Retirement & Pension — Kaiser Permanente — Washington RNs & ARNPs

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 The Employer will continue in full force and effect its Defined Contribution Employee Retirement Plan (6.3% of eligible compensation including overtime). The Employer agrees not to reduce the current level of contributions during the term of this Agreement. This commitment does not apply to administrative changes that may occur to the plan. Except as provided in Section 12.4.4, the Employer agrees not to reduce the current level of retirement benefit defined in the Defined Benefit Plan during the term of this Agreement. This commitment does not apply to administrative (non-benefit) changes that may occur to the plan. 12.4.1 Retiree Medical Coverage. The Employer will offer its retiree medical plan coverage for eligible regular employees age fifty-five (55) or greater with twelve (12) years of continuous KFHPWA employment assigned a 0.75 FTE or greater. The premium …

12.1 Medical Insurance. Effective January 1, 2020, the Employer shall provide a medical plan for eligible regular, full-time and part-time employees assigned 0.5 FTE or greater, effective the first day of the month following of the date of hire into continuous eligible employment. As an exception to this Article, employees enrolled in the medical plan as of January 22, 2005 who are 0.26 - 0.49 FTE shall not lose eligibility for coverage during the term of this agreement. Provided however, that if such an employee’s FTE subsequently increases to 0.5 or above, the employee will become ineligible for coverage if their FTE later drops back below 0.5 FTE. The Employer shall also provide family member coverage for regular employees assigned a 0.75 FTE or greater, subject to the employee’s agreement to pay the required monthly premium cost share. Employees with a 0.5-0.74 FTE can enroll their e …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 transfer back in to a position covered by this Agreement within thirty (30) days of transfer), or d) who are current employees that have not entered the DB by ninety (90) days after ratification of this Agreement will not be eligible to participate (or recommence active participation) in the DB and, if otherwise eligible, they will be enrolled in the Defined Contribution Plan (DC), will not be eligible to participate (or recommence active participation) in the DB and, if otherwise eligible, they will be enrolled in the Defined Contribution Plan (DC). 2) Effective for Plan Years beginning on or after January 1, 2017: a) The calendar year hours requirement for pension accrual will be increased to five hundred (500) paid service hours. Credit for paid time where no services are provided (PTO, EIB, Holiday pay) is limited to five hundred one (501) consecutive hours in …

SEIU RN/ARNP 2023-2027 12.9 Child Bonding. The Employer shall provide child bonding leave for regular employees assigned 0.75 FTE or more with at least one (1) year of service. Child bonding leave is two (2) weeks of leave at the regular rate of pay, pro-rated for FTE, provided to parents of a newborn baby or a child newly placed for adoption. Child bonding leave must be completed within six (6) weeks of the child’s birth or placement for adoption and runs concurrently with other forms of leave an employee might be eligible for (such as FMLA, LTD). 12.10 Adoption Assistance. The Employer shall provide the standard adoption reimbursement benefit (currently up to two thousand dollars ($2000)) to help offset the costs of adopting a child for regular employees assigned 0.75 FTE or greater with at least one (1) year of continuous KFHPWA employment. 12.11 Eligibility Requirements. Participatio …

12.5 Worker’s Compensation. The Employer shall provide Worker’s Compensation Insurance for all employees. Upon completion of eighteen (18) months of regular employment, employees assigned a 0.75 FTE or more on a leave of absence due to an on-the-job injury shall continue to receive Employer-paid medical coverage for themselves and their eligible dependents for a period of up to six (6) months. 12.6 Life Insurance. The Employer shall provide life insurance for regular employees assigned 0.75 FTE or greater, effective the first of the month following one (1) month of continuous eligible employment. The Employer will provide a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) basic life insurance and a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) basic accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) during the term of this Agreement, subject to the specific terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements of the plan. The employee wi …

Staff and management on the work unit are responsible for developing a mutually agreeable notification process other than work email. The employer must notify the union and the union must consent to the alternative notification process. 6.2.1 Corrective Actions that are older than the following time periods shall not be considered when evaluating and selecting applicants for lateral transfers and/or promotions. • Level 3 & 4 – twelve (12) months Level 1 and 2 documents shall not be included when evaluating and selecting applicants for lateral transfers and/or promotions. 6.3 Discipline/Discharge for Just Cause. Discipline/Discharge shall be for just cause. Employees who have been discharged by the Employer shall be given a written statement of the cause of discharge within three (3) working days thereafter. Upon request by the employee, a copy of the notice will be sent to the Union. Eve …

Employer agrees to make contributions to the Fund, The Employer contribution to the Fund shall be an amount equal to one half of one percent (0.5 %) of the gross payroll of the RN/ARNP bargaining unit employees. Gross payroll shall be defined as the amount included on Box 5 of the W-2 form report of the Employer, excluding per diem/temporary part-time employees. Fund Contributions, Records and Collections. The Employer shall remit the Fund contributions required under this Article on a pay period basis, based upon the payroll for the previous pay period. Payments shall be due no later than thirty (30) days following the end of the pay period on which they are based. The Employer shall submit with the payment of such contributions, or at such other regular intervals as the trustees of the Fund may require, written reports as to the wages paid to employees and the contributions due or paya …

The committee will continue the work to develop a shared analysis and increased skills around issues of EID and racial justice through a joint learning process, which may include workshops from outside facilitators. This committee will meet every other month. Like other LMP committees, this committee will continue unless the parties mutually agree to sunset it. The parties will utilize jointly selected independent facilitators. All time for the committee will be paid time. The parties will seek funding from the LMP budget for committee work including facilitation and workshops. Any mutually agreed upon costs that are not covered in the LMP budget will be paid by the Employer. Workplans. The committee will discuss, analyze and evaluate the work conducted during the prior year, to prepare a workplan within three months of ratification. The group will present about their individual organiza …