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Article 30
Application for Employment
A.1. Probationary Period - Applications for employment will be rejected
within sixty (60) calendar days after seniority date is established, or applicant shall be
considered accepted.
Applications rejected by the Carrier must be declined in writing to the
applicant.
2. Omission or Falsification of Information - An employee who has been
accepted for employment in accordance with Paragraph 1 will not be terminated or
disciplined by the Carrier for furnishing incorrect information in connection with an
application for employment or for withholding information there from unless the information
involved was of such a nature that the employee would not have been hired if the Carrier
had timely knowledge of it.
3. Termination of Seniority - The seniority of any employee who is
furloughed for 365 consecutive days will be terminated if such employee has less than
three (3) years of seniority.
4. Service Letters (AGS Only)
- Employees leaving the Company's service will upon
request be given a service letter which will show the time of employment and cause of
leaving.
B.
ENTRY RATES (BLE National Agreement, July 26, 1978)
1.
Service First 12 Months
Employees
entering service shall be paid as follows for all service performed within the
first twelve (12) calendar months of service when working in a capacity other
than engineers:
(a)
For the first twelve (12) calendar months of employment, new employees shall
be paid 90% of the applicable rates of pay (including COLA) for the class and
craft in which service is rendered, exclusive of arbitraries and/or special
allowances which shall be paid at the full amount.
(b)
Employees who have had an employment relationship with the carrier and are
rehired will be paid at established rate after completion of a total of twelve
(12) months' combined service.
(c)
Train service employees who transfer to the fireman craft will be paid at
established rates after completion of a total of twelve (12) months' combined
service In both crafts.
(d)
Any calendar month in which an employee does not render compensated service
due to voluntary absence, suspension, or dismissal shall not count toward
completion of the twelve
(12) month period.
2.
Preservation Of Lower Rates
Agreements
which provide for training or entry rates that are lower than those provided for in (1) above are preserved.
If such agreements provide for payment at the lower rate for less than
the twelve (12) months of actual service, (B)(1) of this Article will be
applicable during any portion of that period in which such lower rate is not
applicable.
Section
5 - Rate Progression - New Hires (1986 BLE Agreement)
In
any class of service or job classification, rates of pay, additives, and
other applicable elements of compensation for an employee whose seniority
in engine or train service is established on or after November 1, 1985,
will be 75% of the rate for present employees and will increase in
increments of 5 percentage points for each year of active service in
engine and/or train service until the new employee's rate is equal to that
of present employees.
A year of active service shall consist of a period of 365 calendar
days in which the employee performs a total of 80 or more tours of duty.
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03/06/2005
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