The Carrier and the Employees involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employees within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended. This Board has jurisdiction of the dispute here involved.

This dispute involves .a-question of whether-or not claimant voluntarily accepted a Letter of Reprimand when he failed to promptly report an injury. The record before us indicates there is a dispute between claimant and his supervisor, with claimant stating he never accepted the discipline and the supervisor stating - it was hand delivered to claimant and he verbally accepted.

Rule 136 (b) provides that when a hearing is waived "the employee will sign a waiver to that effect and acknowledge receipt of the written notification." There is nothing in the record to show that the rule was followed in that claimant did not sign a waiver. Accordingly it must be our decision that assessment of the Letter of Reprimand was not in compliance with the rule and must be removed from claimant's record.

AWARD