Leaves of Absence — Kaiser Permanente — Northern California RNs & NPs

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 …

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 …

Except for maternity leave (see Section G – Parental Leave: Birth or Adoption of a Child) prior notice of one (1) week may be required from each Nurse returning from authorized leave of absence. Reinstatement

A Nurse placed on an authorized leave of absence must pay the required premium necessary for continued hospital-medical-surgical, dental and group life insurance coverage during the period of leave, provided, however that Nurses on a leave of absence attributable to an industrial injury or illness as determined by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board shall continue to be covered by hospital-surgical- medical insurance as described in Article XXXII, Section A – Hospital-Medical- Surgical-Drug Coverage at the Employer's expense for a period of time not to exceed twelve (12) months.

Upon request from the Association, the Employer shall grant time off to employees for official union business so long as the number of Nurses and Nurse Practitioners absent for Association business does not impose an unreasonable burden on the Employer and the Employer receives reasonable notice. Association Leaves shall be defined according to the following: 1) Short Term Leaves are defined as leaves up to 30 days. Employees will continue to accrue seniority, service credit and benefits during the time of the absence, at the expense of the Employer. The impact of multiple short term leaves on the operations must be considered: 2) Long Term Leaves are defined as leaves of absence for more than 30 days and up to a maximum of one (1) year, renewable through the duration of the contract. Such leaves will be granted by the Employer in increments of three (3) months and shall be reviewed peri …

When a Nurse returns from a leave of absence not exceeding thirty (30) days, in compliance with the approved terms of the leave, such Nurse shall be assigned to the same classification, position, unit and shift s(he) held before the leave.

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