Case: Labor Arbitration/Premium Pay (Arb.)

Nouryon Surface Chemistry LLC didn’t violate the collective bargaining agreement when it paid 12-hour shift employees straight-time, overtime, and double-time rates per the CBA, Arbitrator Richard Van Kalker held. The International Chemical Workers Union Council/United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 894C claimed that employees on 48-hour work weeks had their overtime pay reduced when receiving double-time pay during that period after working a seventh consecutive day. However, Arbitrator Van Kalker found that the company properly applied CBA Section 9.3(b), which prohibits pyramiding of premium pay, and correctly paid employees double-time for scheduled hours over 40 when it was a seventh ...