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Bereavement Leave — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs
What the CRONA agreement (Apr 2025 – Mar 2028) actually says, excerpted from the contract with page citations.
18.1 Eligibility. Regular Nurses covered by this Agreement who have successfully completed the trial period and who expect to be absent for family, personal, medical (including pregnancy related disability), military, or educational reasons are eligible to apply for a leave of absence. Requests for review of leaves of absence by trial period Regular Nurses will be considered by the Employer on a case by case basis. Granting or denying such requests shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer unless otherwise required by law and not otherwise reviewable under the terms of the Agreement. A granting of a leave to a Regular Nurse in the trial period shall be considered as an automatic extension of the trial period for the period of leave granted. If an approved leave of absence is granted for a period that is less than seven (7) days and the absence exceeds seven (7) days, a leave of abs …
LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -48- 18.4.1 Personal – One-hundred eighty (180) days with a possible one-hundred eighty (180) day extension. 18.4.2 Educational – One (1) calendar year. 18.4.3 Military – A leave will be granted in accordance with federal law. 18.4.4 State and Federal Family and Medical Leave – As required by Federal and State laws. 18.4.5 Medical (including pregnancy related disability) – Up to one-hundred eighty (180) days. A personal leave of absence may be requested up to an additional one-hundred eighty (180) days. 18.4.6 Parental leave – One-hundred eighty (180) days. 18.5 Combinations of Leaves of Absences. Excluding military and educational leaves of absence, no combination of leaves shall be granted within any three hundred sixty-five (365) day period, measured from the first day of the first such leave, which considered together exceed one hundred eighty (1 …
LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -50- Holiday 8-Hour Shifts 12-Hour Shifts (A) Thanksgiving Eve Thanksgiving 11 p.m. - 7 a.m. 7 a.m.- 3 p.m. 3 p.m.-11 p.m. 7 p.m.-7 a.m. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (B) Christmas Eve Christmas Day 3 p.m.-11 p.m. 11 p.m.-7 a.m. 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 3 p.m.-11 p.m. 7 p.m.-7 a.m. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. (C) New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day 3 p.m.-11 p.m. 11 p.m.-7 a.m. 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 7 p.m.-7 a.m. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 19.1.1 No more often than once every calendar year and before July 1st, each unit has the option to vote on whether Thanksgiving (A) or New Year’s (C) will be the excluded holiday for that year, with the other two holidays being the designated holidays. Such a vote may be requested by any Nurse on the unit by making a written request to the unit manager on or before June 15th, and the vote will be held by July 1st. The unit manager shall conduct the vote among the Nurses assigned t …
LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -46- relatedness of any particular education program is to be determined by the definitions set forth in Section 13 of this Agreement. b. Regular Nurses who have satisfactorily completed one (1) year of regular full- time employment, or eighteen (18) months of part- time employment of at least 0.5 time, or eighteen (18) months of combined full-time and part-time employment of at least 0.5 time, are eligible to apply for educational leave. c. Educational leave must be approved by the Nurse’s supervisor and the Vice President of Patient Care. d. If an educational leave of absence exceeds one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days, the Regular Nurse’s hire and review dates will be adjusted forward for the entire period of unpaid time off which exceeds one-hundred eighty (180) calendar days. 18.3.2 State and Federal Family and Medical Leave. Nurses who have …
LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -21- after the thirty-one (31) day period, a statement of Physical Condition Form is required and must be approved by the insurance company. If approved, coverage begins on the date determined by the insurance company and appropriate payroll deductions will be made. 8.10 Supplemental Short Term Disability Insurance. Regular Nurses and eligible Relief Nurses as specified in Section 14 are eligible to purchase supplemental short term disability insurance within 31 days of hire. The short term disability plan pays sixty (60%) percent of the pre-disability base wage rate to a maximum weekly benefit of $1,846 less disability payments from any state- mandated disability plan and Social Security, less any other employment earnings. Effective January 1, 2023, the maximum weekly benefit shall be increased to $3,000, subject to the same terms and conditions as …
LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -63- conducted no more than fourteen (14) calendar days after the date of referral by the Vice President, Patient Care Services, provided CRONA representatives are available and provided further that the parties may agree to extend the time period to a mutually convenient date. b. Resolution. The reviewing Employer representative shall present a written determination on the grievance with copies to the grievant and CRONA, and the Vice President of Human Resources, within fifteen (15) working days after the review meeting unless mutually extended. The determination shall state the specific reasons for the decision either to grant or deny the grievance. c. If CRONA does not accept the Step Three determination then within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of the determination, CRONA may refer the issue to mediation or arbitration, as described below, …
2022 Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford and CRONA have agreed as follows: 1. The Hospital shall not change the points definitions in Sections III(C) and (D) or Section V(B)(“Standards – Including Adjustments for FTE Commitment and Length of Shift Differences”) of the Hospital’s Attendance Policy provided, however, that the parties have agreed to changes to the Attendance Policy provided to CRONA by the Hospital on March 22, 2019; and 2. In conjunction with their 2016 – 2019 negotiations, the Hospital proposed changes to its current Staffing: Pre-Approved Vacation, Pre-Approved Education Days, Staffing: Schedule Planning and Maintenance, Staffing: Nursing Scheduling, and Ambulatory Care: Clinic Staff Scheduling policies, and CRONA commented and proposed revisions. The Hospital has agreed to adopt the revised policies, pursuant to its standard protocols related to the ad …
2023 Section 19 governs when Holiday Premium Pay is due for the Winter Holidays. The Employer and CRONA agree to the following method for determining when Holiday Premium Pay is due under Section 7.9 for holidays other than the Winter Holidays. This Side Letter documents the parties’ consistent past practices and interpretation. 1. Day Shifts. A Nurse will receive holiday premium pay for the full shift for a day shift beginning on a holiday. 2. Evening Shifts. A Nurse will receive holiday premium pay for the full shift for an evening shift beginning on a holiday. An evening shift, as defined in Section 7.5.2, is a scheduled shift where the majority of hours occur after 2:00 p.m. 3. Night Shifts. A Nurse will receive holiday premium pay for the full shift for a night shift beginning on the calendar date before a holiday and continuing into the holiday. A Nurse will not receive holiday pre …
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