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What the CRONA agreement (Apr 2025 – Mar 2028) actually says, excerpted from the contract with page citations.

Shifts And Shift Rotation – Regular Nursesp. 59
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -47- 18.4 Schedules will be posted for four (4) week periods. These schedules will be posted at least three (3) weeks (which includes the day of the posting) prior to the beginning of the next schedule. The Employer will make a good faith effort to post the Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year’s schedules at least four (4) weeks in advance of the schedule period. The posted schedule shall reflect when a Nurse is scheduled to work over the Nurse’s minimum regular commitment. 18.5 Breaks. The Employer provides paid breaks and unpaid meal breaks as follows: Shift Breaks Four (4) – Six (6) Hours One (1) paid fifteen (15) minute break Eight (8) – Ten (10) Hours Two (2) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks One (1) unpaid thirty (30) minute meal break Twelve (12) Hours Three (3) paid fifteen (15) minute breaks One (1) unpaid thirty (30) minute meal break 18.6 New …
Shifts And Shift Rotation – Regular Nursesp. 60
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -48- beginning at 6:45 p.m. will be known as the night shift and Nurses working that shift will receive the applicable night shift differential for all hours worked. 18.6.6 All PTO hours will be taken in twelve (12) hour segments, except for Nurses regularly scheduled for partial shifts, who will take and be scheduled for PTO in the same manner they are normally scheduled to work. 18.6.7 Except as provided in this section, all other accruals will continue as defined in this Agreement. Pursuant to Section 7, a Regular Nurse who is scheduled for and works a twelve (12) hour shift who is requested to work prior to the normal starting time of their assigned shift will be paid at double time for all early hours worked. A Nurse working overtime contiguous to a regular shift will receive the higher shift differential of the two (2) shifts worked for the over …
Section 7p. 23
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -11- this Agreement. Any Nurse who is designated, and acts as and in lieu of, an APCM or PCM, for a continuous period of fifteen (15) calendar days shall be designated in writing as an APCM or PCM and shall receive a premium of 7.5% of the Nurse’s base rate for each shift for which the Nurse is so designated and acts in this capacity. Such written designations shall automatically terminate on the end date specified on the initial designation unless extended in writing. Any temporary designation as an acting APCM or PCM or other non-unit position shall not result in any reclassification of a Nurse or in the loss of any seniority or change of any CRONA benefits during the time such position is held. A Nurse’s temporary assignment outside the CRONA bargaining unit shall not otherwise be subject to review under this Agreement. 7.5 Shift Differentials. 7.5 …
SIDE LETTERp. 106
Between Stanford Health Care and CRONA Re On Call and Overtime Issues 2016 This Side Letter applies to the Employees in Units that utilize an on call system. A. On Call Shift Selection/Assignment Procedures With the exception of the Cath Lab, the on call shift selection and assignment procedures in effect in the various departments will remain in effect unless and until the Unit/Department on call committee recommends a change which is adopted by the vote of 2/3 of the employees performing call in the Unit/Department, and reviewed and approved by the Employer. In the Cath Lab and in any new unit where call is utilized during the life of this Side Agreement prior to the development of an on call selection and assignment procedure by an on call committee, and adoption by 2/3 of the employees to perform on call in the unit and review and approval by the Employer, the following selection pro …
Shifts And Shift Rotation – Regular Nursesp. 58
The final determination of appropriate shifts is one of the rights reserved to the Employer as defined in Section 40 of this Agreement. CRONA recognizes that the Employer has the right to determine a variety of appropriate shifts according to the operational and budgetary needs of the Employer. 18.1 Shift Rotation. Any Regular Nurse assigned to rotating shifts who is scheduled, unless by request, to work within eight (8) hours after the end of a scheduled shift shall be paid at overtime rates for the entire second shift. 18.2 Regular Shifts. Regular shifts may consist of four (4), six (6), eight (8), ten (10), or twelve (12) consecutive hour periods worked between specific starting and ending times established by the Employer. Special requirements for units where only twelve (12) hour staffing patterns are in effect are set forth in 18.6. 18.3 Discussions with CRONA. The Employer will ad …
Relief Nurse Programp. 53
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -41- Classifications Holiday Commitment Weekend Commitment “A” – 16 hours per 80 hour pay period. Only RNs with at least 1 year of acceptable experience will be accepted as “A” commitment. At least 1 of the following Holidays: December 24-evening shift December 24-night shift December 25-day shift December 25-evening shift December 31-evening shift December 31-night shift January 1-day shift 1 weekend in a 4 week period. “B” – 24-32 hours per 80 hour pay period At least 1 of the following Holidays: December 24-evening shift December 24-night shift December 25-day shift December 25-evening shift December 31-evening shift December 31-night shift January 1-day shift 1 weekend in a 4 week period. “C” – 40-56 hours per 80 hour pay period. At least 1 of the following Holidays: December 24-evening shift December 24-night shift December 25-day shift December …
Section 7p. 24
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -12- (2) If a Nurse works a ten hour shift which is a combination of day shift and either evening or night shift hours, the applicable shift differential will be paid only if at least half of the hours worked are between the hours of 3:00 PM and 7:00 AM. (3) If a Nurse works a twelve hour shift which is a combination of day shift and either evening or night shift hours, the applicable shift differential will be paid only if at least half of the hours worked are between the hours of 3:45 PM and 7:15 AM. 7.5.7 Differential for PTO Hours. A differential of ten percent (10%) or eighteen percent (18%) respectively will be paid to Regular Nurses claiming PTO if they are permanently assigned to evenings or nights. Permanent assignment constitutes an anticipated or realized six (6) months of assignment. This assignment is agreed upon by the Regular Nurse and …
Section 7p. 26
SHC/CRONA CBA • 4/1/2025 – 3/31/2028 -14- From time to time, the Nurse Practice Committee shall meet and review the list of pre-designated appropriate sleep locations to discuss potential modifications or expansions to the list. 7.7.4 Effective August 28, 2016, a Nurse may not be assigned call in an amount exceeding twelve (12) hours per week. 7.8 Short Notice Compensation. To meet a staffing need a Nurse may be called on short notice to report for work. If the Nurse called for work is not in an on-call status on an established on-call system, the following shall apply, except in situations where a Nurse previously scheduled to work and canceled has been called in to work within one (1) hour of the initial cancellation. 7.8.1 A Nurse requested to report to work prior to the normal starting time of their assigned shift will be paid one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular hourly rate fo …

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