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Work Schedules & Posting 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 …
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 …
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 …
Section J – Association Visiting Rights
Duly authorized representatives of the Association shall be permitted at all
reasonable times to enter the facilities operated by the Employer for the
purposes of transacting Association business and observing conditions
under which Nurses are employed; provided, however, that the
Association's representatives shall upon arrival at the facility notify the
Administrator or her/his designee of the intent to transact Association
business. The Association representative shall advise the Administrator as
to which department or areas s/he wishes to visit, and confine her/his visits
to such departments or areas as agreed upon.
Transaction of any business shall be conducted in an appropriate location
subject to general Hospital and Clinic rules applicable to non-employees and
shall not interfere with the work of employees.
Section K – No Conflicting Agreem …
fing requirements of
the upcoming schedule and in alignment with the every other
weekend and holiday work requirements as outlined in the
collective bargaining agreement. SSNs will be notified of
which Hospital site to report to in advance of their scheduled
shift (minimally 2 hours prior).
ii.SSNs will be assigned shifts based on their seniority; any
remaining gaps in the schedule will be filled by inverse
seniority up to the SSNs weekly FTE status.
b. A “home” facility will be assigned to each SSN. Travel Time and
Mileage reimbursement eligibility applies as outlined in the collective
bargaining agreement
c. Pp. 810- Availability for Extra Shifts: SSNs will be considered for
additional shifts immediately following “Other employees from the
facility” and prior to “Employees from another Kaiser facility”.
d. The hospital spoke will be its own department for purposes of the
1 day bid and …
APPENDIX N – SHIFT DIFFERENTIALS FOR 8, 10 AND 12 HOUR SHIFTS
In determining which, if any, shift differential applies, identify the Nurse’s start time in
column A. Moving left to right, identify the shift (8-hour, 10-hour or 12-hour) that the
Nurse is working and determine the appropriate shift differential.
A
B
C
D
Shifts Starting
at
8-hour Shift
10-hour Shift
12-hour Shift
Differential
Differential
Differential
12-midnight
night
night
Night
12:30 AM
night
night
Night
1:00 AM
night
night
Night
1:30 AM
night
night
Night
2:00 AM
night
night
Night
2:30 AM
night
night
Night
3:00 AM
night
night
Night
3:30 AM
night
night
Night
4:00 AM
night
night
Evening
4:30 AM
night
night
Evening
5:00 AM
night
night
Evening
5:30 AM
night
night
Evening
6:00 AM
day
day
Evening
6:30 AM
day
day
Evening
7:00 AM
day
day
Evening
7:30 AM
day
day
Evening
8:00 AM
day
day
Evening
8:30 AM
day
day
Evening
9:00 AM
day
d …
Ellis 1700 California MED CENTERS AND MOBS A SATELLITES B San Leandro San Leandro Main Union City Union City Landing Hayward – Sleepy Hollow Mental Health & Wellness/Psychiatry (Davis St) San Rafael San Rafael Main 100 & 111 Smith Ranch Rd. Downtown 3rd Street Mill Valley Las Gallinas San Rafael Park Novato Petaluma Santa Clara Santa Clara Main (Homestead) Arques Bldg Campbell Milpitas Mountain View Skyport (2018) Santa Rosa Santa Rosa Main Round Barn MOB 4 & MOB 5 Rohnert Park Mercury Way 1 (2018) Mercury Way 2 San Jose San Jose Main Cottle Road Via Del Oro Gilroy Scotts Valley Santa Cruz Watsonville So San Francisco So San Francisco Main Bay Hill 1200 El Camino San Bruno Daly City Pacific Plaza Oyster Point So Sacramento So Sacramento Main Wyndham Drive South Valley Center Elk Grove Big Horn Elk Grove Promenade West Stockton Boulevard Vacaville Vacaville Main Fairfield Chadbourne Valle …
The committee structure for the Patient Classification System shall be as follows: a. Classification System Liaison: Each of the following service lines shall have one Registered Nurse designated as a Classification System Liaison per campus, where such service lines exists: (1) Maternal Child Health, (2) Pediatrics, (3) Adult Intensive Care, and (4) Medical-Surgical/Telemetry. b. The Registered Nurse serving as the Classification System Liaison is expected to perform his or her regular job duties when she/he is not in committee meetings or educating her/his service line. c. Classification System Liaisons shall be selected by the Union from the bargaining unit and must meet the following criteria: i. Work a minimum of 8 hours a week providing direct patient care in the designated service line. ii. Designation of a Registered Nurse as a Classification System Liaison will run for 24 consec …
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Overtime RulesShift Differentials (Evening & Night Pay)Grievance Procedure & DeadlinesDiscipline & Just CauseWritten Warnings & Your Personnel FileFact-Finding & Investigatory MeetingsRight to Union RepresentationSick LeaveVacation Accrual & SchedulingHolidays & Holiday PaySeniority RightsFloating & ReassignmentStaffing Ratios & Safe StaffingMeal Periods & Rest BreaksLow Census & CancellationOn-Call, Standby & Callback PayPer Diem & Short-Hour NursesCharge Nurse Role & PayPreceptor Duties & RecognitionLeaves of AbsenceBereavement LeaveJury Duty PayEducation Leave & TuitionHealth Insurance & BenefitsRetirement & PensionTransfers & Position VacanciesProbationary PeriodLayoff & Reduction in ForceHealth, Safety & Workplace ViolenceWage Steps & Tenure Increases
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