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Highlights of the MOU on NTFT Positions
1. May employees who were in a FT status at the signing of the agreement but have
subsequently bid to a NTFT duty assignment of less than 40 hours or more than 44
hours per week, and thereafter become unassigned, be involuntarily reassigned to a
NTFT assignment of less than a 40-hour work week?
ANSWER: No.
19. How many hours of holiday pay will employees in NTFT duty assignments receive?
ANSWER: Employees in NTFT duty assignments receive eight (8) hours of holiday pay at the employee's base hour straight time rate on the holiday or day designated as their holiday. To be eligible for holiday pay, an employee must be in a pay status the last hour of the employee's last scheduled workday prior to or the first hour of the employee's first scheduled workday after the holiday.
*This means that employees that work a 10 hour or more workday will only receive 8 hours of Holiday pay !!!!
* Employees that are normally scheduled under 8 hours will receive Holiday pay for the hours normally worked
Ref: Article 11 Section 3. Payment
A. An employee shall receive holiday pay at the employee’sbase hourly straight time rate for a number of hours equal to the employee’s regular daily working schedule, not to exceed eight (8) hours. Effective February 2, 2002, employees who work their holiday, at their option, may elect to have their annual leave balance credited with eight (8) hours of annual leave in lieu of holiday leave pay.
Things you need to know about NTFT positions before Bidding
60. What happens to the annual leave which has been advanced to a NTFT employee when they bid or are reassigned to/from traditional full-time assignments or to NTFT assignment with a different scheduled work hour total per week?
ANSWER: They will have their advanced annual leave amount adjusted to reflect the advanced leave policy for their position of record.
73. How will NTFT employees earn or accrue annual leave?
ANSWER: Employees in NTFT assignments with a regular schedule of 40 or more hours/week will receive an advance of annual leave equal to the maximum for their leave category. The employee will not receive additional annual leave credit for work hours in excess of 40/week and excess hours will not be tracked as potential leave credit hours.
Employees in NTFT assignments with a weekly schedule of less than 40 hours/week will receive a pro-rated advance of annual leave in the same manner as a PTR per ELM Exhibit 512.312. For paid hours (for hours worked and paid leave, not including donated leave) in excess of their scheduled amount, the employee will receive additional annual leave credit up to the maximum credit allowable for their leave category within the pay period. Excess hours that do not produce additional leave credit within the pay period will be tracked as potential leave credit hours and may produce additional leave credit in a future pay period as long as the total leave earned to date does not exceed the maximum allowed for a full-time employee.
72. In what category are NTFT employees on the holiday work schedule?
ANSWER: As FTR employees, they will be subject to the LMOU pecking order.
NTFT employees working their holiday or designated holiday will be scheduled for the number of hours they normally work. NTFT employees working on their off day will be scheduled for 8 hours.
74. How will NTFT employees accrue sick leave?
ANSWER: NTFT employees, with regular schedules of forty (40) hours per week or more, accrue 4 hours sick leave for each full biweekly pay period – i.e., 13 days (104 hours) per 26 period leave year. NTFT employees with regular schedules of less than forty (40) hours per week will accrue sick leave at a rate of one (1) hour for each unit of twenty (20) hours in pay status.
75. How much annual leave will the NTFT employee use?
ANSWER: The NTFT employee will be charged leave for the amount necessary to ensure that the leave hours and work hours equal the regular daily scheduled hours. NTFT employees may elect at their option to utilize LWOP in lieu of annual leave
76. How much sick leave will the NTFT employee use?
ANSWER: The NTFT employee will be charged leave for the amount necessary to ensure that the leave hours and work hours equal the regular daily scheduled hours. NTFT employees may elect at their option to utilize LWOP in lieu of sick leave.
• Overtime built into a non-traditional full-time assignment (exceeding 40 hours in a week) will be FLSA overtime and not subject to Article 8.5, OTDL, or LMOU scheduling rules.
These employees will receive penalty overtime for all hours:
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For daily schedules of ten (10) or less hours, penalty overtime is paid for hours over ten (10) in a pay status;
For daily schedules of ten (10) or less hours, penalty overtime is paid for hours over ten (10) in a pay status;•For daily schedules exceeding ten (10) hours, penalty overtime is not paid until hours in a pay status exceed the scheduled hours;
For daily schedules exceeding ten (10) hours, penalty overtime is not paid until hours in a pay status exceed the scheduled hours;•For the first non-scheduled day an employee works in a service week, penalty overtime is paid for time in a pay status exceeding eight (8) hours;
For the first non-scheduled day an employee works in a service week, penalty overtime is paid for time in a pay status exceeding eight (8) hours;•Should an employee work a second, third, or fourth non-scheduled day in a service week, penalty overtime is paid for those hours in a pay status;
Should an employee work a second, third, or fourth non-scheduled day in a service week, penalty overtime is paid for those hours in a pay status;•After an employee has worked overtime on four (4) days in a service week, penalty overtime will be paid for any subsequent hours exceeding the daily or weekly scheduled hours.
After an employee has worked overtime on four (4) days in a service week, penalty overtime will be paid for any subsequent hours exceeding the daily or weekly scheduled hours.• These NTFT employees will be subject to the 10, 12, 56 and 60 hour limitations. [Exception: employees whose normal daily schedule exceeded ten (10) hours would be exempt from the 10 hour limitation for that day.]
These NTFT employees will be subject to the 10, 12, 56 and 60 hour limitations. [Exception: employees whose normal daily schedule exceeded ten (10) hours would be exempt from the 10 hour limitation for that day.]