Dispute Over Sunday Premium When on Administrative Leave Appealed to Arbitration

The Union has appealed to arbitration a dispute over whether employees on Administrative Leave are entitled to Sunday Premium pay for any eligible hours they would have worked if not for being placed on administrative leave. According to the ELM, administrative leave is defined as "absence from duty authorized by appropriate postal officials ... without loss of pay." It is the union's position that this is no different than earning night differential when on administrative leave, a position that the union won in national-level case J90M-1J-C 95057374 by Arbitrator Philip Parkinson.