Excess low census. If low census results in a reduction of at least 10% of the core scheduled hours in a nursing program over a span of three (3) consecutive cycles, representatives of the Agency and the Association shall meet to consider ways to remedy the situation, including potential reorganization and/or implementation of layoffs as provided in this article. All time that a nurse is prevented from working his/her scheduled hours because of low census will be included in calculating these percentages, regardless of whether the nurse uses PTO for any of the low census hours. Furthermore, whenever a nurse’s scheduled work hours are reduced by more than 25% in a given cycle because of low census, the Agency will seek to provide that nurse, upon written request from the nurse, any available work on the nurse’s regular shift that the nurse is qualified and able to perform.
Excess low census. If low census results in a reduction of at least 10% of the core scheduled hours in a program’s equitable rotation group over a span of two (2) consecutive cycles, representatives of the Agency and the Association shall meet to consider ways to remedy the situation, including: • Allowing nurses to voluntarily reduce scheduled hours with continued benefit level and guaranteed return to schedule hours for a specific number of cycles • Allowing nurses to voluntarily be removed from the schedule for a specific period of time with continued benefit level and guaranteed return to scheduled hours without utilizing PTO • Potential reorganization and/or implementation of layoffs as provided in this article. All time that a nurse is prevented from working his/her scheduled hours because of low census will be included in calculating these percentages, regardless of whether the nurse uses PTO for any of the low census hours. Furthermore, whenever a nurse’s scheduled work hours are reduced by more than 25% in a given cycle because of low census, the Agency will seek to provide that nurse, upon written request from the nurse, any available work on the nurse’s regular shift that the nurse is qualified and able to perform. The Agency will provide low census data on a monthly basis to the Association for each program in the Agency.
Excess low census. If low census results in a reduction of at least 23 ten percent of the core scheduled hours in a program’s equitable rotation group 24 over a span of two consecutive cycles, representatives of the Agency and the 25 Association shall meet to consider ways to remedy the situation, including: 26 • Allowing nurses to voluntarily reduce scheduled hours with 27 continued benefit level and guaranteed return to schedule hours for 28 a specific number of cycles.
Excess low census. If low census results in a reduction of at least 24 ten percent of the core scheduled hours in a program’s equitable rotation group 25 over a span of two consecutive cycles, representatives of the Agency and the 26 Association shall meet to consider ways to remedy the situation, including: 27 • Allowing nurses to voluntarily reduce scheduled hours with 28 continued benefit level and guaranteed return to schedule hours for 29 a specific number of cycles Page 64 of 121 Date Accepted / / Accepted by XXX Accepted by Employer 2 • Allowing nurses to voluntarily be removed from the schedule for a 3 specific period of time with continued benefit level and guaranteed 4 return to scheduled hours without utilizing PTO 6 • Potential reorganization and/or implementation of layoffs as 7 provided in this article. 9 All time that a nurse is prevented from working his/her scheduled hours 10 because of low census will be included in calculating these percentages, 11 regardless of whether the nurse uses PTO for any of the low census hours.
