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Shift Differentials (Evening & Night Pay)University 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.

Rotation Between Day/Evening/Night Shiftsp. 38
1. The University may temporarily require shift rotation to ensure proper skill/competency mixes on all shifts. a. The University will not require career Nurses with ten (10) or more years of UC Nurse service to rotate unless there is no qualified Nurse with less than ten (10) years of UC Nurse service available and the University, at the time of the rotation assignment, provides the Nurse with a written statement of the reasonable basis for such an assignment. 2. When the University requires a Nurse to change from a day, evening, or night shift to another shift, the Nurse shall receive at least forty-eight (48) hours between the shift rotations, unless the Nurse requests less time off. 3. The provisions of §P. do not apply to Nurses reporting in to work from on-call status or Nurses who volunteer. Q.
Side Letter on UCSF CRNAsp. 181
Exempt Nurse Anesthetist Side Letter: Attachment 2 Exira Shift Payment Plan for UCD CRNAs 1. • Career CRNAs are eligible for the Extra Shift Payment Plan. 2. Pa1ticipation in the Extra Shift Payment Plan is voluntary. 3. • Career CRNAs will sign-up identifying their preference of days. 4. CRNAs must have completed their standard work schedule in order to be eligible to receive the extra shift payment for working additional shifts (e.g., if out due to illness, CRNAs are ineligible for extra shift payment during that pay period; however, if they choose to work a scheduled extra shift, that day can be used in lieu of sick leave, and no time will be deducted from their sick leave accrual). 5. The Clinical Vice-Chair, the Nurse Anesthetist Manager-I, or designee, shall designate and identify extra shifts eligible for the Extra Shift Payment Plan. 6. Hours identified for Extra Shift designatio …
Pfcb Calculationp. 80
Beginning on January 1, 2023, the PFCB option provides pay calculated at one hundred percent (100%) of an employee’s eligible earnings. a. Eligible Earnings Eligible earnings include an employee’s base salary payable through the University. Eligible earnings do not include (if applicable) bonuses, perquisites, overtime pay, out of classification pay, shift differentials, uniform allowances, certification pay, specialty pay, emergency response pay, charge differentials, on-call differentials, or any pay that is received in addition to that of the employee’s regular appointment, and any other additional cash compensation received that is more than 100% of the base salary of the full-time equivalent of the employee’s regular position. b. Appointments Established at a Fixed Percentage If the employee has an appointment established at a fixed percentage, PFCB is based on the salary rate in ef …
Work Schedule Changes For Use Of Educational Timep. 19
1. A Nurse, assigned to the evening or night shift, who is scheduled for a continuing education course or a certification examination, shall be scheduled off from the evening or night shift immediately preceding or following the course or examination with the exception of home study/internet courses when: a. The unit scheduling policies have been followed; and b. The course is at least six (6) hours duration outside scheduled work time; or c. The examination is conducted by a state or nationally recognized professional organization. 2. When a Nurse is enrolled in a formal education program which culminates in a higher degree, the University shall at the Nurse’s request, make a reasonable effort to temporarily reduce the Nurse’s appointment percentage and modify the Nurse's work schedule to accommodate the participation in such program, for a maximum duration of twenty four (24) months. T …
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 …
APPENDIX Ep. 151
Santa Barbara *Permit requirement for motorcycles currently suspended during pilot period. Campus may reinstate the rate of $18.75 per month, plus annual increases within agreed cap level. Campus will provide 30-day notice to union prior to reinstating the rate. **Carpool permit is at a reduced rate during pilot period. Campus may reinstate the rate to the same amount as the Annual and Multi-Year Rate, plus annual increases within agreed cap level between 2013 and 2018. Campus will provide 30-day notice to union prior to reinstating the rate. Permit Name Permit Description (cap level) “B” Annual or “B” Multi- Year (Monthly Rate) Annual or Multi-Year Staff Permit +$10 “B” Quarterly (Fall/Winter/Spring/Summ er) Quarterly Staff Permit +$32 “B” One-Month One-Month Only Staff Permit +$15 “M” Motorcycle (Monthly Rate) Annual Motorcycle Permit +$5 “B” Carpool (Monthly Rate) Annual Carpool Permi …
Extended Sick Leavep. 88
1. A Nurse who is receiving temporary disability payments on account of a work-related injury or illness and who has exhausted all accumulated sick leave shall receive extended sick leave payments from the University in an amount equal to the difference between payments from Workers' Compensation and eighty percent (80%) of basic salary plus any shift differential which the Nurse would have received. If such Nurse returns to part-time University duties, the earnings plus any temporary disability payments, if less than eighty percent (80%) of basic salary plus shift differential, shall be supplemented to eighty percent (80%) by extended sick leave payments, provided the Nurse continues to be medically authorized for Workers' Compensation temporary disability. Total extended sick leave payments shall not exceed twenty-six (26) weeks for any one (1) injury or illness. 2. An eligible Nurse w …
Health Benefitsp. 40
1. The University health and welfare plans provide an annual open enrollment period during which eligible employees may elect to change specific plan or coverage options. Open enrollment provides an opportunity for employees to choose among plans due to changes in circumstances of the employees, changes in the coverage and costs of each plan, and changes in plan availability which may change from year to year. A brief outline of the University's health and welfare plans is found online at UC Benefits website and is for informational purposes only. 2. In calendar year 2018 (Nurses will transition to the 2018 health and welfare rates immediately following ratification), and in subsequent calendar years, the University and employees shall pay the amount appropriate to the employee’s pay band and the employee’s selected coverage category (single, adult + children, two adults, or family) and …

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