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1 University of California and California Nurses Association Agreement registered nurse UNIT September 28, 2018 October 31, 2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS Article Number Article Title ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION 1 ARTICLE 2 BARGAINING UNIT CLASSIFICATIONS 3 ARTICLE 3 POSITIONS 8 ARTICLE 4 PER DIEM nurse 10 ARTICLE 5 NONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT

2 13 ARTICLE 6 EDUCATIONAL/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT .. 13 ARTICLE 7 PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE COMMITTEE .. 15 ARTICLE 8 STAFFING .. 17 ARTICLE 9 PROBATIONARY PERIOD .. 19 ARTICLE 10 ACTING APPOINTMENTS .. 20 ARTICLE 11 WORK RULES .. 20 ARTICLE 12 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION .. 20 ARTICLE 13 JOB POSTING .. 21 ARTICLE 14 HOURS OF WORK.

3 22 ARTICLE 15 BENEFITS .. 30 ARTICLE 16 HEALTH AND SAFETY .. 31 ARTICLE 17 VACATION .. 35 ARTICLE 18 HOLIDAYS .. 37 ARTICLE 19 SICK LEAVE 40 ARTICLE 20 LEAVES OF ABSENCE .. 42 ARTICLE 21 MILITARY LEAVE .. 63 ARTICLE 22 WORK-INCURRED INJURY OR ILLNESS 66 ARTICLE 23 LAYOFF & REDUCTION IN TIME 68 ARTICLE 24 MEDICAL SEPARATION 76 ARTICLE 25 RESIGNATION 78 ARTICLE 26 CORRECTIVE ACTION.

4 DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE 78 ARTICLE 27 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 80 ARTICLE 28 ARBITRATION 85 ARTICLE 29 Association RIGHTS 88 ARTICLE 30 Association PAYROLL DEDUCTION 93 ARTICLE 31 nurse LISTS & DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACTS 95 ARTICLE 32 LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR UNION BUSINESS 96 ARTICLE 33 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 98 ARTICLE 34 INDEMNITY 99 ARTICLE 35 NO STRIKES 99 ARTICLE 36 SEVERABILITY

5 99 ARTICLE 37 WAIVER 99 ARTICLE 38 DURATION 100 ARTICLE 39 RELEASE TIME FOR BARGAINING 100 ARTICLE 40 COMPENSATION 101 ARTICLE 41 PARKING 104 ARTICLE 42 NEW TECHNOLOGY 104 ARTICLE 43 DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION 105 Appendices APPENDIX A WAGE TABLES 106 APPENDIX B-1 ENUMERATION OF University BENEFITS 234 APPENDIX B-2

6 RETIREE HEALTH ELIGIBILITY 238 APPENDIX C VACATION CREDIT TABLES 239 APPENDIX D HOLIDAY PAY FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES 241 APPENDIX E PARKING 242 APPENDIX F MEETING ROOMS AND BULLETIN BOARDS 246 APPENDIX G MEDICAL CENTER/CAMPUS/LABORATORY DESIGNATED GRIEVANCE OFFICE 256 APPENDIX H SICK LEAVE CREDIT TABLE 260 Side letters 2018 UCRP SIDELETTER 261 SIDE LETTER ON SYMPATHY STRIKE PARTICIPATION 262 SIDELETTER CONCERNINIG ADHERENCE TO ARTICLE 16 263 SIDELETTER TRANSPORT TEAMS AT UC SAN DIEGO

7 HEALTH LOCATIONS 264 STUDENT HEALTH nurse REPRESENTATIVE ATTENDANCE AT MONTHLY Association MEETINGS 265 FACT-FINDING SETTLEMENT 266 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS - DELETION OF MERIT PAY SECTION 267 UC DAVIS HEALTH SYSTEM TRANSPLANT COORDINATORS 268 SIDELETTER REGARDING NP CAREER LADDER FOR INTERNAL STAFF 270 SIDE LETTER ON UCSF CRNAs 271 SIDE LETTER REGARDING STAFFING BETWEEN University OF California SAN FRANCISCO (UCSF) AND California Nurses ASSOCIATIONS (CNA).

8 272 SIDE LETTER UCSF MEDICAL CENTER AND THE California Nurses Association WITH REGARDS TO RELEASE TIME FOR nurse REPRESENTATIVES AND CHIEF nurse REPRESENTATIVES .. 273 EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT 274 MEMORANDUM OF THE NEGOTIATORS 275 INDEX 276 NOTES 278 1 PREAMBLE This Memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter referred to the Agreement , is entered into by and between The Regents of the University of California , a corporation, hereinafter referred to as the University or Management , and the California Nurses Association .

9 Hereinafter referred to as the Association . ARTICLE 1 RECOGNITION A. GENERAL CONDITIONS 1. The University hereby recognizes the Association as the sole and exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining for all Nurses in the classifications listed below, excluding those classifications and/or Nurses designated as managerial, supervisory, or confidential as defined in the Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act and all UC student Nurses whose employment is contingent upon their status as students. 2. The term " nurse ", "employee", or "employees" as used in this Agreement shall refer to Nurses mentioned above who are within the bargaining unit covered by this Agreement.

10 B. NEW CLASSIFICATIONS 1. When the University creates a new registered nurse classification and title, the University shall mail a notice to the Association of the bargaining unit assignment, if any, of such classification. The Association shall have thirty (30) calendar days after mailing of such notice to contest the University 's assignment of the newly created classification/title to a bargaining unit, or to an employee grouping which has not been assigned to a bargaining unit. Nurses shall not be assigned to the newly established classification until the bargaining unit assignment is either agreed to or resolved by PERB. a.