AGREEMENT Between LOCAL 5089 - University Hospital

1 AGREEMENT . Between LOCAL 5089. health Professionals and allied Employees AFT/AFL-CIO. and University Hospital Registered Nurses October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. health Professionals and allied Employees AFT/AFL-CIO. 110 Kinderkamack Road Emerson, New Jersey 07630. (201) 262-5005. STATE OFFICERS. Ann Twomey President Bernie Gerard, Jr. First Vice President Barbara Rosen Secretary/Treasurer TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. 1. AGREEMENT .. 1. AGREEMENT Scope .. 1. 2. UNION 1. Recognition: .. 1. Union Dues: .. 2. Transmission of Dues: .. 2. Agency Fee: .. 2. Union Representatives, Rights and Limitations:.. 4. Union Bulletin Boards, Mail and E-Mail.

2 5. Union Business:.. 6. 3. professional PRACTITIONER 6. Non-Nursing Services:.. 6. Staff Development Programs: .. 7. Appointment to Position: .. 9. Labor-Management Committee: .. 10. Staffing: .. 10. 4. employee STATUS .. 11. Classification: .. 11. Full Time employee :.. 11. Per Diem employee : .. 11. Part Time employee :.. 12. Weekend Per Diem: .. 12. Change in Status or Classification: .. 12. Probationary Period:.. 13. Personnel Files: .. 13. Seniority: .. 13. Transfer/Promotion/Reclassification .. 16. Subcontracting: .. 17. 5. WORK 17. Normal Workday:.. 17. Normal Workweek: .. 17. Work Schedules: .. 17. Overtime Work: Compensatory Time 18.

3 Overtime Work: Scheduling .. 18. Weekend Rotation: .. 19. Coverage for Approved Leaves of Absences or Long-term Paid Sick Leave: .. 20. 6. MONETARY BENEFITS: TIME WORKED .. 21. (A) Base Pay: .. 21. Premium Compensation Rate - Overtime Work: .. 21. Pay Period: .. 21. Salary Increase Date: .. 21. Changing Time: .. 22. i Daylight Saving Time:.. 22. 7. MONETARY BENEFITS: TIME NOT WORKED .. 22. Holiday Designation: .. 22. Holiday Entitlement: .. 23. Holiday Pay: .. 24. Vacation Amount: .. 24. Vacation Pay: .. 25. Vacation Entitlement: .. 25. Vacation Scheduling:.. 25. Sick Leave: Entitlement and Amount: .. 27. Sick Leave Notice and Restrictions.

4 28. Leave for Death or Serious Illness in Immediate Family: .. 28. Jury Duty Leave Amount: .. 29. Jury Duty Leave Procedure: .. 29. Court Appearance: .. 29. Rest Periods: .. 29. Meal Period:.. 30. 8. LEAVES OF ABSENCE .. 30. Basis and Amount: .. 30. Procedure: .. 30. Leave of Absence, Limitations: .. 32. 9. MONETARY BENEFITS: health BENEFITS, PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM, DENTAL CARE PROGRAM, LIFE INSURANCE AND PENSION.. 32. health Benefits: .. 32. State health Benefits Program: .. 32. Dental Plan:.. 32. Life Insurance Program: .. 33. Pension: .. 33. 10. MONETARY BENEFITS MISCELLANEOUS:.. 33. Terminal Benefits.

5 33. Resignation: .. 33. Shift Differential:.. 34. Charge Nurse Differential: .. 34. Education Differential: .. 34. On-Call: .. 35. Tuition Refund: .. 36. Clothing Allowance: .. 36. Preceptor Pay: .. 37. Floating: .. 37. Travel Reimbursement: .. 39. 11. health AND SAFETY: .. 39. health Examination: .. 39. Employer Obligation: .. 39. health Security:.. 40. Extended Treatment Area: .. 40. Inclement Weather Emergencies: .. 40. 12. employee FACILITIES: .. 43. Nurses' Lounge: .. 43. ii Parking: .. 43. 13. NO STRIKE/NO LOCKOUT: .. 43. 14. DISCIPLINE:.. 43. Definition: .. 43. Grievance Procedure: .. 45. 15. NON-DISCRIMINATION.

6 47. 16. MANAGEMENT RIGHTS PROVISION .. 48. 17. STAFF NURSES 48. 18. NURSE CLINICIANS/RESEARCH NURSE CLINICIANS WAGES .. 51. 19. CASE MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS AND UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT. COORDINATORS WAGES .. 51. 20. ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES WAGES AND BENEFITS .. 52. 21. CRNAS WAGES AND BENEFITS .. 54. 22. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS .. 55. 23. DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING .. 55. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION .. 57. 25. SAVINGS CLAUSE .. 57. 26. SUCCESSORSHIP .. 58. Signature Page .. 59. APPENDIX A Shift Changes & Schedule Changes .. 60. APPENDIX B Twelve Hour Shifts Payments & 61. APPENDIX C Target Staffing Levels.

7 62. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 1 .. 65. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 66. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 68. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 69. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 70. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 71. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 72. Side Letter of AGREEMENT #8 .. 72. Side Letter of AGREEMENT # 73. iii PREAMBLE. This AGREEMENT is effective October 1, 2014 and is made Between University Hospital , 150 Bergen Street, Newark, New Jersey 07107 (hereinafter called University Hospital or the Hospital ) and the health Professionals and allied Employees, AFT, AFL/CIO, 110 Kinderkamack Road, Emerson, New Jersey, 07630. (hereafter called the Union ).

8 The parties recognize that it is the primary responsibility of the Hospital to provide thorough, effective patient care, education, research and community service, as well as to serve as the core teaching facility in Newark. The parties recognize and declare that it is their mutual goal to maintain a harmonious relationship in determining the terms and conditions of employment. To this end, they mutually enter into this AGREEMENT which sets forth the employment relationship Between the Hospital and the employees subject to this AGREEMENT under applicable State and Federal law. 1. AGREEMENT . AGREEMENT Scope This AGREEMENT covers all non-supervisory, full and part-time Hospital employees who are employed to function as registered nurses and have satisfactorily completed their initial probationary period, including graduate nurses, and regularly employed per diem nurses employed by the Hospital (herein called " employee ") as specified by the Public Employment Relations Commission Certification, Docket No.

9 RO-89-121, dated September 17, 1990. Excluded are those job titles set forth in said certificate as not being represented by the Union herein. 2. UNION STATUS. Recognition: The Hospital recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of every employee covered by this AGREEMENT . At the time a new employee subject to this AGREEMENT is hired, the Hospital will deliver to said employee a mutually agreed upon written notice provided by the Union which includes a list of Union Representatives (which Representatives are defined as employees under this AGREEMENT who are authorized by the Union to represent it).

10 As part of the general orientation of all new employees, a representative designated by the Union will be provided time set aside by the Hospital , at least fifteen (15) minutes, to speak with all new employees during their first month of employment. The Hospital shall maintain a union data library which shall contain a membership listing with the following information: name, gender, Hospital ID, job title, current Hospital date of hire, classification description (FT or PT, exempt or non-exempt, bi-weekly standard hours), salary table, grade, step, hours per pay period, hourly rate, annual salary, home address, and Hospital email address.