For the recent BFN outage incentive pay was offered for completing things on-line and on your own time. 'Hard Hat Ready' is what TVA calls it. You filled out the security paperwork on-line and submitted it, also the craft did their GET on Nantel and either did the exams at BFN or at the union hall with job stewards as proctors (yes, I'm sure that was all above board). For those of us who came in with Bartlett, we got 16 hours pay for doing this, and then went on the clock at BFN for all the other stuff (medical, RP procedures class, dynamic learning center, etc.). Craft people worked 14 hour days for free to get all their in-processing done. Most took 2 days but some longer. Once they finished they were eligible to get 36 hours pay, so the motivation was to get it done quickly. It was all done by agreements between the unions, contract companies, and TVA. However, if someone couldn't hack it they reportedly didn't get a dime.
We didn't get the 16 hours pay right away though. It came earlier this week. TVA didn't pay out until the outage ended.