Wage Steps & Tenure Increases — Kaiser Permanente — Northwest RNs (Oregon / SW Washington)

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 facilities acceptable to the Employer. One (1) year credit shall be granted for every one (1) year of previous acceptable experience in a position in which the Nurse was employed on a regular basis of at least twenty (20) hours per week. Credit for prior acceptable employment of less than twenty (20) hours per week shall be prorated on the basis of one (1) year’s credit for every three (3) years’ experience. See Appendix A, Wage Schedule Differentials. Credit for experience shall commence on the date satisfactory proof of such prior experience is provided by the Nurse. b. Tenure credit for previous experience which does not conform to the above provisions shall be discussed at the request of the Union and the parties shall strive to determine a fair application of the principle of tenure credit for previous experience on a case-by-case basis. 15.C.2 Foreign Nurse Exp …

Short-hour Nurses shall be eligible for progression to the next tenure step upon each Nurse’s annual anniversary date provided that she/he has accumulated at least one thousand (1,000) hours of work. In the case where a Nurse has not worked at least one thousand (1,000) hours during any anniversary year, progression to the next tenure step shall occur upon accumulation of one thousand (1,000) hours and a new tenure eligibility date shall be established. No Nurse shall advance more than one (1) tenure step during any anniversary year. 15.D.3

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 leave is exhausted. Industrial leaves will be granted for the term of disability as estimated and certified in writing by the physician. 21.E.6 Initial requests for leaves and requests for extensions must be submitted in writing to the employee’s supervisor, along with the physician’s written certification of disability. Leaves will be granted in increments up to ninety (90) days. 21.E.7 An employee on an Industrial Leave will receive Employer-Paid Health Plan, Dental Plan and Life Insurance Group coverage on the same basis as an active employee for a maximum of six (6) months after exhaustion of Employer-paid sick leave. The employee will continue to accrue paid time off benefits (e.g., sick leave) while her/his accumulated sick leave is integrated with Worker’s Compensation payments. Such benefits will cease to accrue when sick leave is exhausted. 21.E.8 During Ind …

Employees who have been continuously in service with the Employer for a period of one (1) year in a regular employee status shall annually be entitled to two (2) weeks vacation with pay. After the completion of six (6) months employment in a regular employee status an employee shall be entitled to prorated vacation credits which may be accrued. Employees who have been continuously in service with the Employer for a period of five (5) years as a regular employee shall annually be entitled to three (3) weeks vacation with pay. Employees who have been continuously in service with the Employer for a period of ten (10) years as a regular employee shall annually be entitled to four (4) weeks vacation with pay. Regular employees scheduled to work less than forty (40) hours per week shall receive prorated vacation entitlement as follows: less than five (5) years continuous service - 3.85 hours p …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 contribution plan as of that time, Credited Service will be modified based on the following: a. Up to three (3) additional years of credited service will be credited over the next three years (2006, 2007, 2008) for eligible participants who are under 60 years of age or have less than 20 years of vesting service, or both, as of January 1, 2006 as follows: All employees with 20 or more scheduled hours per week earn double credited service (based on actual hours) in 2006, 2007, and 2008. b. Three (3) years of credited service will be credited immediately for eligible participants who are both age 60 or older, and have 20 years or more of vesting service as of January 1, 2006. c. Eligible participants are employees who were employed as of November 1, 2003 and still employed October 1, 2005 and were not in the defined benefit plan immediately before November 1, 2003. 22.C …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 All tenure increases shall become effective at the beginning of the first (1st) full payroll period nearest the employee’s tenure increases eligibility date. 15.E. STANDBY PAY (see also Article 10, Section J) The following shall apply to Registered Nurses who are scheduled for standby off the Employer’s premises: 15.E.1 Employees on standby duty on days other than a recognized holiday shall be compensated at the rate of $4.75 per hour. Pay for standby duty on a recognized holiday shall be $11.88 per hour. There will be no deduction of the stand-by pay for hours worked and the applicable shift differential shall be paid. 15.E.2 Employees on standby duty who are called in to work on other than a recognized holiday shall be paid for the time worked at one and one-half (1- 1/2) their basic straight-time hourly rate. Employees on standby status who are called in to work o …

Sign-on Bonus – Hard to Recruit Nursing Position SUBJECT: Sign-On Bonus COVERAGE: Hard to Recruit Nursing Positions Policy Kaiser Permanente recognizes that there are sometimes difficulties in recruiting candidates for hard to fill positions. A hiring manager may offer the equivalent of one month base salary to a candidate for a “Hard to Recruit” position. In certain circumstances the hiring manager may increase the bonus amount to meet special needs. Practice 1. The position must have been designated by the hiring manager as “Hard to Recruit” and be coded for 20 hours a week or more. 2. Following hire, the employee may transfer to a second hard to recruit position during the one year period and still receive the bonus payment as long as both the sending and receiving supervisors approve this. 3. Employees may only receive the hiring bonus a maximum of every two years. An employee must h …

OFNHP – RN 2021-2025 hours are compensated for at overtime/premium rates under one provision, those same hours shall not be counted in determining overtime/premium pay under the same or any other provision. However, if more than one provision is applicable, the higher rate shall apply. 10.I.2 7/70 Schedule Employees Employees shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times the straight time hourly rate, including any shift differential, for all hours of work performed in excess of ten (10) hours in any twenty-four (24) workday and for all hours compensated in excess of (40) hours within the work week, except as provided in paragraph 1 in this section. All hours worked on the eighth (8th) consecutive day worked shall be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) except when there is a change of schedule agreed upon between the employee and the Employer and all hours worked o …