MODIFIED CREW CONSIST AGREEMENT
GRANGER – HUNTINGTON
SALT LAKE CITY – BUTTE
ARTICLE I
PRODUCTIVITY INCENTIVE ALLOWANCE
- On the effective date of this Agreement, each trainman with five or more years of seniority on the territory covered by this Agreement who is working as a trainman on the territory covered by this Agreement shall receive a $15,000.00 productivity incentive allowance. This amount shall be subject to all applicable taxes.
- Effective this same date, each trainman with less than five years of seniority on the territory covered by this Agreement who is working as a trainman on the territory covered by this Agreement shall elect one of the following X_/ options, depending upon the trainmans’ years of service:
| Option |
Years of Service |
Productivity Incentive Allowance |
In Lieu Option |
| (a) |
Less than 2 |
$10,000.00 |
100% of the rate applicable to post-October 31, 1985 hires
+ $2,000.00
|
| (b) |
2 or more but less than 3 |
$10,000.00 |
Same as (a), but $4,000.00 |
| (c) |
3 or more but less than 4 |
$10,000.00 |
Same as (a), but $6,000.00 |
| (d) |
4 or more but less than 5 |
$10,000.00 |
Same as (a), but $8,000.00 |
NOTE: Both the Producivity(sic) Incentive allowance and the in lieu option payments are subject to all applicable taxes.
- The allowance will not be paid to trainmen applying for and receiving the separation allowance provided for in Article II. In addition, the allowance will only be paid to trainmen who perform train service continuously on this territory from February 15, 1991, until the effective date of this Agreement unless they were hired on this territory after February 14, 1991, and have never left this territory prior to the effective date of this Agreement.
- Trainmen will indicate their eligibility and Productivity Incentive Allowance option selected on the prescribed form exhibited to this Agreement as “Attachment I-A”.
NOTE 1: The Productivity Incentive Allowance will be paid to a trainman who is on a valid medical leave of absence and subsequently returns to service or who is discharged and is subsequently reinstated and returns to service, providing that the trainman was working on the territory immediately prior to the medical leave and/or discharge and returned to this territory immediately upon return to service.
Q&A Will the Productivity Incentive Allowance be paid in the following situations:
- A trainman is working on the territory on September 1, 1990, and is discharged/or goes on a valid medical leave of absence. Upon returning to service on May 10, 1991, the trainman immediately returns to service on this territory. The trainman in this situation is entitled to the Productivity Incentive Allowance because he/she was working on the territory prior to February 15, and but for the discharge/leave would have been working on the territory on February 15.
- A trainman exercises seniority to this territory on February 16, 1991, and is discharged or goes on a valid medical leave of absence on March 1, 1991. Upon returning to service on May 15, 1991, the trainman immediately returns to service on this territory. The trainman is not entitled to the Productivity Incentive Allowance because he/she was not working on the territory on February 15, and through the exercise of seniority prior to February 15, could have been working on the territory.
NOTE 2: It is agreed that Trainmen transferred to engine service in this territory between April 1, 1988 and the effective date of this Agreement who return to train service prior to May 1, 1992 due to a decline in business will receive the Productivity Incentive Allowance provided they held trainman’s seniority and were working as trainman in this territory immediately prior to entering engine service.
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