UAW-GM NATIONAL AGREEMENT

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PARAGRAPH 101 - 110

(101)(a)(1) General Increases. Effective September 20, 1999, each employee covered by this agreement shall receive a wage increase in the employee’s straight time hourly wage rate (exclusive of cost of living allowance, shift premium, seven-day operations premium, and any other premiums) in accordance with the following table:

NOTE: In the case of a classification, the rate for which is determined by a wage rule in the Local Wage Agreement relating the rate for the classification to the rate for another classification or classifications, the above table will determine the rate for the classification where there is a conflict with such wage rule.

[See Par. (101)(c), (101)(g)]
[See CSA #16]

(101)(b) (This paragraph was deleted during the 1996 National Negotiations.)

(101)(b)(1) (This paragraph was deleted during the 1996 National Negotiations.)

(101)(b)(2) (This paragraph was deleted during the 1996 National Negotiations.)

(101)(c) The increases in base rates provided for in Paragraph (101)(a)(1) and (101)(a)(2) shall be added to the wage rates (minimum, intermediary and maximum) for each classification.

(101)(d) Cost of Living Allowance. Each employee covered by this Agreement shall receive a Cost of Living Allowance in accordance with the provisions of Paragraphs (101)(g) and (101)(h).

It is agreed that only the Cost of Living Allowance will be subject to reduction so that, if a sufficient decline in the cost of living occurs, employees will immediately enjoy a better standard of living.
[See Par. (101)(e)]
[See Doc. 87]

(101)(e) The Cost of Living Allowance provided for in Paragraph (101)(d) shall be added to each employee’s hourly wage rate and will be adjusted up or down as provided in Paragraphs (101)(g) and (101)(h).

(101)(f) The Cost of Living Allowance will be determined in accordance with changes in the official Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (revised, CPI-W) (United States City Average) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1967=100).
[See Doc. 87]

(101)(g) Effective with the date of this Agreement, but after the application of the wage increase provided in Paragraph (101)(a)(1) $.85 shall be deducted from the $.90 Cost of Living Allowance in effect immediately prior to that date and $.85 shall be added to the base wage rates (minimum, intermediary and maximum) for each classification in effect on that date, for pay calculation purposes. Thereafter, during the period of this Agreement, adjustments in the Cost of Living Allowance shall be made at the following times:

In determining the three-month average of the Indexes for a specified period, the computed average shall be rounded to the nearest 0.1 Index Point.

In no event will a decline in the three-month average Consumer Price Index below 484.1 provide the basis for a reduction in the wage scale by job classification.
[See Par. (101)(d), (101)(e), (101)(h)]
[See Par. (101)(j), (101)(k), (190)]
[See CSA #10]

(101)(h) The amount of the Cost of Living Allowance shall be five cents (5¢) per hour effective with the effective date of this Agreement and ending December 5, 1999. Effective December 6, 1999 and for any period thereafter as provided in Paragraphs (101)(d) and (101)(g), the Cost of Living Allowance shall be in accordance with the following table:

And so forth with 1¢ adjustment for each 0.25 change in the Average Index and will be calculated in accordance with the Letter of Understanding signed by the parties.
[See Par. (101)(e)]
[See Doc. 87]

(101)(i) The amount of any Cost of Living Allowance in effect at the time shall be included in computing overtime premium, night shift premium, vacation payments, Independence Week Shutdown pay, holiday payments, call-in pay, bereavement pay, jury duty pay, and short-term military duty pay.

(101)(j) In the event the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not issue the appropriate Consumer Price Index on or before the beginning of one of the pay periods referred to in Paragraph (101)(g) any adjustments in the Cost of Living Allowance required by such appropriate Index shall be effective at the beginning of the first pay period after receipt of the Index.

(101)(k) No adjustments, retroactive or otherwise, shall be made due to any revision which may later be made in the published figures used in the calculation of the Consumer Price Index for any month or months specified in Paragraph (101)(g).

(101)(l) The parties to this Agreement agree that the continuance of the Cost of Living Allowance is dependent upon the availability of the monthly Consumer Price Index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its present form and calculated on the same basis as the current Index unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties. If the Bureau of Labor Statistics changes the form or the basis of calculating the Consumer Price Index, the parties agree to request such agency to make available, for the life of this Agreement, a monthly Consumer Price Index in its present form and calculated on the same basis as the Index was prior to such change.
[See Par. (101)(f)]

New Jobs

(102) When new jobs are placed in production and cannot be properly placed in existing classifications by mutual agreement, Management will set up a new classification and a rate covering the job in question, and will designate it as temporary. A copy of the temporary rate and classification name will be furnished to the Shop Committee.
[See Par. (8), (100)]
[See App. I]

(102a) As soon as possible after machinery and other equipment have been installed, and in any event, within 30 calendar days after a production employee as been placed on the job, the Shop Committee and Management shall negotiate the rate and classification, and when negotiations are completed, such classification and rate shall become a part of the local wage agreement, and the negotiated rate, if higher than the temporary rate shall be applied retroactively to the date the production employees started on the job, except as otherwise mutually agreed.

