GENERAL CHAIRMAN TRANSMITS SAMPLE DOCUMENT FOR TIME CLAIMS FOR TRIPS LOST DUE TO RSIA - PDF

Below you will find sample claim language put together to assist members in claiming time for guarantee denied on extra boards and work opportunity lost on regular bulletined assignments associated with the implementation of the RSIA in yard, local, TSE and work train service. The language in bold red & underlined below should be replaced with the appropriate circ‐7, board id, monetary amount, date and time applicable to the claim that is being filed. It is imperative that this information be captured along with a copy of your payroll print out from the half involved for the claim to properly documented. (see full text in PDF document)

UPREHS FACT SHEET FOR 2009 - REVISED 5-09 - PDF

Statement of Agency Policy and Interpretation on the Hours of Service Laws as Amended: - PDF

In this document FRA informs the public at large of the agency’s interim position on certain interpretive questions arising out of the complex and important amendments enacted in 2008 to the Federal railroad safety laws that govern such matters as how long an employee in a certain category may remain on duty and how long the employee must be given off duty before the employee may go on duty again. In addition, FRA proposes an interpretation of one very significant provision of those amended laws that differs from FRA’s existing interpretation of the laws before the 2008 amendments. Finally, FRA requests public comment on both the interim interpretations and the proposed interpretation.

(See: RAIL SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2008 - PDF)

EMPLOYEES ASKED TO COOPERATE IN A TIMELY MANNER WHEN FILING I-9 FORMS WHEN CONTACTED BY UPRR HR DEPARTMENT - PDF

UPRR Human Resources Department conducted an audit and found that some of the I-9 forms are incomplete. In mid-April employees hired after November 1, 1986 and identified in the audit will receive a letter outlining the I-9 form requirements. They will then be contacted by an HR representative to assist them in completing a new I-9 form. We are asking that our members cooperate in a timely manner when contacted by the HR representative to ensure that these mandated forms are completed.                

CARRIER OFFICERS ACCOMPANYING INJURED EMPLOYEES TO HOSPITAL IS HARASSMENT UNDER FRA REGULATIONS PART 225 - PDF

RE: 49 CFR Part 225: FRA Ruling March 30, 2009 that Carrier officers accompanying an injured employee to the hospital is harassment under the FRA regulations under most circumstances.

UNION PREVAIL IN FMLA ARBITRATION CASE No. 3750 - (SUMMARY)

         JS CASE No. 3750 OPINION AND AWARD - PDF

        The bottom line Award: “The carriers’ policies requiring employees to substitute paid vacation and/or paid personal leave for unpaid FMLA leave do violate the requirements of the national vacation and/or national personal leave agreements.”