Extended Illness Time. The Extended Illness Time ("EIT") program encompasses time taken in connection with illness, injury, and family medical leaves (in accordance with the law).
Extended Illness Time. A. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in connection with illness, injury, and parental leave.
B. Accrual: Regular nurses will accrue 0.0270 EIT hours per paid hour, not to exceed 80 paid hours per two-week pay period (approximately seven (7) days of EIT per year with 56 hours’ pay for a full-time nurse). A paid hour under this section is defined the same as a paid hour under the PTO program. Accrual will cease when a nurse has 1,040 hours of unused EIT accrual.
C. Pay: EIT pay will be at the nurse’s straight-time hourly rate of pay, including regularly scheduled shift and Charge Nurse differentials provided under Appendix A, at the time of use. EIT pay is paid on regular paydays after the EIT is used.
D. Use:
1. Accrued EIT may first be used in the pay period following six (6) months of employment and then in or after the pay period following the pay period when accrued.
2. EIT will be used for any absence from work due to the following:
(a) The nurse’s admission to a hospital, including a day surgery unit, as an inpatient or outpatient, for one or more days and any necessary absence immediately following hospitalization. If, during the term of this Agreement, the Medical Center makes any improvement in the benefit covered by this subparagraph for a majority of the Medical Center's other employees who are not in a bargaining unit, the improvement will also be provided to bargaining unit employees.
(b) When a nurse receives outpatient procedures under conscious sedation, spinal block, or general anesthesia in a free-standing surgical center or in a surgical suite at a physician's office.
(c) The nurse’s disabling illness after a waiting period of missed work due to such condition which is equal to the shorter of three (3) consecutive scheduled work shifts or 24 consecutive scheduled hours. If, during the term of this Agreement, the Medical Center makes any improvement in the benefit covered by this subparagraph for a majority of the Medical Center's other employees who are not in a bargaining unit, the improvement will also be provided to bargaining unit employees.
(d) Partial day absences related to a single illness of the nurse, without an intervening full scheduled shift being worked, after a waiting period of missed work due to such condition which is equal to the shorter of the equivalent of three regularly scheduled work shifts or 24 scheduled hours.
(e) After qualification for use under subsections (c) or (d) above and a...
Extended Illness Time. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in connection with illness, injury and parental leave. All nurses hired or moving into full-time/part-time benefit eligible status on or after January 1, 2010, will participate in the PTO/EIT program in lieu of the benefits provided under Articles III-A (Vacation), IV-A (Sick Leave) and VI (Holidays). In addition, all nurses who were employed as of December 31, 2009, may elect to enroll in the Medical Center’s PTO EIT program in lieu of the benefits provided under Articles III-A (Vacation), IV-A (Sick Leave) and VI (Holidays), on the terms outlined in Paragraph H of Article III-B.
Extended Illness Time. 2 A. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in 3 connection with illness, injury, and parental leave.
5 B. Accrual: Through January 4, 2020, regular nurses will accrue 0.0270 EIT hours 6 per paid hour, not to exceed 80 paid hours per two-week pay period 7 (approximately seven (7) days of EIT per year with 56 hours’ pay for a full-time 8 nurse). A paid hour under this section is defined the same as a paid hour under 9 the PTO program. Accrual will cease when a nurse has 1,040 hours of unused 10 EIT accrual. Effective with the pay period that begins Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, no 11 further EIT accruals will occur. All existing EIT accruals for then-current nurses 12 shall be frozen as of that date and shall be placed in an Extended Illness bank for 13 each respective nurse. Nurses hired on or after January 2, 2020 will not accrue 14 or participate in EIT.
16 C. Pay: EIT pay will be at the nurse’s straight-time hourly rate of pay, including 17 regularly scheduled shift and charge nurse differentials provided under Appendix 18 A, at the time of use. EIT pay is paid on regular paydays after the EIT is used.
20 D. 1. Use: (through January 4, 2020): Effective through January 4, 2020, EIT 21 continues to be available as follows:
22 1. Accrued EIT may first be used in the pay period following six (6) months of 23 employment and then in or after the pay period following the pay period when 24 accrued.
26 2. EIT will be used for any absence from work due to the following:
27 (a) The nurse’s admission to a hospital, including a day surgery unit, 28 as an inpatient or outpatient, for (1) one or more days and any necessary 29 absence immediately following hospitalization. When a nurse receives outpatient 30 procedures under conscious sedation, spinal block, or general anesthesia in a 31 free-standing surgical center or in a surgical suite at a physician's office.
