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 return to work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to recurrence of such condition. (f) Approved parental leave under applicable law. (g) Approved leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), as outlined in the provisions of OFLA. 3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
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 shift, certification, Clinical Ladder, and Charge Assistant HeadCharge 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 return to work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to recurrence of such condition.
(f) Approved parental leave under applicable law.
(g) Approved leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), as outlined in the provisions of OFLA.
3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
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 shift, certification, Clinical Ladder, 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 return to work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to recurrence of such condition.
(f) Approved parental leave under applicable law.
(g) Approved leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), as outlined in the provisions of OFLA.
3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Extended Illness Time. A. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in connection with illness, injury, and parental leave.
B. Accrual: Regular Effective through the final pay period in February 2021, R 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. Effective with the first full pay period in March 2021, no further EIT leave accruals will occur. All existing EIT leave accruals for then-current nurses shall be frozen as of that date and shall be placed in an extended illness bank for each respective nurse. Nurses hired on or after March 1, 2021 will not accrue or participate in EIT.
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. . D-1. Use: (through the pay period including February 28, 2021): Effective through the pay period including February 27, 2021, EIT will continue to be available as follows:
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 return to work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to recurrence of such condition.
(f) Approved parental leave under applicable law.
(g) Approved leave leaves under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), as outlined in the provisions of OFLA.after exhausting all accrued and available
3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours. D-2 Use of EIT March 2021 – December 31, 2022): Effective the first full pay period in March 2021 and until December 31, 2022), accrued EIT may be used for the following purposes:
1. Top-up short-term disability pay to 100%
2. Top-up paid parental leave pay to 100%
3. Top-up Workers’ Compensation pay to 100%
4. Use to care for a family member when out on an approved FMLA.
5. For absences shorter than seven (7) day, EIT can be used as described in Section D- 1. above.
6. For absences longer than seven (7) days, EIT can be used for scheduled shifts missed during the 7-calendar day waiting period for short-term disability benefits (regardless of whether STD is approved or denied).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
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 shift, certification, Clinical Ladder, and Charge Assistant Head 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 return to work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to recurrence of such condition.
(f) Approved parental leave under applicable law.
(g) Approved leave under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”), as outlined in the provisions of OFLA.
3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Extended Illness Time.
13 A. The Extended Illness Time (“EIT”) program encompasses time taken in connection with 14 illness, injury, and parental leave.. 15
16 B. Accrual: Regular nurses will accrue 0.0270 .0270 EIT hours per paid hour, not to exceed 80 17 paid hours per two-week pay period (approximately seven (7) days of EIT per year with 56 18 hours’ pay for a full-time nurse). A paid hour under this section is defined the same as a paid hour under the PTO program20 accrual. Accrual will cease when a nurse has 1,040 hours of unused EIT accrual.21
22 C. Pay: EIT pay will be at the nurse’s straight-time hourly rate of pay, including regularly 23 scheduled shift and Charge Nurse differentials provided under Appendix A, at the time of use. EIT pay is paid on 24 regular paydays after the EIT is used.. 25
26 D. Use:
27 1. Accrued EIT may first be used in the pay period following six (6) months of 28 employment and then in or after the pay period following the pay period when accrued.. 29
30 2. EIT will be used for any absence from work due to any of the following:
(a) The nurse’s admission to a hospital, including a day surgery unit, as an 32 inpatient or outpatient, for one or more days and any necessary absence immediately 33 following hospitalization. 34 35 If, during the term of this Agreement, the Medical Center Home Health and Hospice makes any 36 improvement in the benefit covered by this subparagraph for a majority of the Medical CenterHome Health 37 and Xxxxxxx's other employees who are not in a bargaining unit, the improvement will 1 also be provided to bargaining unit employees.
. 2 3 (b) When a nurse receives outpatient procedures under conscious sedation, 4 spinal block, or general anesthesia in a free-standing surgical center or in a surgical 5 suite at a physician's office.
. 6 7 (c) The nurse’s disabling illness after a waiting period of missed work due to 8 such condition which is equal to the shorter of three (3) consecutive scheduled work 9 shifts or 24 consecutive scheduled hours. If, during the term of this Agreement, the Medical Center Home 10 Health and Hospice makes any improvement in the benefit covered by this 11 subparagraph for a majority of the Medical CenterHome Health and Xxxxxxx's other employees who are not 12 in a bargaining unit, the improvement will also be provided to bargaining unit employees.
. 13 14 (d) Partial day absences related to a single illness of the nurse, without an 15 intervening full scheduled shift being worked, after a waiting period of missed work due 16 to such condition which is equal to the shorter of the equivalent of three regularly 17 scheduled work shifts or 24 scheduled hours.
. 18 19 (e) After qualification for use under subsections (c) c or (d) d above and a return to 20 work for less than one (1) scheduled full shift, when the nurse misses work due to 21 recurrence of such condition.
. 22 23 (f) Approved parental leave under applicable law.
. 24 25 (g) Approved leave leaves under the Oregon Family Leave Act (“OFLA”)OFLA or FMLA, as outlined in the provisions of OFLA.
required by those laws. 26 27 3. EIT may be used when the nurse is receiving workers’ compensation pay after 28 the normal workers’ compensation waiting period and is otherwise eligible for EIT use, but such 29 EIT use will be limited to bringing the nurse’s total compensation from workers’ compensation 30 and EIT to two-thirds (2/3) of the nurse’s straight-time pay for the missed hours.. 31
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement