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HPAE 5058Contract expiration October 31, 2011

THE LANGUAGE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT STAYS THE SAME EXCEPT FOR THECONTRACT SECTION BELOW.

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LANGUAGE REPRESENTS NEW ADDITIONAL CONTRACT LANGUAGE.WORDS THAT HAVE A LINE THROUGH IT REPRESENT CONTRACT LANGUAGETHAT WAS DELETED .LANGUAGE THAT IS REGULAR FONT ( NOT BOLDED OR STRIKETHROUGH)REPRESENTS CURRENT CONTRACT LANGUAGELANGUAGE PRESENTED IN NUMERICAL ORDER IN THE CONTRACT.3.02 Staff Development:Critical Care Courses will be offered to employees desiring such education onall shifts within reasonable limits and where applicable and appropriately commensurate withHospital and patient needs.D.

Nurses desiring additional education in preparation for job transfers requiringcertifications such as telemetry, ACLS, PALS, NALS, TALS, and other similar educationprograms, shall be permitted to register for said courses and the courses shall be paid bythe Employer . Employees will not be paid to attend such programs but may use PTO orrequest the use of conference day. Course must be taken at Meridiean

3.04 Staffing

D. STAFFING PROCEDURES

In addition in order to ensure that staffing levels are maintained as outlined in this Agreement thehospital will utilize the following:

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Posting of overtime Section 4.10

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Per diem float pool Section 6.06

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Float pool Section 6.06

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Special Float Pool Section 6.07

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Critical Shift Differential Section 7.08

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Weekend Program 24/36 Section 4.07

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Voluntary on Call Section 11.05

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3.05 Special Labor/Management Committee – CHANGE TO READThe Special Labor/Management Committee with equal representation from HPAE Local 5058and the Hospital shall continue to assess the existing Performance Based Compensation tool.The Committee shall:1. Review the Performance Based Criteria Indicators for all units.2. Develop more specific job-related criteria as part of the Performance EvaluationSystem.3. Review the actual results of the Performance Based Compensation tool after each yearof its operation and shall make recommended changes for the following year.Individual managers or supervisors may not add to or alter the criteria or indicators of the tool.

The E-assessment tool implemented for the 2009 evaluations shall remain in effect for theduration of this contract unless changes are mutually agreed upon between the Union andthe Employer. The overall performance score shall be calculated using the followingpercentages:The Team Member Competencies shall account for 25% of the overall performance score.The Nursing Process Standards and Professional Development shall account for 75% of theoverall score Nursing Process shall account for 75% of the 75%Professional Development shall account for 25% of the 75%3.04 C # 2. Staffing - OR# 9

In the event the OR observes a weekend holiday on the correspondingMonday or Friday, the following language shall apply: S

taff previously assignedthe regular weekend day will be scheduled 24 hours of call on the Friday precedinga Saturday holiday or the Monday following a Sunday holiday (For example: Pat’s24 hour regular Saturday on-call falls on Saturday Christmas day. Lori’s assignedholiday is Christmas. Pat ’s responsibility moves to Friday, December 24

becausethe OR observes the holiday on a Friday and is staffed like a weekend).

Hybrid OR Call Team – At the request of the Employer, the Union will meet to discuss thedevelopment of a Hybrid OR On Call Team and negotiate the terms and conditions.

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4.04 Status IV - Per Diem

9. Per Diems who work primarily

holding positions

designated in departments, which areclosed on the weekends and have call requirements, will be required to work two (2) callshifts per quarter on a weekend. Such time will count as a shift worked towards theirrequirement.

4.10

Bargaining Unit Work Preference:

Available Work Time. No ChangeB.

E-shift Postings

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E-shift is a program that enables staff to electronically sign up for “extra”shifts. All E-shift postings will be dated upon posting, and will remain posteduntil the end of the schedule. The Employer shall provide a mechanism forstaff to view who bid for extra shifts the BU seniority dates, and who wasgranted the shift.The initial and subsequent “extra” shifts shall be dated upon posting andsaved for a period of no less than three months. Upon request, the Union shallreceive a hardcopy of all units’ extra shift postings. This report shall bereferred to as the “Extra Shift Report.” In addition, the Union, upon request,shall receive hardcopies of the “Extra Shift Reports” and the final shiftapprovals up to 3 months prior to request.

Available time will be posted in

E-shift

for each nursing unit based upon averagedaily census and acuity needs at the time the regular work schedule is posted.Bargaining unit employees shall have the right to sign up for said available timevia

the E-shift program.

First week of the two week advanced posting

Employees may bump during the first week of the two week advanced posting. Anemployee who signs up for all of the posted shift shall have preference over anemployee only signing up for a partial shift, during the first week of the two week advanced posting

.When two (2) or more bargaining unit employees sign up for the same time,bargaining unit seniority shall prevail. An employee who signs up for all of theposted shift shall have preference over an employee only signing up for apartial shift, seniority notwithstanding. Per Diems are limited to four shifts(section 4.04). The nurse manager will approve shifts by order of seniority atthe end of the first week with the exception noted above. Shifts approved atthe end of the first week of posting shall be referred to as the “original needslist.”