Bereavement Leave at Kaiser Permanente — Northern California RNs & NPs

When a death occurs in the immediate family of a Nurse, the Nurse shall be entitled to three (3) days leave of absence with pay for deaths in the area and two (2) additional days with pay for travel of 300 miles or more (each way) for a funeral or memorial service. Additional time off will not be unreasonably denied. A Nurse may use paid time off for such purposes.

Starts fringe benefit accumulation at prorated basis as of date of change in status. However, if the Nurse previously had been a Regular full-time or Regular part-time Nurse with no break in service, the Nurse retains for fringe benefit accumulations the same date the Nurse had when a Regular full- time or Regular part-time Nurse, adjusted forward for the length of time in Short-Hour, Temporary and Per diem status. The Nurse also in such cases retains any unused sick leave and Education Leave accumulated while in Regular full-time or Regular part-time status. ARTICLE VII – HOURS OF WORK Section A – Payroll Week, Work Week and Payroll Day Payroll Week “Payroll week” as used in this Article shall mean and consist of the seven (7) day period beginning at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, or at the shift change hour nearest that time. Work Week The “work week” means the “payroll week” for all purposes, inc …

Payroll is not able to verify an error within the designated time period, the Nurse(s) who reported the error shall be informed within the designated time period of the reasons for the delay in resolving the error. Employee vacation, sick, and education leave accrual hours and balance will be displayed on Employee payslips. ARTICLE VIII – SENIORITY Section A – Seniority, Accumulation and Application Regular Nurses and Short-Hour, Temporary and Per diem Nurses shall have equal seniority for transfers, promotions, and layoffs based upon their bargaining unit seniority. Regular Nurses shall accumulate seniority based upon length of continuous service with the Employer under this Agreement. Effective September 1, 2002, Short-Hour, Temporary and Per diem Nurses shall accumulate seniority on the basis of eighty-seven (87) hours of work equaling one (1) month's seniority credit, for hours worke …

If an employee is on paid time off and a death occurs in the immediate family, the employee may convert the paid time off to bereavement leave.

APPENDIX Q – Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit Enhancement Accidental Death and Dismemberment Benefit Enhancement January 16, 2015 Ms. Debra Grabelle California Nurses Association 2000 Franklin Street Oakland, CA 94612 Re: Letter of Understanding – Tentative Agreement Union Proposal 38 Dear Debra: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (hereinafter, the Employer) provides this Letter of Understanding (LOU) to the California Nurses Association (CNA) (hereinafter, the Union). The Employer and the Union agree to the following: The Union made a proposal for an enhanced Accidental Death and Dismemberment ("AD&D") benefit, and proposed a vendor who offered a potential plan. Provision of this benefit is governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"). To provide an employee benefit plan governed by ERISA, an employer must have plan fiduciar …

board access shall not be unreasonably denied. A designated Association representative shall be responsible for posting material submitted by the Association, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Employer before posting. The Association agrees that no controversial material shall be posted. It is further agreed that the Employer shall post position vacancies as provided in Article IX of the contract on such bulletin boards. ARTICLE V – PERSONNEL CATEGORIES Section A – Probationary Nurses Regular Registered Nurses may be discharged without recourse to the grievance procedure within the first ninety (90) days of employment. Short- Hour, Temporary and Per diem Registered Nurses may be discharged without recourse to the grievance procedure until such Nurse has been employed for six (6) months or worked three hundred (300) hours, whichever comes first. Section B – Regular Nurses A Regula …

The following holidays shall be recognized for Regular Nurses: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day as designated by Federal and State Legislation. Sunday Holidays – Observation

................................................................................... 91 Definition of a Holiday Shift .................................................................................................... 92 During Vacation ..................................................................................................................... 93 Eligibility ................................................................................................................................ 92 Floating Holidays ....................................................................................................................... 91 Major Holidays Off ................................................................................................................ 91 Near Holiday Closures .................................................................................................... …