The issue in this grievance is whether or not management violates the intent of Article X of the National Agreement and more specifically Part 513.421 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual by changing a part-time flexible's schedule workday to a scheduled off day, after he had requested sick leave for that day. Part 513.421 of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual states "absences due to illness are charged as sick leave on any day that an hourly rate employee is scheduled to work, except National holidays. Except as provided in 513.82, paid sick leave may not exceed the number of hours that he would have been scheduled, up to: 1. A maximum of eight (8) hours in any one day. 2. Forty (40) hours in any one week. 3. Eighty (80) hours in any one pay period.
Document Type: USPS Position Letter
APWU National Grievance Number: A8W0853, W8C5DC10816
APWU Local Grievance Number: 853
Craft: Maintenance