increase to $38.00 effective 11-01-02) per day for meals and incidentals in lieu of the per diem rates as set forth in Option 1. (h)(3) An employee required to work away from his/her regular headquarters, upon request, and upon the completion of his/her scheduled Nuclear 13 work, be returned to his/her regular headquarters on Company time and expense, unless assigned at least (8) hours’ work on his/her first day off. (j) When an employee is required to work other than regularly scheduled hours after midnight, when regular means of transportation are not available, the Company will furnish transportation to the employee’s home if the employee so desires. (k) Employees will not be forced to travel if the employee or the employee’s spouse is pregnant and the assignment date is within one month of the expected birth date (either before or after). It will be the responsibility of the employee to furnish the Company with documentation of the expected date of birth, as determined by a physician. When an employee is required by the company to work temporarily at some location other than his/her regular headquarters the Company will provide for mileage and travel time for the first and last day of the assignment. Special Training Schools Outside State of Florida Bargaining unit personnel attending special training schools, outside the State of Florida. (1) Employee will be expected to make satisfactory progress in the course, utilizing regular working hours. (2) Employees will be expected to remain at the study location for the duration of the assignment. Weekend trips to home locations will be at employee’s expense. For extended schooling (six (6) weeks or longer) the person will be allowed one (1) trip home, paid for by the Company, in midterm. (3) Rental cars will be provided as required. Four (4) employees will be assigned to each car, if schedules permit. A weekly mileage limit will be permitted, not to exceed two hundred fifty (250) miles per week. Mileage expense in excess of this limit will be the responsibility of the employee. Should this mileage limit prove to be inequitable due to location, the Director of Labor Relations and the Business Manager shall meet to review and resolve such inequity. (4)Air fare (tourist) will be provided to and from school. Up to one (1) eight (8) hour straight-time day of travel will be permitted to and from Nuclear 14 school. The Company will not authorize or reimburse an employee for the use of personal automobiles in attending schools away from home areas. (5) The Company will pay lodging expenses. (6) The Company will pay a fixed per diem allowance, which includes all subsistence (meals, phone, laundry, etc.). The allowance will be thirty dollars ($30) a day. (7) The Company will have the right to change a person’s schedule with less than twenty-four (24) hours’ notice to obtain optimum benefit from training. This would be done only as necessary. 44. DISTRIBUTION OF OVERTIME (a) Overtime will be distributed equally by classification in each regular working headquarters to the best ability of the Supervisor in charge, using the biweekly posted overtime list as a guide for such distribution. Overtime records at each regular headquarters shall be reviewed every four (4) weeks by the Supervisor and the Job Steward to determine whether all overtime assignments during the period were made in accordance with the terms of the Agreement. If the Supervisor and the Steward agree that all overtime assignments in the period were made in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, they shall sign the overtime record as being correct. A matter concerning an overtime assignment may become a grievance only after the review and providing it is reduced to writing and taken up with the Supervisor within four (4) weeks after such review. If at any time it is determined that an overtime assignment was not made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the remedy shall be makeup overtime work which would not ordinarily be performed on overtime, to take place within thirty (30) days of such determination. Failure to provide such work after such determination shall subject the Company to payment. The Company will have no obligation to provide makeup overtime work to any employee as a result of the call-out, with less than one (1) hour’s notice, or holdover of another employee. The Company shall have no obligation to provide makeup overtime work as a result of an assignment Nuclear 15 to an employee who was not the low overtime available employee in the employee’s classification, if at the end of the review period the employee claiming the overtime is the high employee in the classification or is within ten (10) hours or ten (10) percent (whichever is higher) of the high overtime employee in the classification. For the purpose of distribution of overtime the Machinist and Mechanic classifications shall be considered as one. At a location where Special Maintenance classifications are employed the Special Maintenance classification and its corresponding regular classification will be considered as one (1) classification. All Special Crews employees in the Nuclear Division may be called out if the call out occurs within two (2) hours of their regular starting time . This agreement will not effect the current manner in which employees are required to work overtime. (b) In compiling the biweekly-posted overtime list, the following conditions will be adhered to: (1) Overtime list will be made up of only employees who wish to be on it. Employees who are not on the list will be considered to have one hour more overtime than the high overtime employee does in each classification. All overtime hours worked by the employee in the employee’s own classification, or while relieving or working in another classification, or while working at another location, will be included in totals shown on the above posted list. Employees who submit a memo to supervision expressing a desire to relieve on overtime in classifications they are qualified to work, will be considered by seniority for relieving on overtime in these