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Exceptional Performance Award Program. The Agency shall continue to make the Exceptional Performance Award Program available to bargaining unit nurses in the same manner it is made available to other staff. Exceptional performance shall be determined by measuring a nurse’s performance against his/her job description and unit-specific job requirements. A nurse qualifying for an exceptional performance award, based on the results of the annual assessment and completion of the goal(s) addressed on the assessment, shall receive in the fall an award amount equivalent to 0.5% of the nurse’s total wages in the prior fiscal year. 1. Where core staffing is one (1) through four (4) nurses, a minimum of one (1) nurse shall be granted time off. 2. Where core staffing is five (5) through eleven (11) nurses, a minimum of two (2) nurses shall be granted time off. 3. Where core staffing is twelve (12) through nineteen (19) nurses, a minimum of three (3) nurses shall be granted time off. 4. Where core staffing is twenty (20) through twenty-nine (29) nurses, a minimum of four (4) nurses shall be granted time off. 5. Where core staffing is thirty (30) nurses or more, a minimum of five (5) nurses shall be granted time off. Open or unscheduled positions shall not be considered in the determination of a program’s core staffing base for purposes of these minimums. Current practice shall continue for granting scheduled time off for CQI coordinators, intake coordinators and patient care coordinators. Scheduled time off due to absences under FMLA/OFLA shall not be included in the minimums set forth above. A maximum of one nurse with scheduled time off due to worker’s compensation, however, may be included. When requests for time off are received after the schedule has been posted for the work cycle that includes the requested period of time off, the Agency may consider absences under FMLA/OFLA as well as educational requests in determining whether or not to approve the time off request. From July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012, the Agency will not be required to grant time off to more than a minimum of three (3) nurses even if core staffing exceeds twenty (20) nurses as specified in paragraph 4 above.

Exceptional Performance Award Program. The Agency Medical Center shall continue to make the Exceptional Performance Award Program available to bargaining unit nurses in the same manner it is made available to other staff. Exceptional performance shall be determined by measuring a nurse’s performance against his/her job description and unit-specific job requirements. A nurse qualifying for an exceptional performance award, based on the results of the annual assessment and completion of the goal(s) addressed on the assessment, shall receive in the fall an award amount equivalent to 0.5% of the nurse’s total wages in the prior fiscal year. 1. Where core staffing is one (1) through four (4) nurses, a minimum of one one (1) nurse shall be granted time off. 2. Where core staffing is five (5) through eleven (11) nurses, a minimum of two (2) nurses shall be granted time off. 3. Where core staffing is twelve (12) through nineteen (19) nurses, a minimum of three (3) nurses shall be granted time off. 4. Where core staffing is twenty (20) through twenty-nine (29) nurses, a minimum of four (4) nurses shall be granted time off. 5. Where core staffing is thirty (30) nurses or more, a minimum of five (5) nurses shall be granted time off. The following exceptions shall apply to the foregoing schedule: a. In the Cath Lab unit, a minimum of one (1) regularly scheduled nurse per shift shall be granted scheduled time off. b. In the main operating room, a minimum of six (6) regularly scheduled nurses per 24-hour period combined shall be granted scheduled time off. c. In the Cardiac Surgery Team, a minimum of one (1) regularly scheduled nurse shall be granted time off when core staffing is twelve (12) nurses or fewer. When core staffing is thirteen (13) through nineteen (19), a minimum of two (2) regularly scheduled nurses shall be granted time off. Open or unscheduled positions shall not be considered in the determination of a programunit’s core staffing base for purposes of these minimums. Current practice shall continue for granting scheduled time off for CQI coordinators, intake coordinators and patient care coordinators. Scheduled time off due to absences under FMLA/OFLA or worker’s compensation shall not be included in the minimums set forth above. 1. In lieu of the amount in Article 9.7.1, regular, per diem, and temporary nurses in the Operating Room, Post Anesthesia Care and Cath Lab Units who are on- call as defined in Section 9.7 for more than forty-eight (48) hours in a four-week scheduled cycle will receive double the mandatory call rate under Section 9.7.1 for all on-call hours in excess of said forty-eight (48) hours. 2. On-call hours paid at the Article 9.7.1 rate will be known as Tier 1 hours. Excess hours as defined above will be known as Tier 2 hours. 3. All OR and PACU nurses who have worked fifteen (15) or more years in the OR will be exempt for call until all other nurses in their unit subject to and available for call scheduling are scheduled for 32 hours of call for the four-week cycle where another nurse in their unit would need to be scheduled for more than 32 hours of call. These nurses shall be exempt from call assignment in order of each nurse’s original exemption date within either unit. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, an exempt nurse may agree to take call. 4. The Medical Center will assign and pre-post all scheduled Tier 1 shifts for regular, temporary, and traveling nurses. A maximum of one per diem nurse may consent to be scheduled for Tier 1 shifts. Regular, temporary, and per diem nurses shall be scheduled first with any unfilled hours then assigned to traveling nurses. Regular staff may then self-schedule for any additional scheduled time off on-call shifts still unfilled. The Medical Center may then assign available traveling, temporary, and per diem nurses for any unfilled hours. The Medical Center may then assign regular staff for any unfilled hours. In the event a pre-assigned call shift is left uncovered due to workerunforeseen circumstances, the Medical Center will assign the uncovered call shift based on a system of rotation, commencing with the least senior nurse. 5. Any nurse who serves as the on-call Team Leader for the OR on a weekend shall receive a minimum of two (2) hours of pay for that weekend at the nurse’s compensationregular rate of pay, however, even if the nurse has worked less than two full hours during the weekend. Such minimum pay shall be in addition to any on-call or callback pay to which the nurse may be includedentitled. When requests for time off are received after the schedule has been posted for the work cycle that includes the requested period of time offONA/Sacred Heart Medical Center Collective Bargaining Agreement August 10, the Agency may consider absences under FMLA/OFLA as well as educational requests in determining whether or not to approve the time off request. From July 1, 2010 through 2014-June 30, 2012, the Agency will not be required to grant time off to more than a minimum of three (3) nurses even if core staffing exceeds twenty (20) nurses as specified in paragraph 4 above.2016 86

