Probationary Period — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs

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 …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -60- separation. The Regular Nurse may be required to work as usual during the notice period, or may be given pay in lieu of notice, or may be required to work part of the notice period and be paid in lieu of working the remainder of the period. e. Except in serious cases warranting immediate discharge or when the discharge involves a failure to maintain commitment, a Relief Nurse discharged during the trial period of employment who has completed the first five hundred (500) hours of employment will receive a one (1) week notice of separation. The Relief Nurse will not be required to work during the notice period and is not eligible for pay in lieu of notice. f. A Relief Nurse discharged during the trial period for failure to maintain commitment pursuant to Section 14.11.1 will be advised of the termination by letter to their last known address. g. C …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -61- performance where they are considered unsatisfactory. Supervision shall then seek to work out a written plan with the Nurse, aimed at eliminating the performance problems and specifying what sort of improvement will be expected of them over the term of a defined probationary period not to exceed sixty (60) days in length, if supervision determines that a probationary period would be useful. The CRONA Nurse Advocate or a CRONA officer or officers designated by CRONA as the representative for the purposes of this paragraph will be notified when supervision determines that a Nurse may be placed on probation and at the Nurse’s request may be present at the meeting to discuss the probation. CRONA will inform the Employer in writing of the CRONA officers so designated within thirty (30) working days after execution of this agreement and thereafter wit …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -5- 5.3.2 No dues checkoff authorization shall be effective until thirty (30) days after CRONA has filed with the Employer’s Human Resources Department the certification which is signed and dated by CRONA’s President and Treasurer and states the amount of pay period dues uniformly required as a condition of membership. No service fee authorization shall be effective until thirty (30) days after CRONA has filed with the Employer’s Human Resources Department the certification which is signed and dated by CRONA’s President and Treasurer and states the amount of pay period service fee for administration of this Agreement. The certification previously filed shall be effective for the duration of this Agreement, unless CRONA files a new certification with the Employer at least thirty (30) calendar days in advance of a change in pay period dues or service f …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -37- 14.10 Performance Evaluation. Relief Nurses will be provided with an annual review. The Employer shall use reasonable efforts to schedule annual reviews for each Nurse once every twelve (12) months, except during the Nurse’s first year of employment. The performance evaluation process for Relief Nurses will be the same as for Regular Nurses. 14.11 Employment Commitment and Status. 14.11.1 a. Relief Nurses will be hired or transferred into one of the following categories: Limited Relief; “A” Relief; “B” Relief; or “C” Relief, as detailed below. Relief Nurses are required to make a written commitment of availability (as defined below), including an agreed evening and night shift commitment. b. Upon hire or transfer into a Relief position, a new Relief Nurse will be required to agree to work at least one-third (1/3) the applicable commitment on eve …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -36- 14.4.2 Regular Clinical Nurse IIs approved to move to Relief Nurse status without interruption of employment will retain their Clinical Nurse II status. In the event a Clinical Nurse III or IV requests and is approved to move to Relief Nurse status, the Clinical Nurse III or IV will retain their Clinical Nurse status if the Clinical Nurse continues to meet the eligibility criteria of the PNDP. Otherwise, the Nurse will be converted to Clinical Nurse II and placed on the same step on the Clinical Nurse II salary scale. 14.4.3 Relief Nurses who apply and are moved into full-time or part-time Regular Nurse status without interruption of employment will retain their Relief Nurse level and step. 14.4.4 Movement from Regular to Relief Nurse status does not affect Adjusted Hire Date. However, an “A” Relief Nurse or Limited Relief (who has not previousl …

5.1 Employees hired before October 3, 1991. All Nurses hired before October 3, 1991, may voluntarily remain or become members of CRONA or comply with the provisions of paragraph 5.2.1.a or 5.2.1.b, below. However, the Employer shall have no obligation to discharge or otherwise discipline any such Nurse who does not voluntarily choose to become a member of CRONA or comply with the provisions of 5.2.1.a or 5.2.1.b below. All Nurses hired before October 3, 1991 who are members of CRONA on the date of this Agreement shall remain members in good standing or comply with the provisions of 5.2.1 below. 5.2 Employees hired after October 3, 1991. It shall be a condition of employment that all Nurses hired on or after October 3, 1991, shall, within thirty (30) days after the beginning date of such employment, either become and remain members of CRONA or comply with the provisions of paragraph 5.2.1 …

6.1 New Hires 6.1.1 All newly hired Regular Clinical Nurses will serve a Trial Period of six (6) months, unless extended pursuant to Section 27 of this Agreement. During the trial period or extension thereof a Regular Clinical Nurse may be terminated at any time at the Employer’s sole discretion and the Employer’s discretion shall not be subject to review under any provision of this Agreement. 6.1.2 Current employees of the Employer who have completed a trial period and are newly hired into a Regular or Relief Clinical Nurse position will serve a six (6) month probation during which they can be terminated for just cause. If in the judgment of the Patient Care Manager, the Clinical Nurse is not meeting all the Clinical Nurse criteria at the end of the six (6) months but is making significant progress toward the Clinical Nurse criteria and overall job performance, the Patient Care Manager …