This Step 4 Settlement Agreement addresses whether local management violated Article 10 and 19 of the National Agreement by implementing a Local Attendance Control Program. The parties mutually agreed that no national interpretive issue was fairly presented in the particulars evidenced in this case, and that this issue was a matter of application rather than interpretation. A Local Attendance Control Program cannot be inconsistent with ELM 510, and any disciplinary action which results from a local policy must meet the just cause provision of Article 16. Accordingly, it was agreed that the parties at Step 3 were to once again review this case to ascertain if the local policy conforms with ELM regulations.
Document Type: Step 4 Agreement
APWU National Grievance Number: H1N3DC7666, H1N3DC7665