Overtime Rules — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -13- 7.6 Overtime Compensation. 7.6.1 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, Nurses will be paid overtime as follows: a. For Nurses regularly assigned to work twelve (12) hour shifts, overtime will be paid for all hours worked in excess of twelve (12) in the work day at the rate of two times (2x) the Nurse’s regular rate; b. For Nurses regularly assigned to work shifts of eight (8) or more hours, but less than twelve (12) hours, overtime premium will be paid for all hours worked in the work day in excess of the regularly scheduled shift (e.g. 8, 9, 10, or 11) up to twelve (12) total hours worked at the rate of one and one half (1½) times the Nurse’s regular rate, and for all hours worked in the work day in excess of twelve (12) hours at the rate of two times (2x) the Nurse’s regular rate; c. Nurses will also be paid overtime premium for all …

If, during a pay period, a Nurse has already performed mandated overtime and the Nurse is subsequently mandated by the Employer to perform additional overtime during the same pay period, the mandated overtime hours worked on the second occasion and all subsequent mandated hours of overtime worked during the pay period shall be compensated at two times (2X) the Nurse’s regular rate of pay if the overtime would otherwise be at time and one-half (I-I/2X), or at double time and one-half (2-1/2X) of the Nurse’s regular rate if the overtime would otherwise be at double time (2X). In order for the overtime to be “mandated” or “mandatory,” the Nurse must have refused in writing to take the assignment, and thereafter been directed to do so by the Employer. Overtime at the end of the Nurse’s shift of up to one hour to complete a procedure, to complete charting or report, or otherwise to finish the …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -26- accrual will cease until the Nurse utilizes PTO hours and reduces the accrual to below five hundred twenty (520) hours. As an exception, if a Nurse who accrues a balance of four hundred eighty (480) hours of PTO has made three (3) or more attempts within a calendar year to schedule PTO in advance, in writing and in accordance with departmental procedures, including alternative date requests, and all of the Nurse’s requests for PTO within that same calendar year were denied, then upon the Nurse’s prompt request, he/she will be granted PTO in an amount equal to the greatest amount of PTO requested in any one of the previously denied requests, up to eighty (80) hours. The PTO will be granted within ninety (90) days, but at a time consistent with operational needs to the extent possible, and not during the period between December 10th and January 5t …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -14- 7.7 On-Call System. On-Call is not considered to be hours worked. The Nurse is not required to remain on the Employer premises or any other particular place, but is required to leave word where they may be reached by telephone or beeper. The Employer will compensate a Nurse on on-call at one-half the hourly base wage rate for scheduled on-call hours. If a Nurse is called into work while on on-call status, they will be paid at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the regular hourly rate of pay for actual hours worked and will be guaranteed a minimum of two (2) hours’ pay at this rate, unless, with supervision’s approval, the Nurse wishes to return to their home to resume on-call status. A Nurse called in to work under this paragraph will be compensated according to subsection 7.6 for any overtime hours worked. 7.7.1 Sleep Room. The Employer s …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -12- c. Weekend Shift. see Section 16.1. 7.5.3 Payment. A differential of ten percent (10%) will be added to the base wage rate for all regularly scheduled “evening” shifts worked; a differential of eighteen percent (18%) will be added to the base wage rate for all regularly scheduled “night” shifts worked. 7.5.4 Weekend Differential. Effective May 22, 2016, any Nurse working on a weekend will receive a differential of $3.00 per hour. Effective July 10, 2022, the weekend differential shall be paid as follows: Any Nurse assigned to work on a weekend will receive a differential based upon five percent (5%) of the Nurse’s base wage rate. 7.5.5 Additional Weekend Incentive Differential. If a Regular Nurse is required to work more than four (4) weekend shifts in a schedule period, they will receive a differential of Five Dollars ($5.00) per hour (in lieu …

9.1 Paid Time Off (PTO). 9.1.1 Purpose and Rate of Pay. Paid Time Off (PTO) allows individual flexibility in time off, subject to the Employer’s reserved right to determine scheduling and ensure the continuity of patient care. PTO compensates Regular Nurses at their hourly base wage rate of pay when they are absent from work for such purposes as vacation, illness, holidays, family emergencies, religious observances, preventive health and dental care, and other approved elective absences. A Regular Nurse permanently assigned to evenings or nights at the time of payment will receive a full shift differential. See Section 7.5.7. 9.1.2 Eligibility. All Regular Nurses (excludes Relief) who are categorized as regular or trial period, whether full-time or part-time, are eligible for PTO. 9.1.3 Accrual. a. PTO is accrued on the basis of paid hours, on a maximum of eighty (80) hours in a pay peri …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -15- overtime hours worked the previous day. A Nurse who is scheduled for and works a twelve (12) hour shift who is requested to work prior to the normal start time of their assigned shift will be paid at double time for all early hours worked. 7.9 Holiday Premium. Nurses required to work on any of the following holidays will be paid 1 1/2 times the regular hourly rate of pay including any applicable shift differential for all time worked: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. In addition to the 1 1/2 times pay, the Regular Nurse may claim eight (8) hours of accrued PTO to be paid at the hourly base wage rate plus shift differential if applicable in accordance with Section 7.5.6. 7.10 Staff and Committee Mee …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -24- Accrual Rates for Full-Time 12-hour shift Nurse Years of Service Time Accrued Per Hour Worked Projected Annual Hours For Full-Time 12-Hr Employee Projected Annual Days For Full-Time 12-Hr Employee First year of employment .1000 187.2 15.6 2nd through 3rd year .1193 223.33 18.6 4th through 9th year .1385 259.27 21.6 10th & subsequent years .1500 280.80 23.4 9.1.4 Use of PTO. a. PTO may be used as soon as it is earned. PTO may not be used in advance and may not be used on regularly scheduled days off. All PTO hours will be taken in the same manner as the Nurse is normally scheduled to work: e.g., In 8 hour increments for 8 hour shifts, and in 12 hour increments for 12 hour shifts. b. PTO, as with all other time off such as absent time, must, except in unusual circumstances, be requested in writing in advance of the time off desired, and approved i …