Step 4 Settlement Agreement: Article 37.3.F.3; Posting, Bidding, and Application (1989)

This Step 4 Settlement Agreement addresses whether scheme study training hours can be reduced due to absence. In reveiw, the parties agreed that Handbook 402T, provides a mathematical formula which determines the study time which will be provided for scheme training; Article 37.3.F.3 provides a formula for determining the length of deferment period within which training and qualification must occur; and the allotted amount of training hours is not to be reduced due to employee absence. However, employees who are absent from training may make it mathematically impossible to obtain necessary training hours within the deferment period.