Meal Periods & Rest Breaks 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 …

SIDE LETTER U MEAL AND BREAK RELIEF Within one hundred and twenty (120) days of ratification of the 2022 Collective Bargaining Agreement the Parties will meet regarding meal and break relief.  The intention of this meeting is to explore additional means to provide break relief support to the units. The Employer commits to develop and begin implementation of break relief program(s) within ninety (90) days from the inception of said meetings. The Parties agree to meet on a regular basis to review and assess these programs for a period of no more than ninety (90) days.

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 …

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 …

Nurses performing work on split shifts shall be paid a premium equal to the minimum hourly wage set forth in the applicable Industrial Welfare Commission Order per day in addition to their regular rate of pay. A split shift is defined as a work day schedule which is interrupted by non-paid, non-working periods established by the Employer other than bona fide rest or meal periods. In addition, any split shift work completed beyond a spread of eleven (11) consecutive hours shall be paid at time and one-half (1 1/2) for all hours worked beyond the eleven (11) hour spread.

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d kept confidential. b. All practices at the Kaiser Permanente onsite locations regarding workstation/equipment policies are applicable to the offsite workstation. SIDE LETTER S REMOTE AND HYBRID REMOTE WORK Hours of Work c. Any Nurse who is working remotely will be required to work their scheduled shift and is required to take all meal and rest breaks. Any deviation of assigned shift will be handled per contractual agreement including voluntary overtime and time-off provisions. Any Nurse participating in remote or hybrid remote work will sign and adhere to the Remote Work Agreement. The Parties agree to meet within ninety (90) days of ratification to review the remote work agreement. The Employer will provide at least sixty (60) days notification of any changes, modifications, and/or cancellation of remote work, and will engage with the Association for the purpose of effects bargaining …

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 …