Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2018 10:17 AM<br />Subject: FW: Conductor bonus<br /><br />Brothers and Sisters:<br /> <br />This office has received several calls regarding the qualification requirements for the Conductor Performance Bonus periods. Please review the below with the above attachment to hopefully clarify your members inquiry’s. If there are any questions, please call the office.<br /> <br />Thanks,<br /> <br />Rick<br /> <br /> <br />Rick Pauli<br />Secretary - GO-769<br />SMART – Transportation Division<br />1515 Market Street<br />Suite 708<br />Philadelphia, PA 19102<br /><br /> <br /><br />Please see the below rule in conjunction with the attachment regarding the recent Conductor Bonus. The long and short of it is the following: <br />1.	You first must qualify for the $250.00 payment.<br />2.	If you work a 5 day or more a week assignment,&nbsp; you must have 118/120 starts.<br />3.	If you work a 4 day or less assignment, you must have 944/960 hours with no more than 5 mark-offs.<br />4.	All compensated days from the Carrier (Company business, safe to safer etc..) are included as well as held time in the totals.<br />I hope this clears up some questions that your members have. If anyone has questions, don’t hesitate to call.<br /> <br /> <br />Section 2, Rule 7 – Promotion reads as below:<br />“Section 2 — Rule 7 — Promotion<br />Modify the provisions of Rule 7 — Promotion, of both the Northeast Corridor and Off-Corridor Agreements, to include the following:<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Confirm use of electronic examinations<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Include physical characteristics qualifications<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Provide for examinations in compliance with Federal Regulations (Part 242)<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Amend the minimum required Assistant Passenger Conductor service prior to promotion from 4 months to 6 months<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Amend the promotion requirement from after 6 months to after 1 year<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Provide that active Passenger Conductors must maintain certification under Federal Regulations as a condition of continued employment, excluding temporary disqualifications, temporary de-certifications and where medically disqualified by Amtrak.<br />Add the following new section to the rule:<br />a)&nbsp; &nbsp; In order to facilitate the utilization of employees as Passenger Conductors in Amtrak service, and to ensure the appropriate supervision over all aspects of on-train operations, employees who fulfill the following eligibility requirements can qualify for payment of a performance bonus:<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp;  Successful completion of all necessary training and examinations for Passenger Conductor Promotion.<br />• Obtains and maintains qualifications on the physical characteristics of the territory to which assigned, as demonstrated through Physical Characteristics testing administered in annual Block Training.<br />• Obtains and maintains certification as a Passenger Conductor in compliance with applicable Federal Regulations.<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Must perform service as a Passenger Conductor at least once in each calendar year.<br />b) Employees who meet the eligibility requirements set forth in paragraph a, and who fulfill the following qualifying requirements, will be entitled to an additional performance bonus:<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Must hold a Passenger Conductor position during the performance period and be compensated as a Passenger Conductor on not less than 120 days during the performance period.<br />•&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;  Must exhibit proficiency as required under the applicable Federal Regulations testing protocol.<br />c) Performance Bonus Payments<br />Payments under this section shall be made to active employees as follows:<br />1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Effective with successful completion of annual Passenger Conductor qualification training, Passenger Conductors who meet all of the eligibility requirements set forth in paragraph &quot;a&quot; above shall receive a lump sum bonus of $250, which shall be payable in March following each calendar year in which they fulfill all requirements outlined in paragraph a) above.<br />2.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; For each six (6) month performance period, which period shall be determined by the effective date of the optional displacement schedules for each work zone, Passenger Conductors who fulfill all of the qualifying requirements set forth in paragraph &quot;b&quot; above shall receive a lump sum bonus of $500. Such payment shall be made consistent with the following schedule:<br /> <br />Optional Displacement occurs in:	Six Month performance period ends in:	Incentive Bonus payment made in the following:<br />*February	August	March<br />March	September	March<br />April	October	March<br />May	November	March<br />June	December	March<br />July	January	March<br />*August	February	September<br />*September	March	September<br />*October	April	September<br />*November	May	September<br />*December	June	September<br />*January<br />_	July	September<br />* The Qualifying requirement in these periods shall be 118 compensated days.”<br />