Common use of Extra Shift Premium Clause in Contracts

Extra Shift Premium. 1. A nurse will be paid a premium of $15.50 per hour for all hours worked in excess of the number of the nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of the Medical Center or nurse. (b.) Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" will not include working as a result of trades. 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5. This section replaces all other bonus rates for working extra shifts which may have been in existence before this section's effective date.

Extra Shift Premium. 2 1. A nurse Full-time and part-time nurses will be paid a premium at one and one-half (1 1/2) 3 times their regular straight-time rate of $15.50 per hour pay for all hours worked in excess of above the number of the 4 nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, FTE except when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) there is a change of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of 5 schedule agreed upon by the Medical Center or and nurse. (b.) .. 6 Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In worked in determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" premium will not include working 7 hours worked as a result of trades. 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated ; at the applicable overtime rate, according request of other nurses; or being 8 called back to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed work while on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5. This section will apply only if the nurse 9 also works all of his/her scheduled shifts in the same pay period, other 10 than such shifts that were not worked because of a low census day or 11 because they had previously been scheduled as earned leave time off. 12 This premium will not be paid for any un-worked hours. This section 13 replaces all other bonus rates premiums for working extra or unscheduled shifts which that 14 may have been in existence before this section's effective date. 15 Once a nurse agrees to work an extra shift, the nurse is committed to 16 working that shift. If a nurse calls in unable to work during a pay period in 17 which the nurse has signed up for extra shift(s), the extra shift differential 18 will be waived for the corresponding number of extra shifts that the nurse 19 misses. Further, a nurse is required to use accrued PTO for the missed 20 shift. 22 2. There will be no pyramiding of hours worked under the terms of this letter 23 of agreement. (Example: If a nurse is paid the premium under this 24 section, the hours so paid will not be counted toward the computation of 25 weekly overtime.) No hour will be eligible for the payment of two such 26 premiums. 28 3. An apparently eligible nurse will be paid the extra shift premium for the 29 payroll period covering the hours worked. If it is subsequently determined 30 that the nurse was not eligible, the one-half premium amount will be 31 deducted from the nurse's pay for a subsequent payroll period. 33 4. If the nurse reduces his/her FTE status the extra shift differential will be 34 payable to the nurse only for extra shifts worked after the completion of 1 twenty-six (26) full pay periods following the nurse's FTE reduction. If, 2 during any of the twenty-six (26) pay periods, the nurse works his/her prior 3 FTE hours, then the nurse will become eligible for the extra shift premium, 4 as per the terms of this Letter of Agreement. Nurses, supervisors, 5 managers or their designees may not engage in individual bargaining to 6 receive a higher rate of pay during this period. 8 5. If extra shifts remain after the Medical Center has attempted to fill the 9 schedule with Per Diem nurses, the Medical Center will post the extra 11 be permitted to sign up for extra shifts for the first five (5) days that the 12 schedule is posted. Thereafter, all qualified nurses in the bargaining unit 13 may sign up. A nurse may sign up for extra shifts; however, the Medical 14 Center may limit nurses to one hundred eight (108) hours in a pay period. 15 If the Medical Center is concerned about patient care and safety, the 16 Medical Center reserves the right to limit the number of extra shifts a 17 nurse may work. 19 6. If two (2) or more nurses’ sign up for the same extra shift in the first seven 20 (7) days that the extra shifts are posted, the senior nurse prevails. 22 7. Per Diem nurses are not eligible for the extra shift premium. 24 8. Nurses who work an extra shift on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New 25 Year’s Day and Thanksgiving at the request of the Medical Center within 26 the published schedule will be paid two (2) times the straight time rate of 27 pay so long as the holiday is not a result of trades. A nurse that is called 28 back from being on-call on Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day 29 will be paid two (2) times the straight time rate of pay. 31 9. Home Health Nurses: Telephone Consultation: Telephone consultation 32 (including documentation of telephone contact) that is necessary for the 33 guidance of personnel on duty, for telephone conferences, and/or for 34 patient evaluation or advice, and that is in excess of fifteen (15) 1 cumulative minutes while the nurse is on call, shall be considered hours 2 worked and shall be compensated at the rate of time and one half (1 ½) 3 plus weekend differential, if applicable. 5 10. Home Health Nurses Reimbursable Miles: Reimbursable mileage means 6 all mileage driven on duty each day, less the distance to and from the 7 nurse’s home to the base office when check-in or check-out is required. 8 When the nurse is not required to check-in or check-out from the base 9 office, the nurse shall be reimbursed from the first visit.

