Probationary Period — Stanford Health Care RNs

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 …

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 …

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 28 of this Agreement except current employees who have already served a trial period. 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 Nurs …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -4- contribution toward the administration of this Agreement in an amount equal to the regular dues of CRONA; or b. If such Nurse’s choice is based upon religious reasons, to contribute in a manner agreeable to CRONA an amount equal to the regular dues of CRONA to a non-religious charity agreed to by CRONA. CRONA agrees that it will not unreasonably withhold its agreement as to the manner of such payments or the identity of any such charity. 5.2.2 Any Nurse who falls within the provisions of 5.2.1 and who fails to comply with the provisions of such paragraph shall, upon notice of such failure in writing from CRONA to the Employer and after counseling of such Nurse by the Employer and CRONA, be discharged or allowed to resign by the Employer no later than fifteen (15) days following receipt of written request from CRONA to terminate such Nurse. 5.3 Pay …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -7- c. The Employer may determine, at its sole discretion, that the Regular Clinical Nurse be transferred (to be restricted to one transfer) to a more suitable position. If a transfer is deemed appropriate, the trial period will be extended pursuant to Section 28 up to a maximum of three (3) months. The Regular Clinical Nurse will be evaluated at the end of the extension period and if the Employer determines that performance is still unsatisfactory, terminated. 6.2 Transfers After Completion of Trial Period - Regular and Relief. 6.2.1 A Nurse of the Hospital who has completed the trial period shall be eligible for transfer to a position represented under this Agreement. Such transfer shall be in accordance with applicable transfer procedures of this Agreement. A Nurse who transfers to a position represented under this Agreement shall maintain their ad …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -26- coverage shall not result in premium pay for the Nurse who has agreed to work the shift in question. g. PTO shall be granted to Regular Nurses having Herpes who are assigned to specialty units (Delivery Room, Nurseries), and cannot be utilized in other areas. h. Nurses not allowed to work because of on-the-job exposure to a communicable disease are entitled to be compensated under the terms of the workers’ compensation policy provided by the Employer for the duration of the incubation period or until such time that the Employer determines is appropriate for protecting the health and safety of the Nurse, coworkers- workers, and patients. Accrued PTO may be used during the waiting period for workers’ compensation until the Regular Nurse becomes eligible for ESL, and may be used to supplement any such workers’ compensation payments to equal the Nurs …

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 …

SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -54- the Holiday Shifts on Christmas and Christmas Eve pursuant to this provision shall be available to be assigned to work on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, and vice versa. For purposes of this provision, the Holiday Shifts are the shifts occurring during the 48-hour period commencing with the start of the Nurse’s shift on the day before each holiday (i.e., Christmas Day or New Year’s Day). 20.2 It shall be the responsibility of the Regular Nurse to request, according to established departmental policy, their preference with regard to this holiday time, including choice of holiday and whether it should be scheduled as a regular day off or PTO time. If it is not feasible to grant the holiday as a day off, PTO or “A” time shall be used. 20.3 The Employer shall, on the basis of the Employer’s needs, decide which of the holidays shall be granted. 20. …