ARTICLE III GUARANTEED EXTRA BOARD

(1) Existing extra boards shall be replaced and Guaranteed Combination Road Yard Extra Boards shall be established.

(2) The guaranteed mileage on these Guaranteed Extra Boards shall be the equivalent of 1700 miles per pay period at the Conductor's Traveling Switch Engine rate of pay. Guaranteed Extra Board pay will be prorated for days the employee is on the Guaranteed Extra Board.

(3) Payment of the guarantee shall be made in the payroll half following the payroll half in which the guarantee payment was incurred.

(4) The Reserve Board as provided for in Article IV of this Agreement will not be used to supplement the Guaranteed Extra Boards.

(5)(a) The Carrier shall regulate the number of employees on the Guaranteed Extra Boards, but the carrier shall ensure that a sufficient number of employees are on the Boards to protect the service and to allow for reasonable layoffs. Employees recalled from furlough or used in emergency service while furloughed will create a position(s) on the board for a period of seven (7) days.

(b) After 120 days, the parties shall make the initial adjustments in the Guaranteed Extra Boards. Adjustments may be made earlier by mutual agreement. If a Guaranteed Extra Board is reduced on the initial•adjustment, the number of Guaranteed Extra Board employees who were working on June 1, 1988, who are reduced shall be added to the Reserve Board at the location of the Guaranteed Extra Board. The minimum number of Reserve Board positions will increase accordingly.

(c) Local Chairmen and Carrier Representatives will meet, if requested by either party, after the Guaranteed Extra Boards have been placed into operation to discuss all problems and will work to solve any problem that may exist.

(6)(a) All earnings received by an employee assigned to a Guaranteed Extra Board will be used in computing the employee's guarantee. Such computations will not include non-taxable income such as meal, lodging and personal auto mileage payments. A Guaranteed Extra Board employee standing first out who lays off on call, misses call or is not available for call will have the guarantee reduced by the amount he would have earned had he not laid off on call, missed call or not been available for call, with a minimum reduction of one guaranteed day.

(b) An employee who misses a call as a result of another Guaranteed Extra Board employee laying-off on call, missing call or not available for call when that other Guaranteed Extra Employee is first out or an employee who lays off when other than first out will have his guarantee reduced by one (1) day for each 24-hour period or portion thereof.

(c) The guarantee reductions shall not apply for absences due to Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave Days, Vacations, Rules Classes, Jury Duty, Physical Examinations or other instances where the employee is held at the instruction of the carrier.