. (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen


PARTIES TO DISPUTE: (Southern Railway Company

 STATEMENT OF CLAIM: "Claim of the General Committee of the Brotherhood of
 Railroad Signalmen on the Southern Railway Company, et al.:

 On behalf of Assistant Signalman M. J. Ellison (dismissed effective October 1, 1979, after an investigation held in Memphis, Tennessee on September 20, 1979) for reinstatement to service, restoration of his seniority, and pay for all time lost because of this dismissal." (Carrier file: SG-x+12. General Chairman file: SR-140)

 OPINION OF BOARD: Claimant M. J. Ellison, an Assistant Signalman with about
 three years service was charged in a September 4, 1979 notice of
 investigation "with conduct unbecoming to an employee of the Southern Railway
 Company on August 28, 1979 rich resulted in your being banned from the motel
 where lodging was being furnished to you and your fellow employees of Southern
 Railway Company". An investigation was held on September 20, 1979 and Claimant
 was dismissed on October 1, 1979.

 A review of the record before this Board establishes that the September 1979 notice of investigation provided sufficient particularity to permit Claimant to properly prepare s defense for the allegations contained therein. Where the Carrier provides lodging off the property employee are required to comport themselves in a manner which will not discredit their employer. The record, including the direct testimony of the chambermaid that Cl,eimant treated her improperly, establishes that Claimant did not live up to this standard. There was substantial evidence in the record to sustain the Carrier's decision to discipline Claimant for this serious infraction. Even if a disputed prior element in his record is disregarded there remain two prior suspensions of thirty and five days within the fifteen months before the incident involved in this proceeding. Therefore, the penalty of dismissal was reasonable.
                        Award Number 24111 Page 2

                        Docket Number SG-23777


FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, after giving the parties
 to this dispute due notice of hearing thereon, and upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds and holds:

 That the Carrier and the Employee involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and

        That the Agreement was not violated.


                        A W A R D


        Claim denied.


        _ NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

        By Order of Third Division


Attest: Acting Executive Secretary
        National Railroad Adjustment Board


By o ..Zaz ( -,~,c.~-.,~
        Rosemarie Brasch - Administrative Assistant


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 14th day of January 1983·

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