AGREEMENT BETWEEN Oregon Nurses Association and …

1 AGREEMENT BETWEEN . Oregon Nurses Association and Oregon Health & Science University January 4, 2021 June 30, 2023. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page PREAMBLE .. 1. ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION AND Association SECURITY .. 1. Recognition .. 1. Association Security.. 1. Membership and payments in-lieu .. 1. Deduction for dues .. 1. 1. ARTICLE 2 - Association PRIVILEGES AND LIMITATIONS .. 1. Lists .. 1. Bulletin Boards .. 2. Visits by Association Representatives .. 2. New Employee 2. Nurse Representatives .. 2. Paid hours .. 3. Performance of activities .. 3. Protected activity.

2 3. AURN Hot Line .. 3. Use of Employer's Electronic Mail (e-mail) .. 3. Negotiating 4. Paid Time .. 4. Release for Legislative Activities .. 4. ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS .. 4. Binding Effect .. 4. Complete AGREEMENT .. 4. Savings Clause .. 4. Maintenance of Rights and Obligations .. 5. ARTICLE 4 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS .. 5. ARTICLE 5 - DEFINITIONS .. 5. Regular 5. Benefited Employee .. 5. Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) .. 5. Interim 6. Resource Nurse .. 6. Temporary Nurse .. 6. Straight Rate of Pay .. 6. Regular Rate of Pay .. 6. Adjusted Service 6. Salary Adjustment Date.

3 6. Seniority Date .. 6. i TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page ARTICLE 6 - EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES .. 6. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action.. 6. Non-discrimination in employment .. 6. Process for reporting harassment/discrimination due to protected class .. 7. Respectful behavior .. 7. Recordkeeping .. 7. Time Detail Reports .. 7. Paycheck Errors.. 8. Overpayments .. 8. Underpayments .. 8. Employee error .. 8. Time limitation .. 8. Position Descriptions .. 9. Trial Service Period .. 9. Transfer during trial period .. 9. Termination during trial period .. 9. Extension of trial service period.

4 9. Performance Appraisals .. 9. Evaluation process .. 10. Compensated time .. 10. Trial service period .. 10. Individual Development Plans .. 10. Coaching .. 10. Discipline and Discharge .. 10. Just cause .. 10. Progressive discipline .. 10. Discipline related to clinical performance .. 11. Pre-disciplinary notice .. 11. Investigatory interviews .. 11. Status of investigation .. 11. When attendance is the issue .. 11. Documentation .. 12. Unauthorized absence from duty .. 12. Prohibited basis for disciplinary 12. Time entry and nurse locator systems .. 12. Limit on pay reductions.

5 12. Employees' non-compliance with requirements .. 12. Personnel Files .. 13. Inspection .. 13. Personnel file contents .. 13. Removal of materials .. 13. Exit Interviews .. 13. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Final Paychecks upon Termination .. 13. Employee Assistance Program .. 13. Contracting Out .. 13. Removal of Functions from Bargaining Unit .. 13. Nurse Staffing Law .. 14. Staffing 14. Nurse Staffing Law/Committees .. 14. Nurse Staffing Plan Reviews .. 14. ARTICLE 7 - HOURS OF WORK .. 14. Work Period and Work Day.. 14. Work period .. 14. Workday .. 14. Twelve-hour shifts.

6 15. Scheduling of Work .. 15. UBNPC involvement .. 15. Order of scheduling .. 16. Posting of schedules .. 17. Transition to Practice participants and orientees .. 17. Guidelines .. 17. Temporary assignments .. 17. Adjustment of shift lengths .. 17. Meal and Rest Periods .. 18. Meal periods .. 18. Rest periods .. 18. Lactation Breaks .. 18. Rotation of Shifts .. 18. 18. Mandatory scheduled call units .. 18. On-call staffing in acute care units .. 19. Voluntary On-Call Staffing in Adult ICU .. 19. On-call following shift cancellation .. 19. Modified mandatory call for senior Nurses .

7 19. On-call conditions .. 19. Work on next scheduled shift .. 20. Annual review .. 20. Standby Shifts .. 20. Weekend Scheduling .. 20. Requests for extra weekend shifts off .. 20. Clean-up Time .. 20. Modified Operations .. 21. Inclement Weather When Modified Operations Not 21. Job Share .. 22. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Withdrawal of job share participant .. 22. Shift Curtailment and Cancellation.. 22. Shift curtailment .. 22. Shift cancellation .. 22. Report pay and notice requirements .. 22. Lack of work on a holiday .. 22. Individual maximums .. 23. Continuation of benefit accruals.

8 23. Order of curtailment/cancellation .. 23. Cancellation and Curtailment Process for Adult ICU .. 24. Predictable Temporary Unit Closures .. 24. Floating .. 25. Specialty Float Pool Structure .. 26. ARTICLE 8 - WAGES .. 26. Wage Rates and Relevant Education Recognition Differential .. 26. Steps Progression .. 26. New Hires.. 27. Credit for prior experience .. 27. Recruitment incentives .. 27. Economic Rewards .. 27. Travel Expenses and Allowances .. 27. ARTICLE 9 - OVERTIME AND PREMIUM PAY .. 27. Overtime.. 27. Definition of overtime .. 27. Overtime rate .. 27.

9 Double time .. 28. Calculation of overtime .. 28. Avoidance of overtime .. 28. Mandatory overtime .. 28. Double Back 28. On-call hours worked .. 28. Non-qualifying events .. 28. Work in advance of shift .. 28. Waiver .. 29. Other Forms of Premium Pay.. 29. Payment for work while on-call .. 29. Telephone calls .. 29. Hours worked on designated holidays .. 29. Compensatory Time .. 29. ARTICLE 10 - DIFFERENTIAL PAY .. 30. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Charge Nurse .. 30. Shift Differential .. 30. Evening shift .. 30. Night shift .. 30. Recording of meal period .. 30.

10 Call Pay .. 30. Standby Pay .. 30. Preceptor 30. Weekend Differential .. 31. PANDA Transport Allowance .. 31. Float Differential .. 31. Specialty Float Pool Differential .. 31. Bilingual Pay .. 32. Bonus payment .. 32. Bi-lingual differential .. 32. Single benefit .. 32. Critical Need Incentive .. 33. CNI rate .. 33. Designation of CNI shifts .. 33. Availability of CNI .. 33. Referral Bonuses .. 34. ARTICLE 11 HOLIDAY AND VACATION BENEFITS .. 34. Accrual of Vacation/Holiday Time .. 34. Change in accrual rate .. 34. Rate of Pay .. 35. Return After Separation.