Meal Periods & Rest Breaks — Stanford Health Care RNs

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -40- 15.6 Transfers to Different Units or Areas. Relief Nurses are not eligible for transfer during the trial period of employment. If a Relief Clinical Nurse III or IV requests and receives a transfer, Section XV of the Professional Nurse Development Program will apply. 15.7 Movement to Regular Nurse Employment During the Trial Period. Trial period Relief Nurses who apply and are hired into Regular full-time or part-time Nurse status without interruption of employment retain their Relief Nurse level and step but will be required to serve the trial period specified in Section 6.1. of this Agreement. 15.8 Movement to Regular Nurse Employment After the Trial Period. Relief Nurses who have successfully completed the Relief Nurse trial period who apply and are hired into Regular full- time or part-time Clinical Nurse II status without interruption of empl …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -43- seek input from the Relief Nurse and respect the individual’s assessment of those skills. Relief Nurses who have been prescheduled to work are required to call in prior to the beginning of the scheduled shift to confirm that they are needed. Relief Nurses who fail to contact their unit pursuant to this subsection will not be eligible for report time pay. 15.14.2 Relief Nurses are expected to provide their availability including weekend and holiday commitment when applicable to the respective Schedule Planner according to the established cut-off dates for schedule planning. Availability must be provided up to the Relief Nurse’s full commitment. A Relief Nurse who is scheduled to work is expected to work unless canceled by the Employer. Failure of a prescheduled Relief Nurse to work will be considered a failure to keep commitment under 15.12.1. 15. …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -62- 28.3 Discipline. 28.3.1 During the Trial Period of Employment. a. All newly hired Regular Nurses will serve a trial period of six (6) months, with no more than one (1) extension of three (3) months. The extension must be by mutual agreement between CRONA and the Employer unless the trial period has been automatically extended pursuant to Section 6.1. During the trial period of employment a Nurse may be disciplined for conduct or performance which is deemed unacceptable by the Employer. A trial period Regular Nurse is not eligible to use the Grievance Procedure in Section 29. b. All newly hired Relief Nurses will serve a trial period. For “A” and “B” Relief Nurses the trial period shall commence on the first day of employment and extend until the date the Relief Nurse has actually worked one thousand (1,000) hours or twelve (12) months of employme …

15.1 Summary of Responsibilities. The Relief Nurse provides a per diem staffing resource to supplement the regular and part time staffing on Nursing Units. The Relief Nurse may be designated to act as Resource Nurse and is responsible for the delivery of coordinated Nursing care for a patient or a group of patients within a specified patient care unit. They perform the clinical related activities according to the respective assigned unit’s criteria. All terms and conditions for the Employer’s employment of Relief Nurses are set forth in this Section unless as otherwise expressly provided in another Section of this Agreement. 15.2 New Hires. All newly hired Relief Nurses will serve a trial period. After completion of no more than three (3) months of employment, the Employer will give the Relief Nurse an evaluation in writing if they are having difficulty in meeting expectations. This prov …

Between Stanford Health Care And CRONA Re: Combining of Rest Periods 2024 Section 18.5 of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) contains provisions regarding paid breaks (“rest breaks”) and unpaid meal breaks (“meal breaks”). The purpose of this Side Letter is to confirm the parties’ agreement to allow Nurses the option to voluntarily choose to combine their rest breaks, when combining is offered by a department, as follows: 1. Whether Nurses in a department will be provided the option to combine rest breaks under this Side Letter will be at the sole, non-grievable discretion of the department manager or director. 2. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph 6, below, should rest break combining be offered, such offer will be available to all Nurses with the same shift in the same department. 3. The Hospital will not require any Nurse to combine rest breaks. 4. In the even …

5. A Nurse who has chosen to combine their rest breaks and who does not want to participate in the rest break combining option on a prospective basis must notify their department manager or director in writing with at least 24-hour advance notice. If a Nurse revokes their participation in the rest break combining option, the Nurse can opt back into the rest break combining option at the start of the next pay period following written notice of the revocation to their department manager or director (or sooner, if the department manager or director agrees). 6. Even if a department manager or director approves offering Nurses in the department the option to combine their rest breaks, it may not always be feasible to permit combined rest breaks due to operational needs. In such cases, management will provide Nurses separate rest breaks and may offer Nurses the option to choose another alterna …

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 …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -63- 28.3.2 After the Trial Period of Employment. a. Discipline for Cause – Regular Nurses. Regular Nurses who have successfully completed the trial period of employment will not be disciplined except for just cause. Any discipline may be appealed by the Nurse under the provisions of Section 29. Except in serious cases warranting immediate discharge, Regular Nurses discharged after the trial period of employment will receive two (2) weeks notice of discharge. Regular Nurses may be required to work as usual during the two (2) weeks 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. b. Discipline for Cause – Relief Nurses. Relief Nurses who have successfully completed the trial period of employment will not be disciplined except for just cause. Any disci …