Seniority Rights — Kaiser Permanente — Northwest RNs (Oregon / SW Washington)

16.A.1 Bargaining Unit seniority is defined as the total number of cumulative compensable hours with a cap of 1664 hours per year worked from most recent hire date into the Bargaining Unit as specified in Article 2 of this Agreement. Once entered in the Bargaining Unit compensable hours will be counted for all classifications worked. The Employer and the Union agree to continue an hours based seniority system provided that an acceptable methodology can be worked out. If not, seniority will be based on date of hire. Hours reported for the pension trust would henceforth be used for seniority. 16.A.2 These lists below shall be used for a six (6) month period until a new list is published. Seniority shall not apply during an employee’s probationary period, the employee will be credited with seniority in accordance with the foregoing provisions. 16.A.3 Seniority shall accrue during industrial …

The parties to this Agreement are the Oregon Nurses Association (ONA), the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals, Local 5017, AFT, AFL-CIO (OFNHP), and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (Kaiser). RECITALS OFNHP represents registered nurses working at various Kaiser locations, as detailed more specifically in the October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015 labor agreement between OFNHP and Kaiser (hereinafter "OFNHP-Kaiser Agreement"). ONA and OFNHP, through joint certification agreed to under the April 2011 Union Partnership agreement between ONA and OFNHP, represent registered nurses working at Kaiser locations specified in the October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2012 labor agreement between ONA and Kaiser (hereinafter "ONA-Kaiser Agreement"). AGREEMENT The parties intend and agree that registered nurses working in bargaining units covered by the ONA-Kaiser Agreement …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 b. Part-time float employees may elect to not be available during four (4) weeks of the year. Requests must be submitted according to the timetable in Appendix B. 10.E.4 Holiday Availability a. Float employees shall be available to work on one (1) Group A holiday, defined as Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Christmas Day or the evening shift of Christmas Eve is required every other year. b. Float employees shall be available to work on one (1) Group B holiday each year, defined as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day. 10.E.5 Pre-Scheduling Process a. Float employees will submit their availability dates for work every fourth (4th) Friday according to the schedule in Appendix B. Late submission will not exclude the employee from scheduling, but seniority will not apply until all timely submitted availability’s are sch …

15.D.1 Temporary Reduction a. Temporary reduction is defined as a reduction of hours not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days. Such reduction shall take place by reverse Bargaining Unit seniority provided the remaining employees are qualified to immediately perform the required work as determined by the Employer. b. Outpatient Short-Term Cancellation Outpatient RNs will not be subject to short-term reduction. c. Inpatient Surgical Services 1) Overtime in the affected inpatient area. 2) Volunteers in the affected inpatient area. 3) External temporary employees (see Article 8). 4) On-call in the affected inpatient arena. 5) Short hour employees in the affected inpatient arena. 6) Part-time employees with no permanent work assignment in the affected inpatient arena. 7) Any employee filling a temporary position in the affected inpatient nursing unit/shift. 8) Regular employees with permanent …

Hospital Nurse Staffing Process 1. Pre-scheduling (see calendar at back of contract)  Any RN less than full-time submits availability.  Shifts are assigned in seniority order, up to coding (using availability and preferences and skills matched against open slots)  Hours above coding (but not over-time) are assigned as requested, in seniority order after coded hours assigned.  Casual employees who submit availability are assigned shifts up to full-time (no over- time). Note: Pre-scheduling is done by arena, but if needed in another arena and no one is that arena is available, may pre-schedule to that arena.  Over-time is never pre-scheduled. 2. Pre-schedules mailed out. 3. Ten day open sign-up window (10 days from time schedules mailed – see calendar in contract).  During this window extra sign-ups will be accepted by voice mailbox and by e-mail account only (RN Availability); no “d …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 a. All regular, full time and short hour employees in the affected patient care area are obligated to participate in any standby scheduling system. b. Participation in the standby schedule will be offered to qualified employees outside of the patient care area only after the employees from the affected patient care area are permitted to be scheduled within a designated time period. c. Any scheduling mechanism will include a pre-scheduling process to schedule shifts on an equitable basis among all employees. The process will incorporate employee shift preferences to the extent possible. Scheduling of holidays for the year will occur by March 15. d. Employees will be permitted to give a scheduled shift to another employee through a mechanism that recognizes seniority and volunteers. If no volunteers are willing to assume the shift, the employee is responsible for stand …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 10) Acuity Nurse. This will include the Registered Nurse who is assigned to cover the area or hospital to respond to changes, but has no permanent assignment. e. For all areas working 12 hour shifts (i.e. Labor & Delivery, Nursery, Mother-Baby/GYN and Oncology), reductions will occur in the following order: 1) Overtime in the affected inpatient area 2) Volunteers in the affected inpatient area 3) External temporary employees (see Article 8) 4) Employees in the area not pre-scheduled according to Article 10. 5) On-call with zero coded hours in the affected inpatient arena 6) Short-hour employees in the affected inpatient arena (greater than 0 coded, but less than 20 coded hours) 7) Regular employees coded 20 hours with no permanent assignment in the affected inpatient area 8) Regular employees with 20 coded hours (and above) with permanent work assignment in the affec …

Note: Please refer to the National Agreement Section 1.K.1 6.A. The Union will provide the Employer with a current list of its officers and stewards who are accredited to represent the Union every six (6) months. 6.B. Duly authorized staff representatives of the Union and its affiliates shall be granted access at reasonable times to enter the Employer’s facility where employees covered thereunder are employed, when such visits are necessitated by matters concerning the administration of this Agreement, observing the conditions under which the employees are employed and assisting in processing grievances. The Union representatives shall, prior to or upon arrival at the facility, notify the Medical Office Administrator, who shall contact the appropriate management personnel. During hours when the Medical Office Administrator’s office is closed, the Administrator on call shall be notified b …