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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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
For Master CNA Negotiations, the Union shall notify the Employer at least two (2) weeks in advance of the first negotiating session of the names of those Nurses selected to be on the CNA bargaining team. The Employer will provide paid release time for up to twenty-five (25) Nurses identified by the Association for any work days missed due to attending bargaining sessions or agreed-upon caucus days. Pay shall be at the Nurse’s straight- time rate, including shift differential, for the Nurse’s regularly scheduled hours. No pay will be due for hours in excess of the Nurse’s regular work day, or in excess of the Nurse’s regular workweek. Time spent in negotiating meetings or caucuses will not be considered time worked for purposes of calculating overtime, premiums or penalty pay under the Agreement. The Union will notify the Employer as soon as possible of any changes to the bargaining team …
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Educational excerpts from the publicly available agreement — not legal advice; verify against the official printed contract and work with your union representative on any dispute.