MAIN INDEX APPENDIX B Inter-Organization GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION Date: September 28, 1999 Subject: Date of Entry Status - Apprentices and EIT’s To: All Personnel Directors of Plants Covered by the GM-UAW National Agreement During the course of the discussions leading to the current National Agreement, the Corporation and the UAW discussed situations where the placement in the program of a selected apprentice or EIT applicant is delayed. The Union emphasized that problems resulted when such a delay occurs due to (1) an approved leave of absence for jury duty, (2) approved time off pursuant to the Vacation Entitlement Section, (3) a sick leave of absence under the provisions of Paragraph (106) or (108), (4) the short term needs of Local Management such as the necessity to train a replacement for the person who has been selected, or (5) an absence which qualifies the employee for bereavement pay, (6) for paid absence allowance time off under the provisions of prior agreements, or (7) for short term military duty. The Corporation has advised the Union that if an opening occurs and the person selected to fill the opening is delayed for one of the reasons specified above and the delay is for not more than 21 calendar days, that person’s date of entry for seniority purposes shall be the date he or she would have originally been placed in the opening. Gary L. Cowger Group Vice President - Labor Relations MAIN INDEX