Leaves of Absence — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -52- 19.5 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 (180) days unless a personal leave of absence extension of up to six (6) months is granted at the sole discretion of the Regular Nurse’s supervisor with the approval of the Vice President of Patient Care. Regular Nurses with fifteen (15) years or more of service shall be granted an additional thirty (30) days of medical leave if the Nurse’s evaluations have been satisfactory and there are no corrective actions in the Nurse’s personnel file. 19.6 Reinstatement Rights. 19.6.1 In the case of State and Federal Family and Medical leaves of absence, Medical, pre …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -51- 19.3.4 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 of medical disability resulting from pregnancy, delivery, or post-childbirth recovery. The Regular Nurse may take the leave without pay or use accrued PTO during any waiting period before ESL or state Disability becomes available, and may use PTO for any period after ESL is exhausted, or integrated with any State Disability income received, not to exceed the Regular Nurse’s normal pay. The leave may be as long as six (6) months when a verified disability exists. If the Nurse remains disabled following the end date of the leave the situation will be treated as …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -50- 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. 19.3.2 State and Federal Family and Medical Leave. Nurses who have been employed by Stanford Health Care for at least twelve (12) months and have worked for the Employer at least twelve hundred fifty (1250) hours during the previous twelve (12) months are eligible for Family/Medical Leave in accordance with State and Federal laws: • birth of the employee’s child; • the placement of a child with the employee as a result of adoption or foster care; • the care of a spouse, domestic partner, child or pare …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -53- 19.10 Subject to the terms and conditions established by the Employer’s insurance plans, Regular Nurses on authorized Medical leave of absence or on State and Federal Family and Medical leaves of absence and who have Employer-paid premiums under the Employer’s Group Medical, Dental, and Basic Life Insurance, described in Section 9, will continue to have such group coverage premiums paid by the Employer if they continue to pay employee contributions. Regular Nurses on any other authorized leave do not receive Employer contributions but may pay the entire required premium for continuous group coverage for themselves, their spouse/domestic partner and dependents. The Regular Nurse may arrange for continued coverage by making monthly premium payments through the Benefits Office, subject to the terms and conditions established by the Employer’s insura …

19.1 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 …

Between Stanford Health Care And CRONA Re Temporary Relief Position While Pursuing Education 2019 A. Purpose. The purpose of this Side Letter is to provide eligible Nurses the opportunity to move to a Relief B position temporarily to allow them to pursue a BSN or MSN degree while continuing to work at the Employer. B. Eligibility and Qualifications. All 0.8 time or more Regular Nurses with five (5) or more years of continuous service with the Employer and who are enrolled in an accredited educational program culminating in a BSN or MSN degree are eligible to request a temporary Relief B position and to apply for a posted temporary Relief B position under this Side Letter. C. Number of Temporary Relief Positions. In each unit with at least ten (10) Regular Nurses, one temporary Relief Nurse position will be made available under this Side Letter, with one (1) additional temporary Relief Nu …

36.1 The Employer shall be responsible for and shall maintain reasonable provisions for the health, welfare and safety of Nurses. CRONA recognizes the duty of employees, and shall encourage employees, to cooperate with the Employer by complying with the Employer’s health and safety rules and regulations and utilizing personal efforts for the prevention of accidents or illnesses to employees. CRONA may make recommendations and suggestions concerning ways to improve safety conditions (including at parking locations used by Nurses) pursuant to Section 32, and shall use best efforts to place such recommendations and suggestions on the Joint Conference agenda in advance of Joint Conference meetings. For this purpose the Employer will notify CRONA of work-incurred injuries within the bargaining unit and provide copies of accident reports of such injuries on request. 36.2 The Employer recognize …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -58- pursuant to Section 23.1.2, the Employer may (but is not required to) re-post the position as a full-time position, pursuant to the provisions of Section 23 (Vacancies and Internal Transfers). This provision (Section 24.2) shall not apply to units with either fewer than five (5) Regular Nurses or in which more than forty percent (40%) of the headcount of Regular Nurses consists of regular part time positions. This provision (Section 24.2) shall not apply to a unit with five (5) to nine (9) Regular Nurses that has two (2) or more Regular Nurses in part time positions. For example, a unit with six (6) Regular Nurses, two of whom are part time Nurses, shall not be required by this provision to re-post a part time position if only one of the part time Nurses leaves their position. 24.3 The Hospital has an interest in staffing its units (including cli …