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BNSF cancels maligned policy CLEVELAND -- Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) announced in early February that it has canceled its Availability Policy. BNSF said it has taken this action after more than two months of discussions with the United Transportation Union and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BNSF is instead implementing a new attendance policy. "The goal of these guidelines," the carrier said, "is to ensure that train, yard and engine-service employees work full-time, with reasonable time off." BNSF says the new policy is based on input from TY&E employees, the UTU and the BLE. "Train, yard and engine employees are key members of the BNSF community. Each TY&E employee has a responsibility to the other members of our community to be a full-time employee. Each TY&E employee also has a right to reasonable time off," said BNSF's Dave Dealy in a message to BNSF supervisors. Here is a summary of BNSF's attendance guidelines: -- TY&E employees in unassigned service will be considered full-time employees if they lay off no more than 25% of weekdays and weekend days during a continuous three-month period. -- Continuous compliance with these guidelines for 12 months will clear an employee's record of any previous attendance issues addressed under these guidelines. -- Any time an employee is not marked off, as well as time marked off for jury duty, bereavement leave, engineer recertification, or layoff union or company business, is considered the same as on-duty time. -- Vacation, personal leave, layoff on miles, foot of board, bump board and any other paid leave is considered neither on-duty nor off-duty time. -- Supervisors of TY&E employees are empowered to consider employees' individual circumstances. -- Local union leaders are encouraged to become part of the process of applying these guidelines. -- Prearranged layoffs are encouraged. Employees may request a layoff up to 90 days in advance, and will receive a prompt response. BNSF cannot cancel a prearranged layoff without the employee's consent. |
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