Probationary Period — Kaiser Permanente — Washington RNs & ARNPs

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 Employees in the following categories shall be subject to a six (6) month probationary period: (1) employees hired to work on a part-time basis at less than a 0.5 FTE; (2) nurse practitioners; and (3) employees hired as resident nurses. After completing the applicable probationary period, the employee shall be considered regular unless specifically advised by the Employer of an extended probationary period. In no event shall the probationary period exceed six (6) months. Prior to extending the probationary period, the employee shall receive a written evaluation. During the probationary period, an employee may be terminated without notice and without recourse to the grievance procedure. Probationary employees shall not be required to give two (2) weeks’ notice of intention to terminate. 5.2 Regular Full-Time Employee. For benefit purposes, a regular full-time employ …

5.13 WWA Seniority Defined. Seniority shall mean an employee’s continuous length of service as a registered nurse with the Employer from most recent date of regular hire. Seniority benefits shall not apply to an employee until completion of the required probationary period. Upon satisfactory completion of this probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from most recent date of regular hire. 5.14 Liaison Nurse Seniority Defined. Seniority shall be defined as time worked in the bargaining unit plus time worked in the job classification. For purposes of unit layoff, unit job posting and vacation scheduling, seniority shall be defined as the date of hire into the job classification. 5.15 EW Seniority Defined. Seniority shall mean an employee’s continuous length of service with the Employer from most recent date of regular hire. Seniority benefits shall not apply to an …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 and may request the assistance of an interpreter. Management will make a good faith effort to notify employees of the right to a representative and an interpreter. 6.4 Notice of Termination. Regular employees who have completed the required probationary period shall receive fourteen (14) days’ notice of termination or pay in lieu thereof (prorated for part-time employees) including any accrued Paid Time Off pay, except in cases of discharge for just cause. 6.5 Notice of Resignation. Regular employees shall be required to give at least fourteen (14) days’ written notice of resignation except that at least three (3) weeks’ notice in writing shall be required of employees working alternative periods such as every other week or every other weekend. Failure to give such notice shall result in loss of accrued fringe benefits. The Employer will give consideration to situa …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 calendar days after the date of hire. The Employer shall make newly hired employees aware of this requirement at the time of hire. Employees who fail to comply with this requirement shall be discharged by the Employer within thirty (30) calendar days after the receipt of written notice to the Employer from the Union, unless the employee fulfills the membership obligation set forth in this Agreement. Newly hired employees shall not be required to pay the Union’s initiation fee until after ninety (90) days of employment. 2.2 Religious Objection. Any employee who is a member of and adheres to established and traditional tenets or teachings of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to join or financially support the Union but, in the alterna …

I. All Registered Nurses assigned to work within a 7/70 staffing pattern have agreed to so work on a voluntary basis recognizing that it is a new and innovative staffing pattern within KFHPWA. a. Full-time Employee: A Registered Nurse who has completed the initial hiring probationary period and is regularly scheduled to work seventy (70) hours within two (2) consecutive seven- (7) day workweeks consisting of four (4) ten-hour days in one (1) workweek followed by three (3) ten- (10) hour days in the next work week. Such employee shall receive full benefits to include: medical, surgical, and hospital insurance, including Employer- paid dependent coverage, subject to co-payments and premiums as set forth in this Agreement; Employer-paid portion of life insurance when eligible; employee-paid accident insurance; dental insurance, Employer- paid to the extent designated in the KFHPWA/1199NW Em …

9.1 Holidays. The following holidays shall be granted with regular pay including shift differential: New Year’s Day Labor Day Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Thanksgiving Presidents’ Day Christmas Memorial Day Floating Holiday Independence Day The floating holiday will be scheduled off with the approval of supervision. New employees shall not be eligible to take the floating holiday until after six (6) months of continuous employment. Floating holidays must be taken in the same calendar year as an employee becomes eligible for the floating holiday. 9.2 Holiday During Paid Time Off. If a holiday falls during an employee’s Paid Time Off, the day will be charged as a holiday. 9.3 Holiday “Premium” Pay. Employees who work on the actual and/or observed holiday will receive 1.5x their regular rate of pay for all hours worked that day. When an actual holiday and observed holiday are two diffe …

5.16 NHS ARNP Seniority Defined. Seniority shall be defined as time worked in the bargaining unit plus time worked in the job classification. For purposes of unit layoff, unit job posting and vacation scheduling, seniority shall be defined as the date of hire into the job classification. 5.17 RN Care Management Spokane and Northwest District. Seniority shall be determined by the employee’s most recent date of hire as a RN. Seniority benefits shall not apply to an employee until completion of the required probationary period. Upon satisfactory completion of this probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from the most recent date of regular hire.

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 13.6.2 Order of Recall. As vacancies occur, employees will be recalled to available work in the order of the seniority providing skill; competence and ability are considered substantially equal in the judgment of the Employer. Subject to the above qualifications, an employee on layoff shall be offered reinstatement to vacant positions prior to any employees being newly hired and after any appropriate internal transfers as further set forth in this section. Employees regularly assigned to a specific unit, department or facility will be given preferential consideration for transfer to other shifts or positions in that unit, department or facility over all other employees except more senior employees returning from layoff status to their previous unit and shift or position and department/facility. If any offer of recall is accepted, the employee shall be deemed recall …