Grievance Procedure & Deadlines — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -65- 29.3.2 Step Two – Submission of Formal Grievance. The grievance shall be submitted in writing to the Vice President of Patient Care within the time frames set forth in paragraph b. Timeliness below. The Vice President of Patient Care will submit a copy of the grievance to CRONA and to the Director of Employee and Labor Relations within two (2) working days from receipt of such grievance. a. Content of Formal Grievance. The formal grievance shall be signed and dated by the grievant or designated CRONA officer and shall contain a brief description of the action or inaction complained of, the Employer management representative, if known, who is believed to have taken the action or failed to act, the date the action occurred or should have occurred, the resolution desired, and the Section or Sections of the Agreement alleged to be involved. b. Timeli …

29.1 Purpose: The purpose of the procedures set forth herein is to provide the parties with an orderly means of resolving differences which may arise between them. The parties intend that the procedures set forth shall be in lieu of any other formal procedure established by the Employer for resolution of employee grievances and shall be the exclusive means for resolution of CRONA’s grievances against the Employer. 29.2 Grievances. 29.2.1 Only Nurses who have successfully completed the trial period of employment are eligible to use this grievance procedure, except that trial period Nurses may use this procedure for disputes over whether their paychecks are in accordance with the pay provisions of this Agreement, or whether they have been subjected to any discrimination of the type described in Section 2. 29.2.2 A formal grievance is a written claim by a Nurse or CRONA concerning a Nurse’s …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -66- Director of Employee and Labor Relations with a copy to the Vice President of Patient Care Services. CRONA or its representatives shall contact the Employer’s representative to initiate selection of a mediator or arbitrator within fourteen (14) calendar days of its referral of the grievance to mediation or arbitration. 29.3.4 Step Four (Optional) – Mediation. a. As specified above, CRONA may request that the grievance be submitted to mediation, which shall be subject to agreement by the Employer. Within seven (7) days of CRONA’s request to submit to mediation, the Employer shall inform the Union in writing whether the Employer is agreeing to mediation. If the Employer does not agree to mediation or fails to respond on a timely basis, the grievance shall instead be submitted to arbitration, as provided in Section 29.2.5, below. b. If CRONA and the …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -68- delayed to obtain the presence of a second CRONA representative. If the Nurse requests the presence of a CRONA representative, the meeting shall occur within three (3) business days of the Employer’s request for the investigatory meeting. If the Nurse requests representation and if the Hospital intends to have more than two (2) representatives (not including a management witness), the Hospital 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. CRONA and the Employer, with advance notice to the other party, may each invite a trainee to observe, but not participate in, an investigatory meeting, and such trainee shall not count toward the number of representatives provided for herein. For purposes of the advance notice, the Empl …

COMPENSATION 7.1 Salary Placement. 7.1.1 Regular Clinical Nurse I will be hired at the Regular Clinical Nurse I (Step 1) rate. After six (6) months, provided performance is satisfactory, the Regular Clinical Nurse will move to the Regular Clinical Nurse II, step 2 rate. Thereafter, step increases will occur effective the pay period during which the step increase date occurs in accordance with applicable procedures of Section 7.1.2. (Salary step progression for Relief Nurses is specified in Section 15.) 7.1.2 Salary step increases for Steps 3 through 6 shall occur each year effective the pay period during which the Regular Nurse’s step increase date occurs, providing performance is satisfactory. Regular Nurses will progress to Step 7 upon two (2) years completed at Step 6, provided performance is satisfactory. The Employer will initiate payroll action for salary step increases on a timely …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -9- Step 10: After 20 years of continuous Employer service (this will not be effective until the Nurse has met the requirements of Step 7). Step 11: After 25 years of continuous Employer service (this will not be effective until the Nurse has met the requirements of Step 7). Step 12: After 30 years of continuous Employer service (this will not be effective until the Nurse has met the requirements of Step 7). The longevity step increases for Steps 7 through 12 for eligible Nurses shall occur at the beginning of the pay period in which the Adjusted Hire Date falls. 7.1.4 There shall be no adjustment of the step increase date as a result of any interim evaluation or change in Regular Nurse classification. Definitions of qualifications of Regular Nurse classifications (experience, educational preparation, ability, etc.) shall be in accord with classificat …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -67- submissions shall state the issue or issues and the specific Section or Sections of this Agreement which the arbitrator is to interpret or apply. c. Resolution. (1) After such hearing the arbitrator shall render as soon as possible a decision which shall be final and binding on all parties. (2) The arbitrator shall have no power to add to, subtract from, alter, modify or amend any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement. (3) The arbitrator’s authority to award monetary damages shall be limited to compensatory damages. d. Expense. The cost of compensation and expenses of the arbitrator, including the cost of a transcript unless a transcript is waived by mutual agreement of the parties and the arbitrator, shall be divided equally between the parties. However, each party shall bear its own expenses of representation and witnesses. e. Expedited …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -69- 29.3.8 Grievance Pending. Grievances filed prior to the effective date of the current Agreement shall be heard under the terms and procedures set forth in the prior Agreement. 29.3.9 Informal Settlement Discussions. CRONA or the Employer may attempt to resolve a grievance at any time or at any level through informal settlement discussions. Such discussions shall in no way interfere with the grievance procedure nor require the participation of the grieving Nurse. All such discussions shall be treated as confidential and shall not be used as evidence for or against any position in any subsequent arbitration. No adjustment of a grievance through such discussions shall conflict with or supersede the terms of this Agreement or serve as precedent for the settlement of any other grievances filed under this Agreement.