Fact-Finding & Investigatory Meetings — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -65- a. Representation at Grievance Meetings. A grievant may be assisted or represented by up to two (2) representatives of CRONA at any Step Three meeting, provided that no meeting will be delayed in order to obtain the presence of a second representative. In the event the Hospital intends to have more than two (2) representatives (not including a management witness, the management person alleged to have violated the Agreement, or the reviewing representative), it will notify CRONA in advance, and CRONA may have an equal number of representatives, provided that the meeting will not be delayed to obtain additional CRONA representatives. b. Representation at Investigatory Interview. When in the Employer’s judgment an investigatory meeting is called for prior to any decision to discipline a Nurse, the supervisor shall inform the Nurse of the purpose an …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -59- 27.2.2 Both the Nurse and CRONA shall cooperate with the Hospital during the scheduling of the investigatory interviews. The Nurse and a CRONA representative shall be available to attend the investigatory interviews within three (3) business days after the Hospital requests the investigatory interview. If the investigatory interview does not occur within this three (3) day period because either the Nurse or the CRONA representative is not available during this period, then the Nurse shall be on unpaid status until the investigatory interview is actually held. 27.2.3 If upon investigation the Hospital imposes a termination or a suspension longer than the period during which the Nurse was relieved of duty without pay, the Hospital shall not attempt to recoup any amount paid to the Nurse while they were relieved of duty, and all unpaid time when th …

27.1 Written Warning (excludes other Disciplinary Notices). 27.1.1 A written warning is provided primarily where previous verbal communications have been ineffective and the supervisor wishes to impress upon the Nurse the seriousness of a problem and/or more serious corrective action or discharge is not deemed warranted. If the Nurse’s supervisor is not a Registered Nurse, the assessment of the Nurse’s clinical skills shall be provided by a non-CRONA Nurse. The supervisor will advise the Nurse that they may request a CRONA representative at the meeting in which the written warning will be delivered. If a CRONA representative is requested to attend the meeting, the meeting must be held within three (3) business days of the date the supervisor notifies the Nurse of the disciplinary meeting, or within such additional time as is agreed to by the Employer. If the CRONA representative is not a …

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 -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 -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 …

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 -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 …