Retirement & Pension — Lucile Packard Children's Hospital RNs

11.1 The Employer Retirement Plan. 11.1.1 Retirement Plan. The Employer’s Retirement Plan for eligible Nurses covered by this Agreement is described herein. It is understood that the description does not purport to recite completely the coverage, eligibility requirements, carrier or other details. In the event the Employer makes changes which include improvements for unrepresented employees in the Employer’s Retirement Plan which is common to both the CRONA unit and such unrepresented employees, CRONA will be offered the opportunity to accept those changes; provided that CRONA’s acceptance is given in writing and is based on the changes in their entirety. 11.1.2 The Employer will make regular deposits as set forth in 11.1.3.c. below with the Section 403(b) custodian. The Employer will make regular deposits as soon as practicable after payday, but within no more than seven (7) days, excep …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -30- eligible earnings. Eligibility will begin the pay period following the date on which the Regular Nurse reaches fifteen (15) years of retirement eligible service. 2. Effective at the start of the payroll period after June 6, 2011, the Employer will match the voluntary contribution of a Regular Nurse with ten (10) years of retirement eligible service up to five percent (5%) of pension-eligible earnings. 3. Effective January 1, 2017, the Employer will match the voluntary contribution of a Regular Nurse with between five (5) and ten (10) years of retirement eligible service up to five percent (5%) of pension-eligible earnings, and the Employer will match the voluntary contribution of a Regular Nurse with ten (10) or more years of retirement eligible service up to seven percent (7%) of pension-eligible earnings. 4. Effective the first pay period of 2 …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -110- have 80 paid hours each pay period and an Affected Nurse Coordinator with less than 1.0 FTE will have a pro rata amount of paid hours each pay period during the relevant period. 7. Benefits. Current Nurse Coordinators will maintain their current medical, dental, vision, and other annual benefits plans for the 2024 plan year (consistent with their benefit eligibility) until their benefits switch to the CRONA-represented benefits as set forth in this paragraph. The Employer will provide an open enrollment period for CRONA-represented benefits for Nurse Coordinators beginning on the Effective Date and lasting at least 31 days, during which the Nurse Coordinators will receive the same information and participate in open enrollment on the same terms as other CRONA-represented Nurses for 2024 benefits. The 2024 CRONA-represented benefits will then ta …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -19- time, provided that such changes shall not involve distinction based upon membership or non-membership in CRONA. This coverage is provided to all Nurses covered by this Agreement except that specific eligibility requirements for Relief Nurses are set forth in Section 14.12.6. b. For health plans currently in effect, increases in the employee’s contribution cannot be greater than the percentage increase in the premium of that plan. c. Unless precluded by law, the Employer shall provide at least one plan option for self, spouse/eligible domestic partner, children, and family coverage that includes a Health Savings Account (“HSA”) or other similar account that is owned by the enrolled Nurse and rolls over from year to year (the “HSA Plan”). The HSA Plan shall have no more than the minimum deductible(s) required by law. d. For all medical plans, cov …

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 …

BENEFITS 8.1 Eligibility. All Nurses covered by this Agreement are eligible to participate in the benefit programs enumerated in this Section as the terms for the programs are set forth below, provided that the Nurse meets the eligibility requirements for each plan. The Employer may alter the criteria for eligibility provided that no Nurse who is eligible for a benefit upon the execution of this Agreement becomes ineligible because of the changes. Specific eligibility requirements for Relief Nurses are set forth in Section 14 of this Agreement. 8.2 Changes in Employer Provided Benefits. The Employer shall have the right to alter the benefits or carrier of any of the plans enumerated in this Section. Sixty (60) days prior to the implementation of any such changes the Employer shall notify CRONA of any such proposed changes and shall provide, in Excel or a similar electronic format, to CRO …

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -31- 11.2 Tax-Deferred Annuity Program. The Employer provides the opportunity for all Nurses covered by this Agreement to contribute up to the allowable limit of earnings to the Employer’s Tax-Deferred Annuity Plan, under IRS Regulation 403(b).

LPCH/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -68- equipment and technology, the complexity of clinical judgment needed to design, implement and evaluate the patient care plan, the ability for self-care, and the licensure of the personnel required for care. If, considering the factors identified in the preceding sentence, staffing is assigned in excess of the state-prescribed ratios, such assigned staffing shall be maintained during meal periods and rest breaks. 32.3 Staffing Plans. 32.3.1 Each unit shall maintain a staffing plan that is compliant with applicable law and based on patient care needs as determined by the patient classification system provided in Section 32.1. The unit or area’s staffing plan shall be available to the Nurses on that unit in electronic form and in hard copy. The staffing plan shall be developed and implemented for each patient care unit or area of practice and shall …