Education Leave & Tuition — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -32- 13.3 Reimbursement. 13.3.1 The Employer will pay tuition for courses taken for credit (including Home Study), certification exams and certification renewals completed by eligible Nurses according to the Program, Course and/or Exam qualifications and reimbursement procedures in the Employer’s Reimbursement Policy. Individuals must show proof of purchase, registration, attendance or completion of courses to receive reimbursement within ninety (90) calendar days of the final date of the course(s). Failure to submit paperwork before the defined time limit will result in non-reimbursement. If extenuating circumstances occur which are determined to be beyond the Nurse’s control, e.g., grade record or canceled check has not been returned, the Center for Nursing Excellence must be informed in writing before the end of the ninety (90) calendar day limit. …

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 -34- 13.5.5 No Accumulation. Educational hours not used in a particular year may not be accumulated for use in the following year, except that, if educational hours have been denied in a particular year, then up to sixteen (16) hours may be carried over to the following year. 13.6 Educational Training and Classes Required by the Employer. a. The Employer will pay all Nurses (including Nurses not eligible to participate in the Educational Assistance and Professional Enrichment program) for the time spent and expenses incurred by the Nurse on educational training and classes that are required by the Employer, in accordance with applicable law and subject to advance approval of the Nurse’s manager. 1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Employer will not pay the costs of fees, materials, and other expenses for any Nurse if the training and classes and re …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -33- 1. For the contract period, the dates inclusive of the academic year, for which a Regular Nurse will be able to use their education hours, are as follows: 2025/2026: August 31, 2025 through August 29, 2026 2026/2027: August 30, 2026 through August 28, 2027 2027/2028: August 29, 2027 through August 26, 2028 2. For the current 2024 – 2025 academic year, Nurses still have the ability to use Education Hours through August 30, 2025. b. Mandatory hours of on-call will accrue tuition reimbursement dollars and education hours at 1/2 time. These mandatory on-call hours count towards total commitment for purposes of calculating tuition reimbursement and education hours only. (For example, 24 hours of mandatory on-call equals 12 hours counted toward commitment.) 13.5.2 Procedure. a. The Employer shall schedule educational hours in accordance with scheduled …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -49- 18.8.2 A Regular Nurse who is granted a leave of absence will be informed on the Leave of Absence Request and Authorization the dates of the Leave, benefit limitations, insurance procedures, and the requirements for and the conditions under which the Nurse may return to work. 18.8.3 At the discretion of the Nurse’s Manager it is not necessary for a Regular Nurse to completely exhaust PTO before a personal leave is granted. 18.9 A Regular Nurse shall not forfeit any accrued benefits during an authorized leave of absence, or accrue any benefits during such leave. A Regular Nurse’s Adjusted Hire Date will be changed for a leave of absence of more than six (6) months, except as provided in 18.10, below. 18.10 Subject to the terms and conditions established by the Employer’s insurance plans, Regular Nurses on authorized Medical leave of absence or St …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -47- Letter signed by the Regular Nurse’s personal physician. A clearance must be obtained by the employee from Occupational Health Services, or from another entity the Employer has informed the Nurse is responsible for providing clearance, for work related injury and illness, or infectious disease prior to return to work. At the discretion of the employee’s supervisor an authorization for return to work may be required for other injury or illness prior to the employee’s return to work. The Nurse cannot return to work until cleared in accordance with the above. 18.3.4 Pregnancy Related Disability Leave. All female Regular Nurses covered by this Agreement are eligible for pregnancy related disability leave. The leave is granted at the request of the Regular Nurse, for the period of time during which they are incapable of performing their job because o …

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 …

13.1 Purpose. 13.1.1 To encourage and assist eligible Nurses in increasing their effectiveness in performing the duties of their present jobs and to increase their knowledge and effectiveness as Registered Nurses at the Employer. 13.1.2 To recognize and support according to the terms set forth below the ongoing need for continuing education for many Nurses as part of maintaining licensure or certification required by the Employer. 13.2 Eligibility. 13.2.1 Regular full-time and part-time Nurses and “C” Relief Status Nurses who have completed their trial period are eligible to participate in this program. Nurses on leave of absence are not authorized to take any training or class and will not receive pay for time they spend attending any such training or class and are not eligible for expense reimbursement under this section. A Nurse must maintain an eligible status throughout the entire c …