These questions and the responses are not intended to alter, amend, or change in any way the terms of the 2010-2015 Collective Bargaining Agreement. 1. Beginning June 1, 2012, can employees from other bargaining unit crafts (mail handlers, carriers, etc) be utilized in 204-B assignments to supervise Clerk Craft employees? Answer: Beginning June 1, 2012, employees from other bargaining unit crafts may be utilized as 204-Bs, supervising Clerk Craft employees, to cover supervisory absences or vacancies of 14 or more consecutive calendar days. Usage of a 204-B in this exception is normally limited to no more than 90 days. 2. Can employees from these other bargaining unit crafts (mail handlers, carriers, etc) be utilized as 204-Bs in the Clerk Craft to cover supervisor absences or vacancies of less than 14 days? Answer: No. 3. Are there any exceptions to the 90 day limit in #1, above? Answer: Exceptions would only be appropriate in limited situations (such as supervisor ori 4 months maternity leave; supervisor on 6 months military leave; or similar situations). 4. May Clerk Craft employees be utilized as 204-Bs to supervise employees in other bargaining unit crafts? Answer: Yes, Clerk Craft employees may be utilized as 204-Bs to supervise employees in other bargaining unit crafts. When doing so, these 204-B assignments would be subject to the same restrictions regarding the supervisor absence or vacancy as within the Clerk Craft. 5. May Lead Sales & Service Associate duty assignments contain scheme requirements? Answer: No. However, where employees are working in LSSA duty assignments which included scheme requirements that were grandfathered into the new LSSA position, those positions may continue to be required to have a scheme.
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Craft: Clerk