ABSENCE CODING

To insure that employees are properly coded for absence hours, an employee will be coded in the following situations:

• Employee reports late for work and there is no work available resulting in the employee being sent home for lack of work. The hours the employee is sent home for should be coded “P”.  

• At the beginning of the shift, a department discovers they have more employees than are required. Due to this situation, some employees request to be excused from their shift. Those employees authorized to leave the plant should be coded “G” for that day.  

• When an employee has been reported “AWOL” and it is subsequently determined that an alternate code would be more appropriate, the attendance record should be adjusted accordingly.

ABSENCE DUE TO ILLNESS

It is recognized that a doctor’s letter is not always required to cover an employee’s absence due to illness for a period of one (1) or two (2) days. If there is a complaint that good judgment is not being exercised in request for these letters, the individual cases will be reviewed directly by Labor Relations.

During 1999 Local Negotiations, the Union expressed concerns about the Company's plan to repair AGV dollies.  The cost effectiveness of completing this repair work in-house has been firmly established.  Therefore, the Company will perform this work with the appropriate WSP personnel, as the need arises.

A program of inspection and maintenance of the break area and cafeteria air conditioners are currently in effect and will be continued to assure that such units are in good operating conditions by April 1.

Arrangements will be made to assure that replacement parts for the break area air conditioners will be readily available.