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Overtime RulesUniversity of California RNs (UCSF, UC Davis & all UC)

What the California Nurses Association (CNA/NNU) agreement (Jul 2022 – Jun 2025) actually says, excerpted from the contract with page citations. Note: A successor agreement (2025–2030) was ratified in Dec 2025; its full text is not yet published. This is the latest published complete contract.

Call Backp. 36
shall be required to work more than sixteen (16) consecutive hours in situations of mandatory overtime. 2. Compensation of Overtime a. Hours paid at the regular rate of pay, e.g., compensatory time, jury duty leave, vacation pay except terminal vacation pay-out, sick pay, and holiday pay count toward the accumulation of UCRP credits. Hours paid in excess of a regular full- time schedule, pursuant to §B.2., above, shall not count toward the accumulation of UCRP credits. b. Except as provided in §M.2.c.2., below, actual work for the purpose of computing overtime does not include hours paid in non-work status, such as sick leave pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, compensatory time, and paid leave of absence pursuant to Article 20 - Leaves of Absence. c. Except as provided in §N., below, Nurses shall be compensated for overtime worked at one and one-half (1 ½ X) times the straight-time rate whe …
Call Backp. 35
1) When the hours worked are part of the Nurse’s regularly scheduled shift, the Nurse will be compensated at their regular rate for hours actually worked. 2) When the hours worked are in addition to the Nurse’s regularly scheduled shift, the Nurse shall be paid two (2) hours straight-time pay, or time and one-half (1½ X) pay for hours actually worked, whichever is greater. 3) If the Nurse returns to the facility from on-call status a second time during the initial two-hour guarantee period, no additional guarantee shall apply. b. At UCSF, a Nurse who is called in to the work site from on-call status shall receive two (2) hours pay at time and one-half (1 ½ X) or time and one-half (1 ½ X) pay for hours actually worked, whichever is greater. If the Nurse returns to work from on-call status a second time during the initial two hour guarantee period, no additional guarantee shall apply. 3. O …
Call Backp. 37
compensatory time. Compensation for overtime, whether in compensatory time off or pay, shall be in accordance with §M.2, above. b. Compensatory time shall be paid or scheduled by the University at least twice per year. However, the University shall not pay out any Nurse’s compensatory time bank below thirty-six (36) hours. 1) Nurses shall be allowed to use compensatory time to supplement scheduled work days on which the Nurse’s pay will be less than their normal work shift. Examples of such days include days on which the Nurse has been placed on emergency layoff, or on which educational or holiday pay is less than the Nurse’s normal shift. 2) A Nurse may request scheduling of banked compensatory time. The University shall not unreasonably deny a Nurse's request for the scheduling of banked compensatory time off subject to the needs of the University. Nurses shall be permitted to schedule …
Professional Development And Educational Timep. 18
1. Each calendar year, Nurses appointed at ninety percent (90%) time or more shall receive forty (40) hours to be used for paid professional development and educational leave. Such hours shall be prorated for Nurses appointed at less than 90%, based on their appointment rate. Such hours may not be accumulated from year-to-year. 2. Use of Professional/Educational Development Time – A Nurse who has completed their probationary period, who wishes to participate in a professional/educational development program, and who meets the qualifications listed below, shall request advance approval in accordance with departmental procedures. 3. Professional and Educational Development Time a. must be scheduled according to staffing requirements; however, the University shall make reasonable efforts to accommodate requests, and shall respond in writing within fourteen (14) days of receipt of the Nurse’ …
Less Than 10p. 45
.057692 15 days 240 hours 10 but less than 15 .069231 18 days 288 hours 15 but less than 20 .080769 21 days 336 hours 20 or more .092308 24 days 384 hours * Hours on pay status, including paid holiday hours, but excluding all paid overtime hours. ** Full-time rate. 3. A month of service at one-half (½) time or more is a month of qualifying service. 4. A Nurse is eligible to earn vacation credit from their date of hire, prorated in accordance with the above, if appointed at fifty percent (50%) or more of full-time for a period of six (6) months or more. A Nurse who is not eligible to earn vacation because of a part-time or short term appointment becomes eligible to earn vacation after six (6) continuous months or quadri-weekly cycles on pay status at fifty percent (50%) time or more. Time on pay status in excess of a full-time work schedule does not earn vacation credit. 5. Earned vacatio …
Accumulation Of Sick Leave Creditp. 51
1. Under the Factor Accrual System, an eligible Nurse shall earn sick leave credit at the rate of .046154 hours per hour on pay status, including paid holiday hours but excluding all paid overtime hours. 2. For campuses retaining the Table Accrual System, an eligible Nurse shall earn sick leave credit at the rate of eight (8) hours per month for full-time employment. Sick leave credit is earned proportionately, as set forth in the Sick Leave Credit Table in Appendix H, for hours on pay status over one-half (1/2) of the full-time working hours of the month but less than full-time. 3. Until a campus implements the Factor Accrual System, current accrual practices will remain in place. 4. A Nurse must be on pay status for at least one-half (1/2) of the working hours of a month or quadri-weekly cycle to earn sick leave credit for that month or quadri-weekly cycle. Time on pay status in excess …
Holiday Time/Payp. 49
falls, or (for bi-weekly paid nurses) the two pay periods immediately preceding the pay period in which the holiday occurs. 2. Pay for Holidays Worked In addition to the §D.1., above, a nurse shall be paid for all hours actually worked on the named holidays in accordance with the following: a. A nurse shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1½ X) regular pay for hours actually worked on the following holiday dates, only, and no alternate dates may be designated by the University. Hours worked on a holiday shall count toward weekly overtime calculations, and time and one-half (1 1/2x) paid on a holiday shall not affect such computations. 1) New Year's Day (January 1) 2) Martin Luther King Jr. Day (nationally designated day) 3) Memorial Day (nationally designated day) 4) Fourth of July 5) Labor Day (nationally designated day) 6) Thanksgiving Day (nationally designated day) 7) Decem …
Release Timep. 21
§A.4., above. The University will not unreasonably deny attendance at PPC meetings. b. The University shall make timely payment to PPC members for attendance at the meetings provided the PPC submits to the Director of Nursing or their designee and/or the local Labor Relations office, the signed attendance roster, in a timely manner prior to the day on which the timesheets are sent to payroll. c. At each patient care facility at the major medical centers, release time will be provided for one (1) Nurse for every one hundred (100) bargaining unit Nurses or major fraction thereof, provided that the maximum number of RNs on the committee is fifteen (15) at UCIMC, twenty (20) at UCSDH and UCDH, and twenty five (25) at UCLAMC and UCSFMC. 1) Not more than one (1) PPC member shall come from a particular patient care unit or equivalent. If a patient care unit has more than one hundred (100) barga …

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