As
@Dominator and
@ATCBigE have pointed out, you MAY have been paid improperly in the past IF you WERE NOT on the RDWL. Here it is from The Nat'l Agreement ;
f. Except as provided in item j.,
regular rural carriers
on the relief day work list who work the relief day
will select one of the following options:
(1) An X day (a day for working a prior relief
day) to be immediately scheduled by mutu-
al agreement between the carrier and the
Employer. The scheduled X day must be with-
in the next twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971
will be completed for the mutually agreed X
day and the scheduled X day will be given
the same consideration as approved annual
leave.
(2) Compensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily
rate of pay, in addition to receiving an X
day within twelve (12) weeks as sched-
uled by the Employer.
(3) Compensation at 150% of the carrier’s
daily rate of pay. The carrier will not
receive an X day
You notice that if you are on the list, YOU have the option on how to be compensated.
If you ARE NOT on the RDWL , there is this ;
g. Except as provided in item j. below,
regular
rural carriers not on the relief day work list who
are required to work the relief day will receive
compensation at 50% of the carrier’s daily rate
of pay, in addition to receiving an X day within
twelve (12) weeks as scheduled by the Employer.
h. If a regular rural carrier works the relief day and
fails to complete the entire route, the carrier will
be compensated 150% of the carrier’s hourly rate
of pay for the actual number of hours worked.
i. The Employer will not allow a regular rural carrier
to work a relief day in accordance with their per-
sonal wishes when a qualified leave replacement
is available in the delivery unit.
j. Without recourse to Article 8.5, the Employer may
allow a regular rural carrier to work on his or her
relief day in order to grant the leave replacement
scheduled to serve the regular’s route, the day off,
provided:
(1) The leave replacement has submitted a writ-
ten request to be non-scheduled or to have
leave on the regular’s relief day;
(2) The regular rural carrier has signed the
request, thereby indicating agreement; and
(3) The regular rural carrier and the Employer
have agreed that compensation for work-
ing the relief day will only be an X day
to be immediately scheduled by mutual
agreement.
The scheduled X day must be within the next
twelve (12) weeks. PS Form 3971 will be com-
pleted for the mutually agreed X day and the
scheduled X day will be given the same consid-
eration as approved annual leave. A part-time
flexible rural carrier is not entitled to the route’s
evaluated hours for any day the Employer has
granted his or her request to be non-scheduled.