LEAVES OF ABSENCE

Informal Leaves of Absence

(103) A leave of absence may be granted for personal reasons for a period not to exceed thirty days, upon application of employees to and approval by their respective supervisors. Such leaves of absence shall not be renewed and seniority will accumulate during the leave.
[See Par. (111)]

Formal Leave of Absence for Personal Reasons

(104) Employees requesting formal leave of absence shall first make application in writing to the Personnel Department on the form provided. Such leave of absence will be granted to employees for not more than ninety days on approval of the Local Management when the services of the employees are not immediately required and there are employees available in the plant capable of doing their work. A formal leave of absence may be granted under the foregoing conditions for not more than 150 days provided that employees do not work in any occupation for their own gain during such leave of absence unless mutually agreed by the Company and the Union. A formal leave of absence may be granted under the foregoing conditions for a period exceeding 150 days but not to exceed 180 days if required for the purpose of traveling to a foreign country.
[See Par. (111)]

(105) Such leaves of absence may be extended but the approval of the Manager of the Plant, or designated representative, is required in such cases. Seniority will accumulate during the period of formal leave of absence. Such formal leaves of absence will not be granted to employees who are laid off, and will not be extended for employees who would have been laid off had they been working during their leave.
[See Par. (105a), (111)]

(105a) Subject to the provisions of Paragraphs (104) and (105), a formal leave of absence may be granted to employees for service in the Peace Corps, and, if circumstances require, the duration of the original leave may be for a period up to thirty months.
[See Par. (111), (137)(c)(1)]
[See App. C]

Sick Leave of Absence

(106) Employees who are known to be ill supported by satisfactory evidence, will be granted sick leave automatically for the period of continuing disability. Except as otherwise provided in Paragraph (111)(c), seniority of such employees shall accumulate during sick leave and shall be broken, figured from the date the sick leave started, on the same basis as provided in Paragraph (64e) for laid off employees breaking seniority. Not later than thirty (30) calendar days prior to such loss of seniority, Management will send a letter to each affected employee’s last known address as shown on the Company records reminding them of the fact that their seniority is subject to being broken as provided above. A copy of such letter will be furnished promptly to the Chairperson of the Shop Committee. However, failure through oversight to send this letter to such employees or furnish a copy to the Chairperson of the Shop Committee will not be the basis for any claim.
[See Par. (108), (111), (137)(c)(1)]
[See App. B, C]
[See Doc. 78]

(107) Temporary employees without seniority shall not receive credit for time off sick toward the ninety (90) days of employment required to acquire seniority, except as provided in Paragraph (108) and Appendix D, and in no case shall a temporary employee’s name be placed on the seniority list while away from work on sick leave.
[See Par. (57)]

(108) An employee who has sustained a legal compensable injury or disease and has accrued three (3) or more years of seniority at the commencement of such injury or disease shall be automatically granted a compensable leave for the full period the employee is not working due to the compensable injury and is receiving Worker’s Compensation Benefits under a State or Federal Worker’s Compensation Law. The employee will continue to accrue seniority for the full period of such leave.

An employee who has sustained a legal compensable injury or disease with less than three (3) years of seniority at the commencement of such injury or disease shall be granted a compensable leave for the full period the employee is not working due to the compensable injury and is receiving Worker’s Compensation Benefits under a State or Federal Worker’s Compensation Law. The employee will continue to accrue seniority for the full period of temporary disability. In the event that such disability of an employee with less than three (3) years of seniority is determined to be permanent by the appropriate State or Federal authority, the Corporation shall have the right to convert the status of such employee to a Paragraph (106) Leave as of the date of such determination. In the event of such conversion, Management will send written notification of the employee’s change in status to the affected employee’s last known address as shown on the company records. A copy of such letter will be furnished promptly to the Chairperson of the Shop Committee. However, failure through oversight to send this letter to such employees will not be a basis for any claim.

Temporary employees disabled by a compensable injury shall be given credit for the period of such legal temporary disability toward acquiring seniority.

[See Par. (57), (72), (106), (107), (111)]
[See Par. (137)(c)(1), (195)]
[See App. B, C, D]

Leave of Absence for Union Activity

(109) Employees elected to a permanent office in, or as a delegate to, any labor activity necessitating a leave of absence, shall be granted such leave for a minimum of the first half or the second half of their shift and not to exceed one year and shall, at the end of the term in the first instance, or at the end of the mission in the second instance, be guaranteed reemployment if there is sufficient work for which they are in line at the then current rate of pay. Written notice for such leaves, giving the length of leave, shall be given the local Plant Management as far in advance as possible but in no event later than the day prior to the day such leave is to become effective. Seniority will accumulate during the period of such leaves.
[See Par. (111)]

(109a) Leaves of absence may be granted to employees for other Union activities and seniority shall accumulate during such leaves. Such leaves will be granted only when requests are made in writing to the Industrial Relations Staff of the Corporation in Detroit by the President of the International Union or the head of the department of the International Union at Detroit which handles matters under this Agreement.
[See Par. (111)]

Leave of Absence for Public Office

(110) Employees with seniority elected to public office may make written application for a leave of absence for the period of their first term of active service in such elective office. Additional leaves of absence for service in elective public office may be granted at the option of local Management upon written application by such employee.
[See Par. (110b), (111)]

(110a) Employees with seniority who are appointed to a position as administrative assistant in a Congressional or Senatorial office, or to an administrative position in a State Agency, or as a Labor Representative on a Community Agency, or to a non-civil service governmental position which is not generally available to an applicant for employment, or as a full time officer in a credit union, may make written application for a leave of absence for the period of their active service in such position, not to exceed one year. Such leave may be renewed at the option of Local Management upon written application by such employee.
[See Par. (110b), (111)]

(110b) Employees granted a leave of absence under Paragraph (110) or (110a), shall be guaranteed reemployment, at the then current rate of pay, if there is sufficient work available which they are capable of doing and to which they may be entitled on the basis of seniority. Seniority will accumulate during the period of such leaves.

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