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ARTICLE 10- DRIVER INJURY

Section 1. A driver injured during working hours shall receive the rest of the day off without pay provided that his injuries are such that a doctor orders the driver not to return to work or the Employer fails to provide work for the balance of the shift.

ARTICLE 11- JURY DUTY

Section 1. Employees summoned for jury duty must notify the General Manager of their Employer or his designee as soon as formal notice has been received.

Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, an employee summoned for jury duty will be removed from his assigned/bid shift for the period of time he is to serve on jury duty.

Section 3. Upon completion of his jury duty, a driver shall be returned to his assigned/bid shift for the remainder of the bid period.

Section 4. The Employer shall have no obligation to compensate any driver for the time spent on jury duty. The Employer’s sole obligation shall be to compensate that driver for any time spent driving a taxicab during that period.

 

ARTICLE 12- COMPANY PROPERTY

Section 1. All books, records, documents and other information prepared by and/or for the Employers are the exclusive property of the Employers, and access thereto by any person shall be had only with the express permission of the Employers. The Employers may not unreasonably withhold permission where the desired information is relevant to a specific grievance under consideration pursuant to the grievance-arbitration provisions of this Agreement or is necessary for the Union to determine if the Agreement is being observed.

Section 2. Any damage or destruction of Company property caused by or contributed to by action of the employee shall subject the employee to discipline up to and including discharge at the discretion of the Employer. However, the parties agree that in the event the Employer intends to discipline or discharge an employee under this Agreement for damaging an Employer’s taxicab due to the employee’s involvement in an accident allegedly chargeable to the employee and a dispute arises between the Employer and the Union over whether the accident is properly chargeable to the employee, the Union may submit to arbitration in accordance with

Article 15 -- Grievance and Arbitration Procedure the issues of whether the accident is properly chargeable to the employee.

Section 3. Any employee who steals, misappropriates or who has unauthorized possession of property belonging to any of the Employers, other employees or customers, shall be subject to discipline up to and including discharge.

Section 4. Any employee who falls to turn in at the completion of his shift all or any portion of the gross revenues/book collected shall be subject to discipline up to and including discharge at the discretion of the Employer.

 

ARTICLE 13- PROHIHITED DISCRIMINATION

Section 1. The Employers and the Union agree they will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, sex, age or national origin.

Section 2. Section 1 above shall be interpreted as not granting any rights broader than those provided under applicable federal and state laws.

Section 3. The Employers and the Union agree they will not discriminate against any employee because of union membership or activity or because of any employee’s decision not to become a union member or his decision to resign from the Union or not to engage in union activity.

Section 4. The agreement of the Employers not to discriminate against any employee because of union activity is conditioned on the fact that such union activities shall not interfere with the performance of that employee’s work for the Employer, shall not interfere with the work of any other employee of the Employers, shall not interfere with any customer of the Employers, and shall not disrupt the business or operations of the Employers.

Section 5. The parties recognize that any employee or applicant for employment who has been discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, age or national origin has adequate remedies at law and agree that arbitrators have no jurisdiction in this area. Thus, any alleged violation of Section 1 of this Article shall not be subject to the provisions of Article 15 — Grievance and Arbitration Procedure. Nothing herein shall preclude the parties to this Agreement and the alleged discriminatee from agreeing to meet concerning the alleged discrimination or from entering into a settlement agreement with appropriate waiver in any case of alleged discrimination.

 

ARTICLE 14- FUNERAL LEAVE

Section 1. An employee will be excused from work in accordance with the following provisions for a death in the immediate family.

Section 2. Immediate family shall be defined as spouse, child, mother, father, sister, brother or grandchild, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, step-children and step-parents.

Section 3. If the death occurs in Las Vegas, Nevada, the employee will be excused from work for one (1) day, the day of the funeral.

Section 4. If the death occurs outside Las Vegas, Nevada, the employee will be excused from work for a maximum period of four (4) days solely to attend the funeral of the deceased.

Section 5. The employee shall be required to produce proof of the death of the member of the immediate family and proof of the date of the funeral and proof that he attended the funeral.

Section 6. The Employer shall have no obligation to pay any employee any compensation for the period the employee is off work due to funeral leave. However, upon compliance with Section 5 above, the Employer will grant the employee credit for a full shift only for scheduled work days missed for funeral leave taken under Sections 3 or 4 above.

Section 7. Due to extenuating circumstances, the Employer may, at its discretion, extend the period of funeral leave beyond the limits set forth in Sections 3 and 4 above, but no shift credit will be given for such additional days of leave.