Education Leave & Tuition — Kaiser Permanente — Northern California RNs & NPs

Education Funding Effective January 1, 2015, Nurses working 20 or more hours per week may be reimbursed up to $2,300 per calendar year for tuition and continuing education credits. Of the overall total reimbursement, Nurses may submit up to five hundred dollars ($500) for education-related travel and lodging expenses. Effective January 1, 2019, Nurses working 20 or more hours per week may be reimbursed up to $2,500 per calendar year for tuition and continuing education credits. Of the overall total reimbursement, Nurses may submit up to five hundred dollars ($500) for education-related travel and lodging expenses.

Nurses may request unpaid leaves of absence to attend professional activities such as, but not necessarily limited to, educational workshops, seminars, continuing education courses, and participation in bona fide activities of the Association. Such requests will be given equitable consideration and may be granted at the sole discretion of management.

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 …

Permission for such educational leave will not be unreasonably denied. The Employer and the Union mutually agree that pre-approval by management for education leave is not required on non-scheduled work time for BRN approved courses which offer continuing education units (CEUs) or continuing medical education (CMEs). Employees on any leave of absence will require management pre-approval of any education leave.

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 …

If the educational program has a duration of less than four (4) hours and falls entirely outside the Nurse's shift, the Nurse shall not receive educational leave pay. In view of the fact that Nurses assigned to the night shift of operations seldom, if ever, have educational programs available during their normal hours of work, an exception to this subsection will be as follows: A night shift Nurse who attends educational programs which would otherwise qualify under the educational leave and pay provisions but fall entirely outside of the Nurse's night shift, may accumulate such educational leave time until (s)he has accumulated the equivalent of a full shift. At that time equivalent paid time off at the mutual convenience of the facility and the Nurse will be arranged. If the approved educational program is four (4) hours or more in duration, the Employer will excuse the Nurse from the n …

Effective January 1, 2023, Nurses working 20 or more hours per week may be reimbursed up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) per calendar year for tuition and continuing education credits. Of the overall total reimbursement, Nurses may submit up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) for education-related travel and lodging expenses.

After completion of one (1) full year of service as a Regular Nurse, a Nurse will begin to earn paid educational leave at the rate of one (1) week per year accumulative to a maximum of four (4) weeks. The following shall serve as guidelines for the programs covered by paid educational leave: Formally organized courses in nursing; Formally organized courses in related subjects leading to a degree in nursing; Formally organized seminars and symposia dealing with the contemporary practices of nursing; Formally organized specialized courses relating to nursing practice; Formally organized clinical nursing seminars and institutes such as Maternity and Child Health and Medical/Surgical; Formally organized programs for health professionals open to Registered Nurses and which deal with issues involving patient care; Formally organized specialized programs not directly involving nursing but prima …