DOCK TIME. Employees regularly scheduled but subsequently asked not to work or sent home because of low patient census or acuity shall be placed in dock status or dock standby status. Dock is used to cover regularly scheduled shifts that appear on a department’s monthly schedule. Employees placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time on dock status. An employee’s status will not be negatively affected by dock time. Time spent on dock status shall count as hours worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority. The Hospital will place employees on dock or dock standby status within classification, department and shift in the following order:
DOCK TIME. 21 Section 1. Nurses scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low 22 patient census or acuity, shall be floated to another unit in accordance with Article 7, if 23 needed, and if not needed to float shall be placed in dock or dock standby status. 24 Nurses placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no 25 compensation for time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by 26 dock or dock standby time. All time spent on dock or dock standby status shall count as 27 time worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority, 28 provided however that all time counted towards earned leave is capped at eighty (80) 29 hours per pay period. 31 The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours.
DOCK TIME. 27 Nurses scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient 28 census or acuity, shall be placed in dock or dock standby status. Nurses placed on dock 29 are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time 30 on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock or dock standby 31 time. All time spent on dock or dock standby status shall count as time worked for 32 purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority, provided however that 33 all time counted towards earned leave is capped at eighty (80) hours per pay period. 35 The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours.
DOCK TIME. An employee may not refuse (“take dock time”), except as otherwise allowed in this Agreement, if the employee has paid time available from an appropriate source, such as sick, vacation or personal time. Employees on medical leave of absence of one month or longer may, at their option, reserve any portion of their remaining sick bank, not to exceed forty (40) hours.
DOCK TIME. 16 Section 1. Nurses scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low 17 patient census or acuity, shall be floated to another unit in accordance with Article 7, if 18 needed, and if not needed to float shall be placed in dock or dock standby status.
DOCK TIME. Nurses regularly scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient census or acuity, may be placed in dock status. Dock is used to cover regularly-scheduled shifts that appear on a department’s monthly schedule. Nurses placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock time. Time spent on dock status shall count as time worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority. The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours. Therefore, the use of dock time cannot cause the employee to exceed their regularly-scheduled hours and any additional unscheduled time worked. Nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby after they have already reported for work will be responsible for entering their own dock hours or earned leave into the payroll system. The Hospital will enter dock hours for nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby prior to reporting to work. The nurse will be responsible for entering earned leave if he/she wishes to utilize earned leave for the time, which shall include deleting the dock hours, as appropriate. Nurses will have thirty (30) days following the end of the pay period to correct errors related to entering dock hours in that pay period.
DOCK TIME. An employee may not elect to go unpaid, except where expressly permitted by this Agreement, if the employee has paid time available from an appropriate source, (sick, vacation or personal leave time) to cover the duration of the absence.
DOCK TIME. Nurses scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient census or acuity, shall be placed in dock or dock standby status. Nurses placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock or dock standby time. All time spent on dock or dock standby status shall count as time worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority, provided however that all time counted towards earned leave is capped at eighty (80) hours per pay period. The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours. Therefore, the use of dock time cannot cause the employee to exceed their regularly- scheduled hours and any additional unscheduled time worked. Nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby after they have already reported for work will be responsible for entering their own dock hours or earned leave into the payroll system. The Hospital will enter dock hours for nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby prior to reporting to work. The nurse will be responsible for entering earned leave if he/she wishes to utilize earned leave for the time. Nurses will have thirty
DOCK TIME. 15 Nurses regularly scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient 16 census or acuity, may be placed in dock status. Dock is used to cover regularly- 17 scheduled shifts that appear on a department’s monthly schedule. Nurses placed on 18 dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for 19 time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock time. Time 20 spent on dock status shall count as time worked for purposes of group benefits, 21 including earned leave and seniority. 23 The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours. Therefore, 24 the use of dock time cannot cause the employee to exceed their regularly-scheduled 25 hours and any additional unscheduled time worked. 27 Nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby after they have already reported for 28 work will be responsible for entering their own dock hours or earned leave into the 29 payroll system. The Hospital will enter dock hours for nurses who are placed on dock or 30 dock standby prior to reporting to work. The nurse will be responsible for entering 31 earned leave if he/she wishes to utilize earned leave for the time, which shall include 32 deleting the dock hours, as appropriate. Nurses will have thirty (30) days following the 33 end of the pay period to correct errors related to entering dock hours in that pay period.