classifications, whether they are on the overtime list or not. Employees may elect off the overtime list at the end of a pay period. An employee who makes such election will be dropped from the overtime list for the next six (6) pay periods. (2) When an employee changes the employee’s regular headquarters or enters a new classification, and wishes to be on the overtime list, the employee will be placed on the overtime list at the average overtime of the classification. Employees who have elected not to be on the overtime list and wish to be may notify supervision, by memo. These employees will be placed at one hour above the employee with the Nuclear 16 greatest number of overtime hours on the overtime list in their classification according to the time limits specified in the foregoing Subsection (b)(1). When an employee relieves outside of the bargaining unit, and returns, the employee will be placed at one hour above the employee with the greatest number of overtime hours on the overtime list in their classification. (3) If an employee refuses overtime which the Company gets someone else to perform, the overtime will be charged against the employee who refused. For call-out overtime, the employee shall be charged if they do not have a telephone. If the employee’s phone is answered and such employee fails to work the overtime assignment, they shall be charged the overtime hours. If however, the employee responds within one (1) hour expressing a desire to work, they will not be charged if the assignment has been filled. The Company agrees that in the event all the personnel in a classification at the headquarters are requested to work overtime, those employees in that classification refusing will be charged for the overtime worked unless they are sick or on excused absence. Overtime will not be charged against apprentices who turn down overtime to attend apprentice training classes. (4) If an employee is sick, or on vacation, or on excused absence, and is offered overtime but refuses it, the employee will not be charged for the overtime refused. This is not to be interpreted as meaning that employee is not subject to call-back while on vacation, as provided in subparagraph 8(b) of this Agreement. For distribution of overtime purposes an employee shall be considered on vacation from the time the employee finishes work on the employee’s last scheduled regular work day shift before going on vacation until the employee’s scheduled starting time on the employee’s first scheduled workday after the employee’s vacation. (5) At the end of the payroll period ending nearest January 1 of each year, the overtime list for each classification at each location will be returned to zero. (6) Junior employees will not be forced to work an overtime assignment for more than two (2) consecutive days. The only exception would be if there were no other employees available in that classification and location or everyone is assigned to work overtime. Nuclear 17 (7) The provisions of this Paragraph should not be interpreted to restrict the Company’s right to require employees to work overtime. (8) If this method results in an obviously inequitable distribution of overtime, then the Director of Labor Relations and the Business Manager will work out a method of correcting such inequity. The Company and Union have reviewed the letter from Darrell G. Eisenhutt (dated 7-31-80) IE Circular 80-02, regarding interim criteria for shift staffing and the hours license operators may work. It is agreed, assignments made to the implementation of this criteria will be made in accordance with paragraph 44 (Distribution of Overtime) of the Memorandum of Agreement. Signed by J.H.Niles for the System Council U-4 IBEW Signed by R.L. Dees for Florida Power and Light Company Overtime Shift Splitting for Nuclear Operators The Company and the Union agree to the following provisions regarding operators overtime in the Nuclear Division: • Overtime will be offered in four (4) hour blocks. • An employee, working the first four (4) hours of overtime after the employee’s scheduled shift, shall be offered the second four (4) hours of overtime prior to forcing another employee to work the second four (4) hours of overtime. It is more desirable for an employee to voluntarily work sixteen (16) hours then force another employee to work. • Employees will only be asked to work four (4) hours of overtime before or after their normally scheduled shift . • All hours worked must be consecutive. • Employees will only be asked to work a maximum of twelve (12) consecutive hours per rest day, plus travel time, for call-outs. • Exclusive of travel time, all hours worked, over a maximum of twelve (12) consecutive hours shall be paid at the double time rate. Nuclear 18 • Except for rest days, employees cannot be asked or charged for hour s not concurrent with their normally scheduled shift. • Employees must have a minimum of eight (8) hours rest time between shifts. • An employee may work sixteen (16) hours in a twenty four (24) hour period provided they have eight (8) consecutive hours off duty. Example: An employee who works the last scheduled midnight shift and is off for eight (8) hours on day shift, can also work a peak shift. • Except in the case of an emergency, the overtime list will not be run between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. If this agreement results in any inequities, the Business Manager of the Union and the Director of Employee Relations will be notified to correct those inequities. HOLIDAY WORK BY NUCLEAR OPERATORS AND RADIATION PROTECTION TECHNOLOGISTS 1.All qualified operators who are currently assigned to a rotating shift, and RPT’s whose normal schedule falls on a holiday may be required to work that holiday on their assigned shift. If the company desires to reduce to a minimum shift complement on a shift by shift basis, those employees will be offered the opportunity to work or observe the holiday by seniority. Rolling by seniority from one shift to another will not be permitted. Special Crew and Regular RPT’s will be considered as one classification for the purposes of this paragraph. 