RATIONAL RAILROAD ADn7sT5Wr BOARD
THIRD DIVISION Docket Number
C7.-22676
Paul C. Carter, Referee
(Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and
( Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,
( Express and Station Employee
PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
(The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
STATEMENT OF CLAIK: Claim of the System Committee of the Brotherhood
(GIr863b),
that:
Claim No. 1:
(a) The Carrier violated the terms of the General Clerical
Agreement when it held Miss Ionise A. Hartmeyer out of service charging
her with not being medically qualified to perform service with The
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and on March
8, 1976,
after f=ni
investigation found her disqualified as a Timekeeper and,
(b) That Miss lionise A. Hartmeyer be returned to her position
of T&E Timekeeper and compensated for a'.1 wage and wage equivalents lost
from February
25, 1976,
the date she vas taken oat of service, because of
Carrier's wrongful action.
Claim Ho. 2:
(a) The Carrier violated the terms of the General Clerical
Agreement when it again charged Miss Loaise A. Hartmeyer with not being
medically qualified to perform service with The Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company and on March
25, 1976,
after final investigation found
her disqualified to perform service with The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Caapaoy and,
(b) That Miss Louise A. Hartmeyer be restored to service and
compensated for a71 wages, wage equivalents sad fringe benefits lost as
a result of Carrier's wrongful action.
OPINION OF
BOARD: CThe Carrier again seems to complain about the'
Organization combining two separate and distinct
disputes handled individually on the property in one submission to the
Hoard. As the Hoard has held on nmnerons occasions, there is no proper
basis for such contention. The combining of the claims for presentation
to the Board did not amend or alter the claims. The Carrier was not misled
Award Number 22612 Page 2
Docket Number CL-22676
See Award 22611 involving the same parties.
The Claimant had been in Carrier's service since April 7,
1942. Affective with close of business on February 25, 1976, claimant
was withheld from service as a result of being medically disqualified
by Carriers Director, Medical and Surgical Services.
In the handling of the dispute on the property it developed
that claimant had been granted a disability annuity by the Railroad
Retirement Board effective February 26, 1976. The Board takes judicial
notice of this nncontroverted fact. With this fact
fully established,
the Board finds the claims before it to be moot and they will accordingly
be dismissed.
FINDIMS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole
record and all the evidence, finds and holds:
That the parties waived oral hearing;
That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute
are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway
Labor Act, as approved June 21, 19311;
That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction
over the dispute involved herein; and
That the claims be dismissed.
A W A R D
Claims Boa. 1 and. 2 dismissed.
NATIML RAILROAD ADJUSM40T HOARD
B9 Order of Third Division
ATTSST.
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Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 9th day of Novmber
1979.