Education Support Funds. In support of HMC's commitment to continuing professional education and development, the Employer will establish continuing education funds to assist permanent employees with continuing education expenses including but not limited to certification and recertification fees, books, magazines, seminars, tuition for college courses, audio or video cassette courses, conference registration, and travel related expenses for conferences. For purposes of this section, .9FTE will be considered a full-time employee for all bargaining units. Registered Nurses. The Employer will provide $500.00 per bargaining unit nurse FTE at the beginning of each fiscal year (prorated for part-time nurses) to pay for continuing education expenses. Professional/Technical Bargaining Unit Members. A pool of $26,000 per fiscal year shall be set aside to fund continuing education in the Professional/Technical bargaining unit (does not include Cardiac Sonographers and Vascular Sonographers).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