2. Operation personnel (excluding RPT’s) working Monday through Friday with weekends off (i.e. support/relief, re-qualifications, etc.) will observe the company holiday. 3.Shift vacancies that occur on a day the Company observes as a holiday will be offered and filled in the following manner: • Prearranged: The shift vacancy will be offered by seniority to the qualified employees who are observing their holiday on the day of the vacancy on a one shift per employee basis. In the event a vacancy still exists, it will be filled using the overtime list. Nuclear 19 • Callout: The shift vacancy will be offered by seniority to personnel first from the shift reduced to minimum complement and who were required to observe the holiday, then using the overtime list. 48. APPRENTICES IN ALL DEPARTMENTS See General for paragraph 48 conditions "(a)"through "(e)" (f)In the Electrician classification in all departments, the Mechanic and Instrument Mechanic classifications in the Production Department, and all corresponding Itinerant classifications, the ratio of apprentices to craft worker at any one (1) location shall not exceed: One (1) apprentice to one (1) craft worker; one (1) apprentice to two (2) craft workers; two (2) apprentices to three (3) craft workers; two (2) apprentices to four (4) craft workers; three (3) apprentices to five (5) craft workers; three (3) apprentices to six (6) craft workers; and above six (6) craft workers, the ratio will be one (1) to two (2). For the purpose of this clause, Chief Electricians, Machinists, General Maintenance Leader, and Crew Leader shall be considered craft workers. (g) Ratios as set out in (f) shall be determined on the basis of the number of apprentices and corresponding craft workers on the pay roll at a working headquarters. The temporary absence of craft workers from a headquarters shall not be considered as affecting the ratio in that headquarters or crew. When an apprentice automatically promotes to craft worker, no contractual ratio will be affected by this promotion. However, the Company will correct the condition and restore proper ratio at its first opportunity. (h) In all departments when an apprentice has been in the apprentice classification for more than two (2) years and is not competent to become a craft worker, the employee shall not be counted in the apprentice ratio. (i) When an employee has served four (4) full years in the apprentice classification, the employee shall automatically be promoted to a craft worker classification at the employee’s location, provided that the employee is fully qualified. Job Posting Procedure will not apply in the automatic promotion of apprentices. (j) Based upon qualifications, an apprentice may perform work alone, outside of sight and sound of a craft worker. It is understood that the intent and application of this provision will apply in the following manner: (1) The present method of assigning craft workers and apprentices will not be altered. Nuclear 20 (2) When an apprentice is assigned to a craft worker and the craft worker feels the apprentice is qualified to work alone on a segment of the job assignment, the craft worker may assign the task to the apprentice. (k) When an apprentice promotes to craft worker the employee’s starting pay bracket will be determined by the amount of time spent in the apprentice classification. • less than one year bottom of bracket • more than one year less than two full years 1st bracket • more than two years less than three full years 2nd bracket • more than three years less than four full years 3rd bracket • four full years top of bracket (l) The Company will not require an apprentice to work on, climb through or work above energized conductors carrying more than five hundred (500) volts during the employee’s first year of apprenticeship. After completing the employee’s first year, the determination of whether the apprentice is qualified to work on conductors carrying more than five hundred (500) volts will be made by the apprentice, the Maintenance Leader or equivalent, supervising the apprentice, and the craft worker with whom the employee works. Should any question arise as to whether or not the employee is qualified to perform the duties assigned to the employee, which cannot be resolved locally it shall be brought to the attention of the Supervisor of apprentice training and report the supervisor’s findings to the Joint Apprenticeship Committee for determination as to whether the apprentice is qualified to perform the work in question. Even if the apprentice has more than the first year as an apprentice, the above determination must be made. In arriving at the first year of apprenticeship, the time in classification plus credit allowed for related experience is to be used. 48.1 PLANT ITINERANT (b) There may be established, in addition to Itinerant Mechanics, Itinerant Electricians and Itinerant Instrument Mechanics, the classification of Itinerant Instrument and Control Specialists, and Itinerant Machinists, in the Production Department. The ratio of employees in the above Itinerant classifications to the total of Company employees in the corresponding regular classifications shall not exceed Nuclear 21 one (1) to one (1). The Machinist and Mechanic classifications shall be considered as one classification. Itinerant Machinists, Itinerant Mechanics, Itinerant Electricians and Itinerant Instrument and Control Specialists will be assigned headquarters in a specific Class "AA" Plant and will perform work as Machinists, Mechanics, Electricians, or Instrument and Control Specialists in various plants throughout the system when and as assigned. There may be established the classification of Itinerant Apprentice Mechanics, Itinerant Apprentice Electricians and Itinerant Apprentice Instrument Mechanics in the Production Department. The ratio of Itinerant Apprentices to their corresponding Itinerant craft worker shall be as provided for in Paragraph 48. For the purpose of plant overhauls or emergencies, the Company will first use the complement of available qualified