Extended Illness Time. (EIT) Defined - Another benefit of paid leave is the extended illness bank (EIT). EIT hours are intended to be used only in cases of disability due to extended illness or accident. Therefore, they can only be used after a nurse has been ill or disabled for twenty-four (24) consecutive working hours, for scheduled hours missed after said working hours; or earlier for scheduled hours missed from the first day of hospitalization, including being in the Medical Center for day surgery. Nurses employed on or before April 19, 2011 who have 240 or more hours of EIT may use EIT hours for illnesses of less than twenty-four (24) working hours following a waiting period of 24 consecutive scheduled working hours. Nurses who were hired after April 19, 2011 who have accumulated over 240 EIT hours may use these hours for illnesses of less than twenty-four (24) consecutive working hours. The accrual and computation of pay conditions for EIT hours are the same as for PTOs (see Sections 21.2 and 21.11).
Extended Illness Time. 2 The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in 3 connection with illness, injury and parental leave. 4 All nurses hired or moving into full-time/part-time benefit eligible status on 5 or after January 1, 2010, will participate in the PTO/EIT program in lieu of the 6 benefits provided under Articles III-A (Vacation), IV-A (Sick Leave) and VI 7 (Holidays). In addition, all nurses who were employed as of December 31, 2009, 8 may elect to enroll in the Medical Center’s PTO EIT program in lieu of the 9 benefits provided under Articles III-A (Vacation), IV-A (Sick Leave) and VI 10 (Holidays), on the terms outlined in Paragraph H of Article III-B.
Extended Illness Time. 10.1 Accrual. 10.2 Eligibility. 10.3 Use of EIT. 10.4 Verification.
Extended Illness Time. 15 A. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in 16 connection with illness, injury, and parental leave. 18 B. Accrual: Regular nurses will accrue 0.0270 EIT hours per paid hour, not to 19 exceed 80 paid hours per two-week pay period (approximately seven (7) days of 20 EIT per year with 56 hours’ pay for a full-time nurse). A paid hour under this 21 section is defined the same as a paid hour under the PTO program. Accrual will 22 cease when a nurse has 1,040 hours of unused EIT accrual.
24 C. Pay: EIT pay will be at the nurse’s straight-time hourly rate of pay, including 25 regularly scheduled shift and charge nurse differentials provided under Appendix 26 A, at the time of use. EIT pay is paid on regular paydays after the EIT is used.
28 D. Use:
29 1. Accrued EIT may first be used in the pay period following six (6) months of 30 employment and then in or after the pay period following the pay period 31 when accrued.
1 2. EIT will be used for any absence from work due to the following:
2 (a) The nurse’s admission to a hospital, including a day surgery unit, 3 as an inpatient or outpatient, for one or more days and any 4 necessary absence immediately following hospitalization. 6 (b) When a nurse receives outpatient procedures under conscious 7 sedation, spinal block, or general anesthesia in a free-standing 8 surgical center or in a surgical suite at a physician's office.
Extended Illness Time. (EIT). EIT banks will no longer accrue new hours but may 32 be banked for the term of employment and utilized to supplement Short Term Disability 33 (STD) waiting periods and to supplement the STD 20%-40% wage recovery discount. 1 Nurses will still be eligible for the EIT Cashout outlined in the Letter of Agreement at the 2 end of this contract. 4 EIT is the time available for the nurse who may be hospitalized or have extended 5 periods of disability or injury which would otherwise deplete accumulated PTO time. It is 6 used only for the personal disability or injury of the nurse who accumulated EIT. EIT is
Extended Illness Time. 12 A. The Extended Illness Time (―EIT‖) program encompasses time taken in 13 connection with illness, injury, and parental leave.
14 B. Accrual: Regular nurses will accrue 0.0270 EIT hours per paid hour, not 15 to exceed 80 paid hours per two-week pay period (approximately seven (7) days of EIT 16 per year with 56 hours’ pay for a full-time nurse). A paid hour under this section is 17 defined the same as a paid hour under the PTO program. Accrual will cease when a 18 nurse has 1,040 hours of unused EIT accrual.
19 C. Pay: EIT pay will be at the nurse’s straight-time hourly rate of pay, 20 including regularly scheduled shift and Assistant Head Nurse differentials provided 21 under Appendix A, at the time of use. EIT pay is paid on regular paydays after the EIT 22 is used.