Exceptional Performance Award Program. The Agency shall continue to make the Exceptional Performance Award Program available to bargaining unit nurses in the same manner it is made available to other staff. Exceptional performance shall be determined by measuring a nurse’s performance against his/her job description and unit-specific job requirements. A nurse qualifying for an exceptional performance award, based on the results of the annual assessment and completion of the goal(s) addressed on the assessment, shall receive in the fall an award amount equivalent to 0.5% of the nurse’s total wages Appendix B SCHEDULED TIME OFF Regularly scheduled bargaining unit staff nurses shall be granted scheduled time off, per program, at least in the prior fiscal yearfollowing numbers. Consistent with current practice and whenever possible, educational leave shall be granted in addition to these numbers. 1. Where core staffing is one (1) through four (4) nurses, a minimum of one one (1) nurse shall be granted time off. 2. Where core staffing is five (5) through eleven (11) nurses, a minimum of two (2) nurses shall be granted time off. 3. Where core staffing is twelve (12) through nineteen twenty-two (1922) nurses, a minimum of three (3) nurses shall be granted time off. 4. Where core staffing is twenty twenty-three (2023) through twenty-nine (29) nurses, a minimum of four (4) nurses shall be granted time off. 5. Where core staffing is thirty (30) nurses or more, a minimum of five (5) nurses shall be granted time off. Open or unscheduled positions shall not be considered in the determination of a program’s core staffing base for purposes of these minimums. The Agency will provide notice to the Association of its current core staffing in each program on a quarterly basis. Current practice shall continue for granting scheduled time off for CQI coordinators, intake coordinators and patient care coordinators. Scheduled time off due to absences under FMLA/OFLA shall not be included in the minimums set forth above. A maximum of one nurse with scheduled time off due to workerw orker’s compensation, however, may be included. When requests for time off are received after the schedule has been posted for the work cycle that includes the requested period of time off, the Agency may consider absences under FMLA/OFLA as well as educational requests in determining whether or not to approve the time off request. From July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012, the Agency will not be required to grant time off to more than a minimum of three (3) nurses even if core staffing exceeds twenty (20) nurses as specified in paragraph 4 above.

Exceptional Performance Award Program. The Agency shall continue to make the Exceptional Performance Award Program available to bargaining unit nurses in the same manner it is made available to other staff. Exceptional performance shall be determined by measuring a nurse’s performance against his/her job description and unit-specific job requirements. A nurse qualifying for an exceptional performance award, based on the results of the annual assessment and completion of the goal(s) addressed on the assessment, shall receive in the fall an award amount equivalent to 0.5% of the nurse’s total wages in the prior fiscal year. 1. Where core staffing is one (1) through four (4) nurses, a minimum of one (1) nurse shall be granted time off. 2. Where core staffing is five (5) through eleven (11) nurses, a minimum of two (2) nurses shall be granted time off. 3. Where core staffing is twelve (12) through nineteen twenty-two (1922) nurses, a minimum of three (3) nurses shall be granted time off. 4. Where core staffing is twenty twenty-three (2023) through twenty-nine (29) nurses, a minimum of four (4) nurses shall be granted time off. 5. Where core staffing is thirty (30) nurses or more, a minimum of five (5) nurses shall be granted time off. Open or unscheduled positions shall not be considered in the determination of a program’s core staffing base for purposes of these minimums. The Agency will provide notice to the Association of its current core staffing in each program on a quarterly basis. Current practice shall continue for granting scheduled time off for CQI coordinators, intake coordinators and patient care coordinators. Scheduled time off due to absences under FMLA/OFLA shall not be included in the minimums set forth above. A maximum of one nurse with scheduled time off due to worker’s compensation, however, may be included. When requests for time off are received after the schedule has been posted for the work cycle that includes the requested period of time off, the Agency may consider absences under FMLA/OFLA as well as educational requests in determining whether or not to approve the time off request. From July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012, the Agency will not be required to grant time off to more than a minimum of three (3) nurses even if core staffing exceeds twenty (20) nurses as specified in paragraph 4 above.