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If pay is denied or not paid, talk to your steward promptly — grievance time limits may apply. See the Grievances guide.
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The condition you worked in matches a category listed in the CBA's environmental pay provisions.
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You actually performed the work under that condition (write down date, time, location, job order and hours).
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Note what protective equipment was provided and whether it fully removed the hazard.
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Tell your supervisor you are claiming environmental pay and make sure it is entered for timekeeping.
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Keep copies of time records, job orders, work notes and names of witnesses.
Still Not Sure?
Do not guess. Contact your steward or TVFEMTC.
ENVIRONMENTAL PAY · ELIGIBILITY GUIDE
Am I Eligible for Environmental Pay?
Environmental pay (sometimes called environmental differential, EDP, dirty pay, hazard pay or height pay) is paid for work performed under covered unusual or hazardous conditions. The NNSY–TVFEMTC Collective Bargaining Agreement is the controlling source for this guide. Always match your situation to the exact wording of the CBA's environmental pay provisions.
What Should I Know? · Covered Categories
Dirty / Contaminated Work
Work in conditions that soil the body or clothing beyond normal shop conditions. Check whether your task matches a dirty-work category listed in the CBA.
Heights / Physical Hazard
Work at heights or near physical hazards where protective devices may not fully remove the risk. Confirm the condition is a covered category in the CBA.
Toxic / Chemical / Asbestos Exposure
Work involving exposure to toxic materials, chemicals or airborne fibers. Note the material, location and duration, and compare it to the CBA's listed conditions.
Temperature Extremes / Confined Spaces
Work in extreme heat, cold or tight, enclosed spaces. Coverage depends on whether the CBA lists the condition — do not assume it does.
What Happened?
- You performed work in a listed hazard or hardship and were not notified, determined eligible, or paid an environmental differential.
- You worked in a dirty, hot, cold, high, noisy or hazardous area and were not paid environmental differential.
- Your timecard was not coded for the exposure.
- Management says the job or area does not qualify.
What Should I Know?
- The CBA’s Environmental Differential article (Article 13) controls how claims are raised at NNSY.
- Pay depends on the actual work and conditions — not just your job title.
- Article 13 Section 2 lists the categories and rates below. The CBA says the list is a guide and not all-inclusive.
- Unpaid environmental pay can be disputed through the Negotiated Grievance Procedure.
What Should I Do Now?
- If the supervisor knows the assignment qualifies, you are notified at assignment. If you were not notified and believe the condition qualifies, bring it to the supervisor as soon as possible.
- Write down the date, shop, location, job order, task and exact conditions/exposure.
- Note hours exposed and any PPE or controls used; keep pay records and witness names.
- Ask your supervisor for the pay to be coded and keep the answer in writing.
- Contact your steward before any time limit runs out.
âš Important Deadlines / Time Limits
- A dispute under the negotiated grievance procedure is ordinarily initiated within 15 workdays (Article 33).
- Do not wait for your next paycheck to act — check the Grievances guide and the original CBA for the exact limits.
Forms / Documents
- Your notes on dates, hours, location and conditions
- Assignments, timecards / leave and earnings statements, exposure and pay records
- Job orders, work instructions or tags for the area
- The supervisor's determination and any supervisor replies
- PPE information
- Witness names
Who Should I Contact?
- Your TVFEMTC shop steward — first stop.
- Your immediate supervisor — to request the pay determination. The immediate or next-level supervisor determines and advises the employee.
- TVFEMTC — if your steward is unavailable or the claim is denied.
Escalation Steps: Pay-Dispute Process
- Ask your supervisor for a pay determination.
- The immediate or next-level supervisor determines and advises you.
- If denied or ignored, bring your records to your steward.
- Your steward may file a grievance under the negotiated grievance procedure — ordinarily initiated within 15 workdays under Article 33. See the Grievances guide.
- Unresolved grievances move through the steps in the CBA.
What Happens Next?
- Management reviews the work and conditions.
- If the claim is approved, pay is corrected.
- If it is denied, your steward and TVFEMTC decide on next steps under the grievance procedure.
- If management questions you about it, see the Representation guide.
CBA References
- Article 13 Sections 1–5 — Environmental Differential Pay
- Article 33 Sections 1, 5, 7 — Negotiated Grievance Procedure
- Appendix IV — Interest Based Bargaining
- Always confirm the exact section in the original CBA.
Still Not Sure?
Don't guess. Contact your steward or TVFEMTC.
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PHASE 2 GUIDE · ENVIRONMENTAL PAY
Environmental Pay: Not Paid for Hazardous or Hardship Work?
Worked around dirt, heat, cold, height, fumes, asbestos, toxic or hazardous conditions and didn’t get environmental differential (EDP / hazard pay)? Use this guide to request a pay determination or raise a dispute under the NNSY–TVFEMTC Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Categories & Rates (Article 13 Section 2)
The CBA's authorized situations include the listed height, confined-space, dirty-work, hot-work, preheated-metal, fibrous-glass, pressure-chamber, flight, asbestos, submarine, explosives, toxic-chemical, carrier-trial and firefighting conditions. Confirm the exact wording in Article 13 Section 2.
High Work
25%
Authorized situations: the listed height conditions.
Dirty Work
4%
Authorized situations: the listed dirty-work conditions.
Cold Work
4%
See Article 13 Section 2 for the qualifying situations.
Hot Work
4%
Authorized situations: the listed hot-work conditions.
Welding Preheated Metals
4%
Authorized situations: the listed preheated-metal conditions.
Fibrous Glass
6%
Authorized situations: the listed fibrous-glass conditions.
Pressure Chamber / Centrifugal Stress
Rate: see Article 13 Section 2
Authorized situation: the sonar-dome 12 psig situation.
Flying
100%
Authorized situations: the listed flight conditions.
Asbestos
8%
Authorized situations: the listed asbestos conditions.
Duty Aboard Submerged Vessels
50%
Authorized situations: the listed submarine conditions.
Explosives / Incendiary
High Degree 8% · Low Degree 4%
Authorized situations: the listed explosives conditions.
Poisons / Toxic Chemicals
High Degree 8%
Authorized situations: the listed toxic-chemical conditions.
Aircraft Carrier Duty
4%
Authorized situations: the listed carrier-trial conditions.
Firefighting
Low-degree hazard 8%
For immediate-scene participation or assistance and direct exposure. Normal fire watch is excluded.
Simultaneous Hazards
- For simultaneous hazards, only the highest differential is paid for the same hours.
- Article 13 Section 4 governs actual-exposure and shift-based treatment.
New or Uncovered Conditions
- A new condition not covered by Section 2 is resolved through Interest Based Bargaining (Appendix IV), not grievance/arbitration.
- Tell your steward so TVFEMTC can raise it.
Think you were not paid correctly? Contact a steward and read Article 13.
Advocacy & CBA Links
Pay, leave, overtime, or classification problem? Check the CBA and get a steward.
Read the exact wording in the NNSY–TVFEMTC Collective Bargaining Agreement. Then talk to a steward about pay disputes, environmental pay, overtime, schedule changes, leave denials, higher-level work, or promotion and apprentice concerns.
Still Not Sure?
Don't guess. Contact your steward or TVFEMTC.