Form 1 NATTOMAL RAILROAD ADJUSTx'~'NT BOARD A7,,,--rd 1;!x.81.93
SECOND DIVISSIOi'3 Dock--t No. t'J_l9 2-8ZSF-C~.i-' 79 The Second D ivis ion consisted of the regular me),t;bers and in addition Reforee Richard R. Kasher a'aen award was re=ndered.

( System Federation No. 22, Rail-gay Employeo'

( Departrrcnt, A. F . of L. - C. 1. 0.

Parties to Disrute:( (Car,-en) ( ( St. Lou~_s-San hran.cisco ~ail,ra~; Cormany ispu,+.n· Gl.aira o' ,;:.,f

1,o,~r2:,1

? , Tnat

thr~a St.

Louis-San Francisco R ail;4nay Colno.7ny ur. justly

si:spund~d

C,::"'":;in RUb"rt 'I-_?.

Atchison,

tlI~:3 , i,_^:1:.'_r10:."3,

from service a::

of.r~:D:.':7arY

1973, rid

6'~..~F'C11:;?:?,~iy

(4-'-i,-'ssed

h.-I.m

from s`? 'vice f oll.aa1:w an

investI-anon conducted

FC'binuary 1.~,

hi1'`i, 2n v:;ol:~.~'=DTI

of the

CJi?1:-r0lE.Tig

ac;rc-:::ei?t.

2. That tiie St. Louis-%>aa Francisco Railway Compfiny failed to

allow proper

representation at

the investigation.

That Car;::n 1tobert ti. Atchison be restoi^ed to

service with

all

S:'!.'?~.()?`~. ;,~ ~' "''1 .. v3!',.^

~. inn r

l7'_'-tE3

al;d

heri°fi i_s i:'a+;

are

a condit-i on,J,of et:~-~lo;y:':::.nt.

shat he be

COT

7ensated for all

lost

n+ r_ .7i-

a be ream

ti-ma plus r5.?: ,percent

(Cj a~

i..,.ereSt.

lh u

buzli

all

losses mess t yin&:3.

because of loss of cc·; erase

~,~. d.d for ~_

under heal"Ll

and

::elfaro and Tif? insLU'twirce a~TreeI::ents

durin,

the tir:,a he has ucen held out of service.

Find iris The Second Divis.on of the Ad just a--nt Board, upon the :;,hole record and all. the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or c arriers anti the elrploye or elmloyes involved in this dispute art- respcctively carrier a:d a^:nloyti- ;°;ithin the: no:,aning of IV-he Rzil,cay 1aaor Act as ap-proved June 21,

This

Divii.'iG n'iGn

O1'3

" the Nd ji 51m,

~^d has jurisdiction

over the:` dispute,

.i ~t Boa.. _ involved herein.

Parties to said dispute wu-!;,'ed right of appearan·:e at hearing -:,hereon.

Form 1 Page 2

Av;az,d ?do.8193

Docket ~:o. t119

2-SUSS F-C:.'-' 70,

Claimant, a casman, was ernloyed by

the Carrier at its Tulsa, Okla'.,=.a

facility. The C3a:amant T;gas em~,)lcyed by tae Carrier for a-oproximately pin! and one-= alf ye-.-L'S as of J''`.'ni7'ary 19%3). On t'cbr'lary 8, 19'~3 ''--e W.1 flr^i^.3n -UCl^"
advised that his r~cord vas being closed as of that date for nx3e:;sive
absenteeism. Tile Claimant ::-,as notified t:rl.at he ;vas t;eing termnat,ed since: he had been absent for more th_4i 30 days without an approved Leave of yUs('nC''a.

It is the position of the Carrier

that

the

Claimant ryas properly to r-

minated from : ;n- lvrsi' T,. ^a !a 10-d be.Wn absent fro._r vior.': Iiare t,1:ul 30 call-ndar r., days without obtainir? a pror;erly approved leave or absence. the Carrier cites Rule J .-;hic.% provid--s :^

"Leave of Absehce, prouF.rl ;· approved, is rlquired in every instance of any e-:p1cZje entitled Lobe r:orking vi;io is absent for t~iirty (3C)) days or more."

It is thra Carrier's roait-ion that Clarwunt was absent from -acrk trit=:"-)u-;, obtaining, a pro.T'c:r 17xedical leave of absence, between tdle dales of Janu'-Lr,T 7, 19'70- until February C, 1978 ~;riaen he received notice cf terminatf-on.

