DENIED OR SHORTENED MEAL PERIOD
DENIED MEAL PERIOD
The Claim:
- If denied lunch or not allowed the full 20 minutes for lunch, claim 100 mile basic day.
Required Documentation:
- A complete copy of your federal tie-up.
- Yardmaster/Manager name and time lunch was denied.
- A copy of your denied non-service claim.
- Time movement stopped, equipment was secured, time you arrived at a suitable location for lunch and time you were instructed to return to work.
CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR DENIED MEAL PERIOD ON YARD JOB. WAS ON DUTY FOR _(job) AT ____ HRS ON (Date) . AT _____HRS REQUESTED MEAL PERIOD. AT ________HRS WAS ORDERED PER (dispatcher/yardmaster/manager’s name) , THAT I WAS TO RUN LUNCH PERIOD AND CONTINUE WORKING. CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED MEAL PERIOD AS ALLOWED PER RULE 56.
FORCED TO TAKE LUNCH ON THE LOCOMOTIVES:
CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED A PROPER MEAL PERIOD. WAS CALLED ON DUTY FOR (ASSIGNMENT) AT ______ HRS ON (date) . AT ______ HRS INFORMED (YARDMASTER NAME) OF NEED FOR REQUIRED MEAL PERIOD. AT HRS WAS ORDERED PER __________, THAT I WAS NOT TO TAKE A MEAL PERIOD AND WAS TO ONLY TAKE A BREAK ON THE LOCOMOTIVES. WAS NOT ALLOWED A PROPER LUNCH FOR ENTIRE SHIFT. CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED A LUNCH PERIOD AS PER RULE 56.
NOT ALLOWED FULL 20 MINUTE LUNCH PERIOD:
CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED A PROPER 20 MINUTE MEAL PERIOD. WAS CALLED ON DUTY FOR (ASSIGNMENT) AT ______HRS ON (DATE). AT ______HRS WAS INSTRUCTED BY (YARDMASTER NAME) TO TAKE LUNCH. ARRIVED AT THE CREW ROOM FOR LUNCH AT _____HRS AND AT ______HRS WAS INSTRUCTED BY (YARDMASTER NAME) TO RETURN TO WORK. CLAIM 100 MILE BASIC DAY FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED A 20 MINUTE LUNCH AS ALLOWED IN RULE 56.
