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Contract Articles 19.04

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Contract Violations

Holding

DENIED. The Contract did not bar the Employer from ending erroneous meal disbursements that ignored the sixty (60)-mile floor for such benefits. In this class grievance, it was alleged that the Department of Health violated the contract when it stopped paying meal reimbursements to employees who left home prior to 7 am, regardless of the mileage they were to drive The State contended that these pay merits were erroneous and halted as soon as they were discovered. Viewing the intent behind Article 19.04, the arbitrator could not conclude that the parties intended to drop the sixty mile floor on meal reimbursements. Accordingly, the grievance was denied, since the contract did not bar the charge.