The Carrier also contt'ndS, in re,·-oonse to the Cr-an-!

-3t-oT?

r c.La21:1

.. ·l -,~ r ;,i 1 y several .., yak _ r:.-^.i~ that -~i~.' T"al:-3 fob Lh_' F?. `u"'·,~, re(~r.?'dJ_1aI_ T'~'~'~T't.aE`..1Ca On .)~, .. ~.O`~:... , t...fJ a_. .
TTtent, partlcU1:iT'i_y f1C;1ic, 3J(a,), only rcUU?_.cS C%~ :.i~'i:1C'.S 7.:1·~' l~i't"._'liZ=i'!:ii.;I: -~:o
have a -,ingSle _ep .y ti.vpresent d:.r.__x t:. co;;ae of an inves ?u

I -IC, is the positicn of the Or.ani zat- on to t the Clai:-aant ';,-as rem:: ved from servic^ uT1~3 u;it) ~'' ".n4 In Sri olatic)n of tY°e TJrovisions of ti:, coll°ctl-' bargaining :u`Vr£';:.?;`._.'Iit. t:ir' ~)~;~1.=a12.atu~ia ?ls'''''.~°S ".i:2..t v~i'~ Ci..al1::~.ii'v~:i $::SC''nC:_'-.'

from January 11, 1~ ~b t,hY'cL:.~;z Fnbruarvr S, v l.'?i' · is on2y t-rren ;,y e --_ht ( 28) :!e'js and therefore no violation of Rule J, cited above, occurred.

There is a dispute in facts, reflecGed in t .e record, regarding the
question of 5';ae:~u~~ 'tIhe Clai:-:nt was in fact la.::;' o0- duty o-^. Jar:uary 6, .>;'
or Jam-.dry 11, 1~):~5. There -S no disputc` that the C14im::,nt 11-punched, in" C':.
January 11, 1978 but there is sore question vrhether or not the emnloye ner
formed any service on that d'al.e. Z n c-ny -;.vent, 's t1ne

p-'tic

os L --a, and -i-he r,,2cord bear~- out s-~,,~h ToOS1 t'.on, `,-at the Cl%a--nt .ras O_

·,t ,.a icy'-; r1;t'e?rC=nGea -!1 .%lllw e; :w.i'.17L t.'^",_tn t0 run 1:._~.L.

tale C):7inion to the 30 CaY, January 11l i f J . his ~ir~ ti'y 'r: '~ :' , n r~·~y7.,~'

n 1. u.Jion ...~) '.V . L t ~,~ ~I1. , t ..y ~l~u1.~1' to t!

of the evidence that the C1ain-1nt had reou?sted T?erm1SslLOn, fro:'l^T~rC-'.~'....'3__ Carrier authority, on january li,uh to leave ~','ori~ prior to tl13 COi~i':xnGEI'"?ni~ of his luour o f duty. x r Form 1 Award No. 8193 Page 3 Docket No. 8119 2-SLS r~--C.'r'-' 19 This Bord finds that the Carrier eras justified in i·rosing d~nci-line in this case. The Claim~.nt should nave been more diligent with rte.=pect to attendance to duty and to _':eeping the Carrier advised of his current t .1ta 4..1-11S. flOae'Jer, in vie-9 of 1:1e extenuating CI_rcu-"'stan^-s recardinj the confusion in dates it is this Boa-(J'S, opinion th= t the Clai:: :M t should be restore to service irithGUt back pay and with seniority un~.:.:paired. The Board also finds that the Claimant ,,ras prcnerly repr0-sented durir..c the grievance -process. Al though, t"t,e Carrier ;5'oul~ have beel1 More ciret=^. spr:Ct had it -iven otne'_" r^_I'l:SCnttttl'e.'r?S of tnf'. Or-anization an G`iT_):J:'-;..1iil~.iy to participate in the grievance _prcc~%-ss, that failure to do so did not pre judice the case before uo. A '"l A R b Claim sustained to the extent stated in the above opinion. NATION "J, fUILa0tj 7 ADJUST'.E~'`q~T i~f.1,rL By Order of Second Division Attest: Executive Secretary National 1"Lailroad Adjustment Board c -- ose,:,arje Brasch - Administrative Assistant Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 28th day of TTovember, 1979.