Low Census & Cancellation at 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 …

APPENDIX E – NO CANCELLATION LETTER OF AGREEMENT NO CANCELLATION (New in 2002-2006 CBA) The following Letter of Agreement made September 1, 2006 by and between Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Inc. and The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. (the Employer) and the California Nurses Association (the Union) regarding “No Cancellation.” The purpose of this Letter of Agreement is to provide the Parties with general understandings regarding no cancellation as follows: 1. No Cancellation Definitions and Limitations: No Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner covered by this Letter of Agreement will be cancelled from his or her regularly assigned shift except as specifically provided for in this Letter of Agreement. Nurses working as regular full-time or part-time, regularly scheduled short-hour employees, per-diem employees, and employees confirmed to work extra hours or shifts are included in this Agreeme …

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 …

Part-time Regular Nurses working a minimum of twenty (20) but less than forty (40) hours per week shall be paid for holidays as follows: If the holiday falls on a normally scheduled work day and the employee is scheduled off because of the holiday, the pay for such holiday not worked shall be for the number of hours at the straight- time rate as the employee would have received had (s)he worked. For Nurses assigned to Alternative Shifts outlined in Article VII, Section E, paragraph 721 and 722, holiday hours not worked shall be paid 8 hours holiday pay for holiday not worked. If the holiday falls on a day normally scheduled off, the employee shall receive additional pay equal to one-fifth (1/5) her/his regular weekly scheduled hours of work. If a holiday other than Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year's Day falls on a day normally scheduled to work and the employee works such holiday, the …

main in accordance with current practice. A Nurse who wishes to take time off rather than accept alternative work (except for mandatory assignments, such as competency/regulatory modules) may notify the employer by placing his or her name on a list made for such purposes in the facility staffing office. A Nurse may cancel this request via telephone, with confirmation in writing to follow as soon as practical thereafter. The staffing office will develop a policy to implement this procedure. In the implementation of this Agreement, it is agreed that nursing supervisors and managers shall continue to give first priority to the delivery of high quality patient care. 3. Alternative Assignments: The Parties agree that the first source of alternative work shall be department based assignments. The Parties further agree that the second source will be the role of the Resource Nurse, with one Nurs …

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 …

APPENDIX M – REGIONAL SCHEDULING GUIDELINES Home Department RNs, Float Department RNs, Travelers working in a posted position, and block-booked supplemental RNs are scheduled up to their PARed hours. (Float Department RNs may or may not be assigned to a unit when scheduled.) These guidelines may be used for filling extra shifts during the scheduling process or to staff absences 72+ hours before need. Staff who have indicated formal availability for extra work will be called first, followed by staff who have not indicated formal availability. (Do NOT include those on the Do Not Call List) The contractual provisions for offering CNA staff extra straight time, overtime, and penalty pay third weekend work are as follows: 1. Extra straight time work is offered to Departmental Staff (includes all regular, full- time, part-time, short hour, and per diem RNs) in the following sequence: a) Depart …