The question raised in this grievance is whether local management violated the National Agreement by cancelling an employee's bid award for failure to report for training within ten days. During our discussion, we agreed to the following:
1. Normally, an employee will begin required training within ten days after the posting of the senior bidder (excluding December). However, there is no contractual provision for taking a bid away from an employee for failure to report for training within ten days.
2. Management officials are responsible for ensuring that employees begin training in a timely manner and may direct them to report on a specific date.
3. When employees fail to report as directed, management officials may take whatever action is appropriate to the particular circumstances.
4. This case is to be remanded to Step 3 for application of the above to the fact circumstances involved.
Document Type: Step 4 Agreement
APWU National Grievance Number: H1C5KC19789
Craft: Clerk