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power outage out West - no pay for down time ! - pitbullmom


Posted: Sep 28, 2011

CCM notes the Western power outage yesterday (approximately 5 hours) is not covered by paid down time.  However, East Coast outage later in the day was a system problem and would be covered by down time.  HUH ?  So for power outages we either make up time or use PTO.  Can this possibly be legal ??????

I have always received downtime - sm

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I would escalate the "you-know-what" out of that!

We do get paid for their outages, not our own!

Two Words - (sm)

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B. S. !!!
The light was yellow and the message said West Coast users were experiencing a problem. To me, that spells downtime!!!

Umm, I would escalate because the paid down time - MQMT

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has already been put on my timesheet by my CCM. Hope she did not make a mistake. I have always been paid for lost time when the DEP Now light was red or yellow, but not for local power outages that affect only me.


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