2 Questions. Hope you can answer them.
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Rt2mailman
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Rca's can be scheduled to work any time they answer their phones and accept the work, but they are normally scheduled and that schedule is printed up and available for rca's to see on the day of the week that they are normally working. Rca's are not supposed to be worked more than 12 hours, if that happens, according to FLSA standards they are paid 150% of their normal hourly pay.
Regulars' schedules should normally not be changed with out advanced noticed usually 2 weeks. You may work over 12 hours but must be paid 150% of hourly pay and those hours apply towards the weekly hours which may not be over the evaluation of the route during the Christmas overtime period.
Regulars' schedules should normally not be changed with out advanced noticed usually 2 weeks. You may work over 12 hours but must be paid 150% of hourly pay and those hours apply towards the weekly hours which may not be over the evaluation of the route during the Christmas overtime period.
dumbolehickfromms
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hmmmm. Code P employees are only paid when actual hours are over 40. Nothing to do with 8, 10, or 12 hours.
dumbolehickfromms
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The chart is located in F 21 Time and Attendance 546
Code B .........
The codes are FLSA codes.
Code B is almost all regular carriers and OT is paid for 56 hours in a week or 12 hours in a day; plus other situations with yearly totals
Code P designation 78 is only for over 40 hours a week . This is why the Step 4 R 96 was settled the way it was.
Code B .........
The codes are FLSA codes.
Code B is almost all regular carriers and OT is paid for 56 hours in a week or 12 hours in a day; plus other situations with yearly totals
Code P designation 78 is only for over 40 hours a week . This is why the Step 4 R 96 was settled the way it was.
Orange -- "can they [ manglement ] make you work more than 12 hours?
-- Basically - yes. You are expected to deliver ALL of the assigned mail each day. As one unpopular member of manglement liked to remind us carriers "It is what it is." Of course manglement does not like carriers saying that back to them during the Christmas No-Overtime Period!
-- If it takes 12 hours or more to deliver your route, so be it. While manglement has to pay for anything over 12 hours, anything above the under-evaluated route's time to the 12 hour mark is free work for the USPS. ( something the NRLCA seems to overlook at contract time - IMHO ).
-- Manglement is not supposed to schedule RCA's for more than 12 hours of evaluated work -- however, they are relatively unconcerned if an RCA takes more than 12 hours to complete the day's evaluated work. Again, paying for a few minutes of overtime work past 12 hours is, no doubt, worth it.
"can they make you come in at 6am rather than 8am with less than 24 hours notice?"
-- Yes -- While there should be "reasonable advance notice" made of scheduling changes, most carriers would jump at the chance to come in early on expected heavy days, such as the day after a holiday. ( You could try grieving it, but I'd imagine other carriers would try to talk you out of it. You would have to show how you would be "harmed" by the change in schedule - such as the inability to find a baby sitter on such short notice, or the day care doesn't open that early, etc. But remember the USPS does not care that you have a family to care for. Something like the military: If they wanted you to have a family, one would have been issued in your duffel bag or in the case of the USPS, at indoctrination. )
-- Section 332.34 of the M-38 ( Management of Rural Delivery Services ): Carriers may be scheduled to report earlier than normal [ a temporary change ] on days when the preferential mail volume is greater than normal, if it is necessary to maintain the regularly scheduled leaving time. However unless operational needs dictate, starting times should not be prior to 0600 ( 6 am ).
-- Basically - yes. You are expected to deliver ALL of the assigned mail each day. As one unpopular member of manglement liked to remind us carriers "It is what it is." Of course manglement does not like carriers saying that back to them during the Christmas No-Overtime Period!
-- If it takes 12 hours or more to deliver your route, so be it. While manglement has to pay for anything over 12 hours, anything above the under-evaluated route's time to the 12 hour mark is free work for the USPS. ( something the NRLCA seems to overlook at contract time - IMHO ).
-- Manglement is not supposed to schedule RCA's for more than 12 hours of evaluated work -- however, they are relatively unconcerned if an RCA takes more than 12 hours to complete the day's evaluated work. Again, paying for a few minutes of overtime work past 12 hours is, no doubt, worth it.
"can they make you come in at 6am rather than 8am with less than 24 hours notice?"
-- Yes -- While there should be "reasonable advance notice" made of scheduling changes, most carriers would jump at the chance to come in early on expected heavy days, such as the day after a holiday. ( You could try grieving it, but I'd imagine other carriers would try to talk you out of it. You would have to show how you would be "harmed" by the change in schedule - such as the inability to find a baby sitter on such short notice, or the day care doesn't open that early, etc. But remember the USPS does not care that you have a family to care for. Something like the military: If they wanted you to have a family, one would have been issued in your duffel bag or in the case of the USPS, at indoctrination. )
-- Section 332.34 of the M-38 ( Management of Rural Delivery Services ): Carriers may be scheduled to report earlier than normal [ a temporary change ] on days when the preferential mail volume is greater than normal, if it is necessary to maintain the regularly scheduled leaving time. However unless operational needs dictate, starting times should not be prior to 0600 ( 6 am ).
dumbolehickfromms
New member
btdtret, I quit the union about 10 years ago after being a state prez and an ASS. So I've missed a few changes that have occurred. I usually just skip over things that don't apply to me. But lately I've started paying attention again. When Jeannie in the bottle and drunken soldier boy leave I might rejoin. But I'm not giving either of them a penny of my hard earned money when they dont' represent me.
when did they change the rules about RCA's getting OT for over 12 hours?
F 21 still says no.
when did they change the rules about RCA's getting OT for over 12 hours?
F 21 still says no.
