A.      Light duty is that duty provided any employee sho has physical limitations, which are documented by a qualified and treating physician, resulting from an off - the - job injury or illness.

Limited duty is that duty provided any employee who has physical limitations identified by qualified and treating physician resulting from an on - the job injury or illness.
B.      It is agreed that requests for light duty assignments will be made through the immediate supervisor.
B1.      Tempory light duty that does not exceed two (2) days shall not require a doctor's statement nor the joint meeting referred to in Section 13.1C.  The employee's request may be acted upon by his / her immediate supervisor.
C.      Prior to rendering a decision on light or limited duty assignments, a joint meeting will be held between the tour Manager Distribution Operations, the tour Union Representative, and the employee.
The Manager Distribution Operations, Senior or his / her designee, will render the final decision for all light or limited duty assignments.
D.      A doctor's statement specifying the limitations on the duties which an employee may perform shall be the guideline in placing an employee on light duty.

E.      The employee is to be assigned to light duty in his / her assigned unit and tour,  whenever possible. Nothing in this Section is intended to exceed the provisions of Sections 13.2 and 13.3.

F.      Employees requesting changes to existing light duty assignments which cannot  be accommodated, will be dealt with as new request, and subject to the above rules.

G.     Additional needs of the light duty program will be resolved at jont Labor / Management Committee Meetings. Any conflicts occurring at Stations and Branches concerning light duty assignments will be an agenda item for the committee meetings.

         (Ref. Article 30.2N of the National Agreement.)

             Some areas of light duty assignments include:

             1)     Rewrap

             2)     Cutting, facing, hand - cancelling, and traying mail (Opening Units).

             3)     Repair of damaged letters (patch - up).

             4)     MTE-Sack examination, separating of empty sacks, paletizing of trays, sleeves, etc...

             5)     Other assignments within the Mail Handler craft as identified and agreed upon between the Union and Management.

                      (Ref. Article 30.2O of the National Agreement.)

13.3

A.      The number of light duty assignments to be reserved for temporary or permanent light duty is ten (10). The identification of such assignments are as follows:
2 assignments on Operation 010.

1 assignment on Operation 110.

1 assignment on Tour 3/GMF as a combination of Mail Handler assignments.

1 assignment on Tour 3/ASF as a combination of Mail Handler assignments.

2 assignments on Tour 2/ASF as a combination of Mail Handler assignments.

1 assignment Tour 1/GMF as a combination of Mail Handler assignments.

1 assignment on each Tour as repairing damaged letters.
 

B.      Should the above number of assignments all be filled at any one time, consideration may be given to accommodating additional requests.

          (Ref. Article 30.2M of the National Agreement.)