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The UFA has confirmed that the UFOA Executive Board recently advised its Officers not to enter a TPR mark for portal-to-portal pay to any Firefighter who does not arrive at the detailed unit before the start of the tour. This is a blatant violation of our Contract, Dept Policy and Arbitration ruling A-3811-91. If you are denied a portal mark for a detail, take a mark in your Company Journal and contact the UFA Recording Secretary, Joe Miccio, at 212-545-6973 or RecordingSecretary@ufanyc.org.
1. Contractual Obligations: In accordance with Article XXIII of the UFA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Members "shall receive compensation for travel to the unit to which that employee is detailed at a rate of 45 minutes (OT) of travel time if the detailed unit is within the same borough as that employee’s permanent unit or 1 1/4 hours (OT) if (a different borough)..." When returning from your detail, you "shall receive compensation for travel to the permanent unit at the same rates (stated above)..."
2. Exceptions (no portal pay): If you are on a detail for one half of a 24, you shall receive portal for one trip, not both. If you are detailed for more than a single tour, you shall receive portal only for the beginning of the first and the end of the last day of such detail. Also not eligible for portal: training assignments, light duty details, details from a staffing pool, if the detail is an OT tour, and details across the floor.
3. Verifying Your TPR Mark: TPR Manual paragraph 2.7.6 states, "Portal to portal overtime is guaranteed per arbitration decision No. A-3811-91..." Your Officer is required to enter a TPR code on your TPR form each time you travel to or from an eligible detail (note above exceptions). If this entry is not made, you will not receive portal pay for your detail. Your Officer receives a blank TPR form preprinted with your name on it from HQ each week. This weekly TPR form covers all tours worked through 0900 on Sunday each week - and must be sent to HQ by your officer on Monday via the bag. When detailed, it is your responsibility to check your TPR form upon the completion of each tour to ensure proper entries were made for both portal trips, unless the detail is one of the exceptions listed above.
4. TPR Codes for Portal: Inside borough (1433); Outside borough (1434)
Fraternally,
Stephen J. Cassidy
President
Joseph A. Miccio
Recording Secretary
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