Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 10259
SECOND DIVISION Docket No. 9264-I
2-BN-I-CM-'85
The Second Division consisted of the regular members and in
addition Referee Rodney E. Dennis when award was rendered.
( Carol S. Emerick
Parties to Dispute:
( Burlington Northern Inc.
Dispute: Claim of Employes:
Regarding my claim against BNRR for a Doctors Bill of $28.00 on
Nov. 16, 1979.
Findings:
The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all
the evidence finds that:
The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute
are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act
as approved June 21, 1934.
This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute
involved herein.
Parties to said dispute waived right of appearance at hearing thereon.
Coach Cleaner Carol Emerick is employed at Carrier's King Street Station in
Seattle, Washington. On November 16, 1979, she called in to say that she was
sick and would not report to work.. In the two months prior to that date, she had
been late ten times and absent from work 18 days. On one occasion just prior to
the present incident, she was discovered to be on a pleasure trip when she was
off. Because of her poor .record, Carrier determined that Claimant should be
required to prove that she was i11 by submission of a Doctor's certificate verifying
her illness. Claimant supplied a certificate and was allowed to continue to
work.
Claimant subsequently filed a claim contending that Carrier should reimburse
her for the fee for the Doctor's visit because she was singled out for special
treatment. Claimant handled her case before this Board on her own.
The Board has reviewed the available record, considered the Claimant's plea
in light of the Controlling Agreement, and can find no basis for her claim. We
therefore shall dismiss it.
A WAR D
Claim dismissed.
NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Second Division
Attest:
Nancy J
-11"D
er - Executive Secretary
Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 13th day of February 1985.