employees at that particular plant. If an adequate number is not available, then Itinerant Maintenance employees will be used in cases where time will allow for their travel. The Company, to supplement these employees, will determine what employees are available from nearby plants on a voluntary basis to help in this work. Those employees who do not volunteer will not be charged with the overtime performed. Should there still be a deficiency in the number of employees needed, then the Company may assign any qualified employees at any location to work on the overhaul or emergency. Such assignments will be made on a seniority basis. (d) All Show-up/Itinerant personnel may be assigned to locations outside the areas specified in (b) above, in which case, they will receive expenses in accordance with Paragraph 41. (e) Itinerant classifications will, for the purpose of overtime distribution, be considered in the corresponding regular classification. If this method results in an obviously inequitable distribution of overtime, then the Director of Labor Relations of the Company and the Business Manager of the Union will work out a method for the purpose of correcting such inequity. 50. CLASSIFICATION-RELIEVING OR SUBSTITUTING IN ANOTHER (a) Any employee designated to substitute, relieve or work temporarily in a higher classification shall receive an additional 5% (five percent) added Nuclear 22 to his / her regular rate of pay or the minimal of the bracket, which ever is higher, but not to exceed the maximum rate, for all hours actually worked or a minimum of four (4) hours, provided the employee works in such higher classification for one (1) hour or more at any given time (except as otherwise provided in Paragraph 38). The employee shall work the scheduled hours, perform the assigned duties and after twenty- four (24) hours’ notice of change of schedule, be subject to the schedules of work of such higher classification in which the employee is relieving, substituting or temporarily working. Utility Workers with journeyman qualifications as of the date of ratification will receive relieving pay based upon the relieving process in place prior to the 2000-2004 MOA. Every effort will be made by the Company, where practicable, to fill jobs under this paragraph according to qualifications and seniority in the particular Work Headquarters. Biweekly lists of temporary relieving time will be posted on bulletin boards. (b) When an employee is designated to relieve or substitute for another employee or to work temporarily in a lower classification, the employee shall receive the rate of pay of the employee’s own classification and shall work the scheduled hours, perform the assigned duties, and after twenty-four (24) hours’ notice of change of schedule, be subject to the schedules of work of the lower classification in which the employee is relieving, substituting or temporarily working. (c) Employees may relieve in an equivalent classification if they have no objections or for the purpose of obtaining experience. However it is not required that an employee relieve sideways without his or her consent. The Company agrees to pay temporary relieving machinist pay to anyone performing machine work for one (1) hour or more. Machine work is defined as work using stationary or portable machining equipment that requires precision measuring instruments to complete the work. (c)(1) With the exception of plant outages any individual employee relieving outside the bargaining unit will be limited to a total of three (3) months in any one (1) calendar year (unless mutually agreed to by the Company and Union). Nuclear 23 (c)(2) Bargaining Unit personnel may temporary relieve into non bargaining positions for a period not to exceed (1) one month ((2) two months for Maintenance Planners) prior to the beginning of outages, during the outage and not to exceed one month after outages. Periods of time exceeding this may be agreed to by the Plant Manager and the President of the Local Union. (d) When a temporary clerical assignment occurs, the Company will first canvas the employees at that work location for those who may be qualified and would benefit by temporary relieving. If no qualified employees can be identified, the Company may then use temporary clerical help under the following conditions: 1. The temporary clerical assignment shall last for a minimum of 20 workdays (any assignment of less than 20 days will be considered to be 20 days). 2. For work which requires temporary clerical support over and above the normal clerical compliment, each power plant and each division may utilize temporary clerical personnel up to 120 work days in any given twelve month period. Once the use of temporary clerical personnel has reached 120 days (the time need not be consecutive) within a twelve-month period temporary clerical job will be discontinued, or an appropriate bargaining unit job will be posted. Any use of temporary clerical personnel will be cumulative for purposes of determining the 120-day period. As an example, two temporary clerks could work for 60 days in any given twelve month period or four temporary clerks could work 30 days in any given twelve month period. 3. Temporary clerical personnel may be used to fill temporary vacancies within existing bargaining unit clerical classifications. Temporary vacancies will be determined when a bargaining unit employee is unable to fulfill his/her job responsibilities due to maternity leave, extended illness or injury, posted job vacancies and vacations. The 120 workday period shall also apply to temporary vacancies at each location. This time limit may be extended by mutual consent of the Business Manager and Director of Industrial Relations. Nuclear 22 4. When a temporary clerical assignment occurs at a work location, the appropriate Local Union President will be notified of the starting and stopping date of such assignment. 5. This will not change the manner in which injured employees may be assigned under paragraph 7(c) of the Memorandum of Agreement. Nuclear 25
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