Case: Labor Arbitration/On-Call Pay (Arb.)

Arbitrator Stephen Douglas Bonney denied grievances filed by Colorado Workers for Innovative and New Solutions (COWINS) against The University of Colorado, ruling that the university did not violate Article 16.5 of their Partnership Agreement by failing to pay on-call wages to non-exempt facilities employees at the Denver campus and non-exempt fire alarm technicians at the Anschutz campus. Arbitrator Bonney found that although employees designated as supervisor of the month or operator of the month on a rotation schedule were required to monitor work cell phones and respond to after-hours emergencies, these requirements did not significantly restrict their freedom of movement ...