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What the California Nurses Association (CNA/NNU) agreement (Sep 2022 – Aug 2026) actually says, excerpted from the contract with page citations.

700Article VII – Hours Of Workp. 17
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 …
800Article VIII – Seniorityp. 27
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 …
500Article V – Personnel Categoriesp. 7
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 …
2354Article XXIII – Compensationp. 82
Nurses on standby duty who are called in to work shall be compensated for the time worked at one and one-half (1 1/2) times their straight-time hourly rate including shift differential; provided, however, that such Nurses are guaranteed a minimum credit of three (3) hours work for each occasion on which they are called in. However, the total hours of work paid at time and one-half (1 1/2) shall not exceed the number of hours in the standby period assigned to the Nurse and, further, the number of hours credited to the Nurse at time and one-half (1 1/2) shall be deducted from the number of hours the Nurse has been on standby to determine the number of hours, if any, to be paid at one-half (1/2) time. Not on Standby
2351Article XXIII – CompensationSection E – Standby and Call-Back Payp. 81
Nurses on a predetermined work schedule who are placed on “standby” duty beyond their regularly scheduled work day or workweek shall be allowed, within the following thirty (30) days, compensatory time off equal to one-half (1/2) of the time they were on such “standby duty” or shall be compensated for such time at one-half (1/2) times their straight-time hourly rate including shift differential. The determination of whether shift differential is due or not due shall be based on the qualifications dealing with eligibility for shift differential as reflected in Section D – Differentials of this Article in relation to the standby hours assigned.
300Article III – Association Securityp. 2
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 …
2815Article XXVIII – Holidaysp. 93
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 …
2355Article XXIII – Compensationp. 82
A Regular full-time Nurse who has completed a shift and leaves the facility but is recalled to work prior to the start of the Nurse's next scheduled shift shall be guaranteed a minimum of three (3) hours of work or pay at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2). Definition

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