The question in this grievance is whether management violated Article 11, Section 6 of the National Agreement, when light duty employees were precluded from the holiday schedule. During our investigation, local management indicated that the only reason the three (3) light duty employees named in the ·grievance were precluded from the holiday schedule, was because they were not needed for Tour 3. Furthermore, it is our position that all full-time and part-time regulars, including those who are on light duty, who possess needed skills and wish to work on the holiday be afforded an opportunity to do so. However, when local management is determining the number and categories of employees needed to work, a factor to be considered in scheduling a light duty employee, who wishes to work the holiday, is the medical restrictions imposed by the employees medical practitioner and whether that employee could in fact be utilized to do the work that would be available on the holiday.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter
APWU National Grievance Number: H1C4FC2041
Craft: Clerk