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Jury Duty Pay at Kaiser Permanente — Northern California RNs & NPs
What the California Nurses Association (CNA/NNU) agreement (Sep 2022 – Aug 2026) actually says, excerpted from the contract with page citations.
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 …
rovisions of this agreement beginning on the first pay period
following completion of the Assessment, except as provided below.
RNs/NPs who qualify in accordance with one of the two preceding paragraphs, and
who apply for the program no later than June 7, 2008, shall be compensated in
accordance with the compensation provisions of this agreement beginning on the pay
period closest to December l, 2007. Compensation from pay period closest to
December 1, 2007 to pay period closest to May 1, 2008 shall be in the form of a lump
sum payment, and such lump sum shall not be included in any benefit calculation. The
only exception to the June 7, 2008, deadline will be those who were absent on
approved vacation, medical or other paid or unpaid approved leave during the date
of the communication. Such staff shall have an additional fifteen (15) calendar days to
apply and be eligible for compensatio …
Orientation for floating purposes only:
6.
Nurses subject to floating will be thoroughly oriented into the
designated float unit by a designated Staff Nurse Orienteer prior to
taking a patient assignment. The Staff Nurse Orienteer will not
have a patient assignment during orientation.
If needed, Nurses will be provided up to 8 hours of orientation to the
paired float unit, if necessary, with the exception of ICU to CMU, ICU
nurses will be provided up to 4 hours of orientation. Orientation is
defined as those elements contained in the normal orientation of
Nurses new to the unit and is not intended to include clinical
competence training. It is expected that Nurses to be oriented to the
new/additional unit/clinic already possess the required clinical
competencies.
Such orientation will be conducted in small groups. No more than 4
RNs will be assigned to one Staff Nurse Orienteer for orien …
reement. Beginning on the Implementation Date,
eligible employees will start accruing Educational Leave in accordance with the CNA
Agreement.
Wages: Appendix A: The Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager classification
will be added to the Wage Scale as Patient Care Coordinator Case Manager II. The
Patient Care Coordinator Case Managers will be paid the equivalent of a Staff Nurse
II and be mapped to the wage scale as follows:
• The PCCCMs will receive a 2% increase to their current hourly rate to be
effective the first pay period 90 days after ratification. They will be placed on
APPENDIX R - PATIENT CARE COORDINATORS CASE MANAGERS
the wage scale that is closest to their new wage rate for placement within
Steps 1-5; longevity placement on the wage scale requires the PCCCM to
have met the longevity requirements under the collective bargaining
agreement. Patient Care Coordinator Case Manag …
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 …
the purpose of removing that Nurse from the bargaining unit, or eliminate
or remove from bargaining unit nurses the direct care responsibilities of
Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners described in the preceding
paragraph. Finally, the Employer also agrees that during the term of this
Agreement it will not challenge the Union’s right to represent any Nurse in
any job classification covered by this Agreement based on a claim that
such Nurse is a supervisor within the meaning of the NLRA.
Disputes concerning this provision may be referred directly to an expedited
arbitration. The sole issue in any such arbitration shall be whether the
Employer violated the commitments set forth in paragraph 103 of the
Agreement. If the Employer is found to have violated paragraph 103, the
sole remedies shall be restoration of the status quo ante, and a make-
whole remedy for the affected bargaining u …
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 Staff Nurse I rate and the Staff Nurse II wage scale shall be as shown in Appendix A.
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Educational excerpts from the publicly available agreement, not legal advice. Verify against the official printed contract and work with your union representative on any dispute.