Case: Labor Arbitration/Compensation (Arb.)

Arbitrator Mark W. Suardi ruled that while Sysco Central Illinois, Inc. violated the CBA by not paying a shuttle driver for hours physically worked on Labor Day for weekly overtime purposes, he lacked authority to decide whether Sysco violated the CBA for not paying time and one-half the applicable double-time rate for holiday hours worked over eight or 10 hours. Arbitrator Suardi stated that because the double-time rate claim wasn’t properly submitted by the union in writing according to the CBA’s grievance procedure, he didn’t have jurisdiction to rule on that claim. As for the first claim, the CBA stipulated ...