ble692 Wrote:
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> I understood it to be 7 days paid after the
> recall, but that you have up to the 30 days total
> to report, altough it is all unpaid after the
> initial 7 day recall period. Is this not the
> case?

Exactly correct.

> Also, remember to immediately put in a claim for
> the 7 paid days after you are recalled. They will
> stop the reserve board pay as of the day you are
> recalled. I just had an engineer work with me who
> had been recalled in August and found that one out
> the hard way. They only paid the first 3 days of
> the half when he was still on the reserve board.
> The 7 paid days of the recall period were not paid
> automatically, and he didn't find out until payday
> came on the 25th. Nothing like having to wait a
> couple extra weeks for your money.

Sage advice, my friend. It's also very important that Reserve Board engineers complete all their tri-annual license renewal steps WAY in advance of the expiration date, otherwise the checks stop coming. Since UP no longer mails the license renewal paperwork to the employees' home, it's easy to overlook the date.