Common use of JOB CLASSIFICATION AND WAGES Clause in Contracts

JOB CLASSIFICATION AND WAGES. 17.1 There shall be two job classifications; namely, locomotive engineer and switch person. All employees covered by this Agreement may be used in either the position of engineer or switch person, if qualified for both, and such other duties as assigned. 17.2 The rates of pay for the employees of TTR shall be as follows: Commencing 1 January 2016 $36.01 per hour Commencing January 1, 2017 $37.09 per hour Commencing January 1, 2018 $38.20 per hour 17.3 TTR will take a mutually beneficial opportunity benefit payment of five hundred dollars ($500) to each employee who is in the bargaining unit who completes one full calendar year without being involved in an incident caused by human error and which result in damages over seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or more. TTR will make this payment in each year of the Agreement. If the entire work force completes a full calendar year without an incident caused by human error and which results in damages over seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) or more, TTR will pay each employee who is in the bargaining unit will be paid one thousand dollars ($1,000). These payments will be prorated for those employees who commence employment after January of each year of this Agreement, based on the months employed during that calendar year. 17.4 Employees whose regularly assigned shifts commence between 1330-2129 shall receive a shift differential of seventy-five cents (0.75¢) per hour, and employees whose regularly assigned shifts commence between 2130-0529 shall receive a shift differential of one dollar ($1.00) per hour.