Displaced Nurses Clause Samples
Displaced Nurses. A displaced nurse working in a position different than the one held prior to the layoff shall not be considered on layoff, but will be eligible for recall rights for up to eighteen (18) months from commencement of displaced nurse status.
Displaced Nurses. Displaced nurses shall not be considered on layoff but will be eligible for recall rights.
Displaced Nurses. A. A nurse who is not a successful priority bidder for an open position during the fourteen (14) business day notice period under Article 7.1.B or the first four (4) weeks of layoff shall have displacement rights as follows, within the fourteen (14) business day period subsequent to his/her completion of four (4) weeks layoff.
B. The laid off nurse may displace the least senior nurse, regardless of status, in the Hospital.
1. New graduate nurses who have not bid into a position and supplemental nurses shall not be included in the displacement process.
2. Only status nurses will have displacement rights. Only nurses who are qualified may bump. Qualified means the ability to perform bumped position’s requirements within three (3) weeks’ orientation and training.
3. If more than one nurse has displacement rights at the same time, the Hospital will identify the same number of the least senior status nurse’s (Hospital-wide) seniority, without regard to shifts or nursing units, as those nurses being subject to displacement.
a. The nurses with displacement rights will select positions to displace from among this identified group according to seniority.
b. Nurses displaced by this procedure will not have priority bid or displacement rights.
C. A nursing unit may not be subject to multiple displacements if patient care would be adversely affected, which shall be decided on a case-by-case basis.
D. The parties will meet in advance of displacement situations to try to minimize problems and issues.
E. If a laid off nurse chooses not to exercise such displacement rights, or cannot exercise them because of low seniority or any other reason, the nurse will remain on layoff status.
F. During the four (4) week layoff period and the fourteen (14) business day period for the displacement procedure, the nurse may elect not to receive any vacation, holiday, or sick leave cash out for which they are eligible, if any. Such funds will be paid at any time during such period that the nurse requests, or alternatively, if no such request is made, shall be reinstated to the nurse when he/she returns to active work. There shall be no partial cash outs of such accrued benefits.
G. The nursing units subject to the displacement process are the following: Medical, Post Surgical, PCU, and ACD.
H. When a laid off nurse has displacement rights, the nurse must make, and communicate to the Hospital, a final and binding decision to exercise such rights or to stay on layoff within the first three...
Displaced Nurses. 22 Displaced nurses may exercise these options in the following order:
23 1. A nurse laid off may choose to utilize available ETO in ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇ will occur after ETO is depleted).
25 2. A nurse temporarily working with an increased FTE 26 may revert to his/her previous FTE, when available.
27 3. A nurse may take a temporary, voluntary reduction in 28 FTE, when available.
29 4. A nurse may explore alternate work share 30 arrangements among nurses. Work share 31 arrangements must be agreed upon by those nurses 32 involved in the work share, Hospital Administration, 33 and the Association.
1 5. Fill a vacant position for which the nurse is qualified, 2 under normal bid rules, without the right to 3 displace/bump any other nurse, from among the list of
Displaced Nurses. A nurse who is not a successful priority bidder for an open position during the 24 fourteen (14) business day notice period under Article 7.1.B or the first four (4) 25 weeks of layoff shall have displacement rights as follows, within the fourteen (14) 26 business day period subsequent to his/hertheir completion of four (4) weeks 27 layoff.
Displaced Nurses. Displaced nurses may exercise these options in 17 the following order:
18 1. A nurse laid off may choose to utilize available ETO in lieu of ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇ will occur after ETO is depleted).
21 2. A nurse temporarily working with an increased FTE may revert 22 to his/her previous FTE, when available.
24 3. A nurse may take a temporary, voluntary reduction in FTE, 25 when available.
27 4. A nurse may explore alternate work share arrangements 28 among nurses. Work share arrangements must be agreed 29 upon by those nurses involved in the work share, Hospital 30 Administration, and the Association.
32 5. Fill a vacant position for which the nurse is qualified, under 33 normal bid rules, without the right to displace/bump any other 1 nurse, from among the list of available positions to be provided 2 by Human Resources.
4 6. If numbers 1. – 5. above are not or cannot be utilized, the laid 5 off nurse may displace/bump the least senior nurse in the same 6 status, or in a lower status if the laid off RN so chooses, in that 7 work unit or another. The nurse displaced by this process may 8 also exercise such seniority displacement rights, if any. To 9 exercise such displacement rights, an RN must be qualified in 10 the new position, or capable of becoming qualified, within six 11 (6) weeks.
Displaced Nurses. Displaced nurses may exercise these options in the following order: