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Wage Steps & Tenure Increases 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.

600Article VI – Change In Statusp. 15
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 …
Appendix A – Wage Structurep. 131
.8273 98.7635 101.7264 028607 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr SH 95.5436 100.3215 105.3367 109.1142 111.8154 113.4925 115.7860 118.6606 121.0338 123.4543 127.1578 028611 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr III 80.2571 84.2695 88.4828 91.6567 93.9248 95.3336 97.2598 99.6754 101.6687 103.7017 106.8125 028612 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr III SH 100.3215 105.3367 110.6033 114.5712 117.4061 119.1671 121.5749 124.5941 127.0857 129.6272 133.5158 028614 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV 82.5497 86.6770 91.0113 94.2752 96.6084 98.0575 100.0394 102.5227 104.5735 106.6645 109.8643 028615 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV SH 103.1871 108.3465 113.7642 117.8440 120.7606 122.5718 125.0490 128.1538 130.7172 133.3306 137.3304 Shift Diffs Other Diffs Evening=SN2,step1 * 11% 8.4079 Weekender add 10.0% Night=SN2,step1 * 17.5% 13.3761 Float add 5.0% Multi-Facility add 2.0% Multi Med Center add 5.0% RN First Assistant add 5.0% …
Appendix A – Wage Structurep. 131
t Care Coord Case Mgr III 85.0725 89.3257 93.7918 97.1561 99.5603 101.0536 103.0954 105.6559 107.7688 109.9238 113.2213 116.6179 028612 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr III SH 106.3408 111.6569 117.2395 121.4455 124.4505 126.3171 128.8694 132.0697 134.7108 137.4048 141.5267 145.7725 028614 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV 87.5027 91.8776 96.4720 99.9317 102.4049 103.9410 106.0418 108.6741 110.8479 113.0644 116.4562 119.9499 028615 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV SH 109.3783 114.8473 120.5901 124.9146 128.0062 129.9261 132.5519 135.8430 138.5602 141.3304 145.5702 149.9373 Shift Diffs Other Diffs Evening=SN2,step1 * 11% 8.9123 Weekender add 10.0% Night=SN2,step1 * 17.5% 14.1787 Float add 5.0% Multi-Facility add 2.0% Multi Med Center add 5.0% RN First Assistant add 5.0% Charge add 5.0% Volunteer Float 5.0% APPENDIX A – WAGE STRUCTURE CNA-All AREAS EFFECTIVE 1ST FULL PAY PERIOD IN JANUARY, 2025 5.25 …
Appendix A – Wage Structurep. 131
948 119.1654 122.7404 028612 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr III 111.9237 117.5189 123.3946 127.8214 130.9841 132.9488 135.6350 139.0034 141.7832 144.6186 148.9569 153.4256 028614 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV 92.0966 96.7012 101.5368 105.1781 107.7812 109.3978 111.6090 114.3795 116.6674 119.0002 122.5701 126.2472 028615 Patient Care Coord Case Mgr IV 115.1207 120.8768 126.9210 131.4727 134.7266 136.7472 139.5109 142.9748 145.8346 148.7503 153.2127 157.8091 Shift Diffs Other Diffs Evening=SN2,step1 * 11% 9.3802 Weekender add 10.0% Night=SN2,step1 * 17.5% 14.9231 Float add 5.0% Multi-Facility add 2.0% Multi Med Center add 5.0% RN First Assistant add 5.0% Charge add 5.0% Volunteer Float 5.0% APPENDIX A – WAGE STRUCTURE CNA-All AREAS EFFECTIVE 1ST FULL PAY PERIOD IN JANUARY, 2026 5.25% REGULAR Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 8 Year 11 Year 16 Year 21 Year 26 Year 31 Year 36 Step 1 Step …
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 …
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 …
Appendix A – Wage Structurep. 131
APPENDIX A – WAGE STRUCTURE CNA-All AREAS EFFECTIVE 1ST FULL PAY PERIOD IN JANUARY, 2023 6.0% REGULAR Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 8 Year 11 Year 16 Year 21 Year 26 Year 31 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 Step 9 Step 10 Step 11 032810 Nurse Permittee 69.1551 022881 Staff Nurse I 72.7953 022982 Staff Nurse I SH 90.9941 022882 Staff Nurse II 76.4350 80.2571 84.2695 87.2913 89.4521 90.7940 92.6287 94.9286 96.8273 98.7635 101.7264 022952 Staff Nurse II SH 95.5436 100.3215 105.3367 109.1142 111.8154 113.4925 115.7860 118.6606 121.0338 123.4543 127.1578 022883 Staff Nurse III 80.2571 84.2695 88.4828 91.6567 93.9248 95.3336 97.2598 99.6754 101.6687 103.7017 106.8125 022963 Staff Nurse III SH 100.3215 105.3367 110.6033 114.5712 117.4061 119.1671 121.5749 124.5941 127.0857 129.6272 133.5158 022884 Staff Nurse IV 82.5497 86.6770 91.0113 94.2752 96.6084 98.0575 10 …
2332Article XXIII – Compensationp. 78
With the exception of the Sacramento Wage Structure (through June 30, 2009), Short-Hour and Per diem Nurses shall progress to the eighth year tenure step upon completion of seven (7) years of continuous service (not broken by termination) with Kaiser Permanente if they are presently at the fifth year tenure step rate and if they have completed at least one thousand (1,000) hours of work since progressing to the fifth year tenure step.

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