PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM:

Form 1

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
THIRD DIVISION

Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499

The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in addition Referee Margo R. Newman when award was rendered.

(Transportation Communications International Union

(Springfield Terminal Railway Company

"Claim of the System Committee of the Organization (GL-11797) that:



The Rules violated are 1, 11, 13, 15, 16 and the Stabilization Agreement of 1965, which was amended in 1984.


(d) Claim is valid and must be paid.

Claim of the System Committee of the TCU (ST96-52) that:

On behalf of Ms. Beverly Myers, Clerk, Collections Department, Boston and Maine Corporation (Springfield Terminal Railway Company). This claim is for the following dates: November 1, December 1, December 4 through 8, December 11 through 15, 18

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FINDINGS:

Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499

through 22, through 29, 1995. Claim is for eight hours at the rate of time and one-half.



(d) Claim is valid and must be paid."

The Third Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employee or employees involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934.

herein.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved



This claim involves an allegation that Carrier brought in additional Agency work which it assigned to Claimant on the various claim dates and removed other scopecovered work from Cl


For its part, the Organization contends that Carrier's actions with respect to Claimant's job performance violates Rules 1, 2, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 64 of the Agreement, since her job bulletin specifies the functions which make up her assignment.

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Award No. 33906
Docket No. CL-33965
00-3-97-3-499

Carrier initially alleges a procedural defect with the handling of the case on the property. It also contends that there were no material increase in duties in Claimant's job, and notes a procedure for handling rate adjustments contained in Rule 14 if a material change in job content has occurred. Carrier further argues that the penalty rate requested is excessive.


The record on the property reveals the parties' understanding that several cases being processed at the time were identical in nature and should be held in abeyance pending resolution by arbitration of one of the cases. This Board has reviewed Third Division Award 33617, and finds that it raises identical issues concerning the same Claimant for an earlier time period in 1995. In that case, the Board adopted the conclusion that Carrier breached the Agreement by assigning clerical work to employees not covered by the Scope of the Agreement. However, it found that the appropriate remedy for such violation under the circumstances of the case, was for pay at the straight-time rate of pay.


We find that the conclusions of the Board in Third Division Award 33617 are equally applicable herein, and govern the outcome of these claims. Accordingly, we direct Carrier to compensate Claimant for the hours noted on each of the claim dates at her straight time rate of pay.


AWARD

Claim sustained in accordance with the Findings.

ORDER

This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an award favorable to the Claimant(s) be made. The Carrier is ordered to make the Award effective on or before 30 days following the postmark date the Award is transmitted to the parties.

NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD
By Order of Third Division

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of January, 2000.