PARTIES: Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes~

 DISPUTE: Chicago and North Western Transportation Company





FINDINGS:

 This Board, upon the whole record and. all the evidence., finds and holds that the employes and the Carrier involved, are respectively emDloyes and Carrier within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as amended, and thAt the Board has jurisdiction over the dispute herein.

 Claimant, with about four ,pears of service, was employed by the Carrier as a Track Foreman. On December 28, 1983, claimant was,. instructed by the Roadmaster to report with his section crew to a location designated as X19-A at 3:00 A.M., the following morning to clean snow out of switches. On December 29 the Roadmaster-attempted to call claimant about 3:05 A.M., but claimant was not at work .pet. At arproaimately 4:00 A.M. the Roadmaster saw the claimant and the claimant informed the Roadmaster that he had been a little late that morning. Claimant submitted a time report for himself and gang showing that he had reported at 3:00 A.M, When the Roadmastex~ saw the :cork report he called the claimant about it and claimant acknowledged that he had actually. reported to work about 3:25 A.M. on December 29.

 On December 30, 1983, claimant was instructed to report for formal investigation scheduled for 2:00 P.M., Janu?ry 5, 1994, on the charge:
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                                              Award No. 47

                                              Docket No. 61

                                              Page 2


        . A copy of the transcript of the investigation has been

made a -Dart of the record. There.was substantial evidence in _
 the investigation, including claimant's statement, that claimant
 reported some twenty or twenty-five minutes late the morning of
 December 29, 1983, and that he submitted a work report showing
 that he reported at 3=00 A.M. The claimant contended that hd
 simple made an honest mistake in his time report; that he had
 attempted to contact the Rbadmaster while on his way to work but
 was unable to do so. He also contended that he attempted to correct
 the time report but was unable to do so.

 Where employes report their own time a matter of trust is involved and, as stated in Third Division Award _'Nb. 24295, all' possible care should be used in seeing that the time is properly , recorded. However; we consider the facts in the present case as distinguishable from the facts involved in Award No. 24295. In the present case the amount of time involved was minimal, but, in principle, it was serious. We are not convinced that the offense herein warranted permanent dismissal of claimant from service. We will award that claimant be restored to service with seniority and other rights unimpaired, but without any compensation for time lost while out of service. Claimant should understand that the-purpose of the award is give him one last chence to become a satisfactory and valued employe, and that furtherrmajor infractions on his part will receive short shrift.

                      A W A H D


        Claim sustained-to the extent indicated in Ftndings.


                      ORDER-


The Carrier is directed to comply with this Award within thirty days from the date hereof.

                    ,, s'~irman, Neutral Member


    crier Membe Labor Member


Dated: ~~'~`~ / z.