Extra Shift Premium. 11 1. A nurse Full-time and part-time nurses will be paid a premium at one and one-half (1 1/2) 12 times their regular straight-time rate of $15.50 per hour pay for all hours worked in excess of above the number of the 13 nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, FTE except when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) there is a change of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of 14 schedule agreed upon by the Medical Center and nurse. A nurse working 15 a . 5 FTE or nurse. (b.) .6 FTE must work one extra shift at straight time before 16 becoming eligible for extra shift premium on subsequent extra shifts. 17 Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In worked in determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" premium will not include working 18 hours worked as a result of trades. 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated ; at the applicable overtime rate, according request of other nurses; or being 19 called back to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed work while on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5standby. This section will apply only if the 20 nurse also works all of his/her scheduled shifts in the same pay period, 21 other than such shifts that were not worked because of a low census day 22 or because they had previously been scheduled as earned leave time off. 23 This premium will not be paid for any un-worked hours. This section 24 replaces all other bonus rates premiums for working extra or unscheduled shifts which that 25 may have been in existence before this section's effective date. 26 Once a nurse agrees to work an extra shift, the nurse is committed to 27 working that shift. If a nurse calls in unable to work during a pay period in 28 which the nurse has signed up for extra shift(s), the extra shift differential 29 will be waived for the corresponding number of extra shifts that the nurse 30 misses. Further, a nurse is required to use accrued PTO for the missed 31 shift. 1 2. There will be no pyramiding of hours worked under the terms of this letter 2 of agreement. (Example: If a nurse is paid the premium under this 3 section, the hours so paid will not be counted toward the computation of 4 weekly overtime.) No hour will be eligible for the payment of two such 5 premiums. 6 3. An apparently eligible nurse will be paid the extra shift premium for the 7 payroll period covering the hours worked. If it is subsequently determined 8 that the nurse was not eligible, the one-half premium amount will be 9 deducted from the nurse's pay for a subsequent payroll period. 10 4. If the nurse reduces his/her FTE status the extra shift differential will be 11 payable to the nurse only for extra shifts worked after the completion of 12 thirteen (13) full pay periods following the nurse's FTE reduction. If, during 13 any of the thirteen (13) pay periods, the nurse works his/her prior FTE 14 hours, then the nurse will become eligible for the extra shift premium, as 15 per the terms of this Letter of Agreement. Nurses, supervisors, managers 16 or their designees may not engage in individual bargaining to receive a 17 higher rate of pay during this period. 18 5. If extra shifts remain after the Medical Center has attempted to fill the 19 schedule with Per Diem nurses, the Medical Center will post the extra 20 shifts electronically The nurses who hold an FTE in the relevant unit will 21 be permitted to sign up for extra shifts for the first five (5) days that the 22 schedule is posted. Thereafter, all qualified nurses in the bargaining unit 23 may sign up. A nurse may sign up for extra shifts; however, the Medical 24 Center may limit nurses to one hundred eight (108) hours in a pay period. 25 If the Medical Center is concerned about patient care and safety, the 26 Medical Center reserves the right to limit the number of extra shifts a 27 nurse may work. 28 6. If two (2) or more nurses sign up for the same extra shift in the first seven 29 (7) days that the extra shifts are posted, the senior nurse prevails. 30 7. Per Diem nurses are not eligible for the extra shift premium. 1 8. Nurses who work an extra shift on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New 2 Years Day and Thanksgiving will be paid two (2) times the straight time 3 rate of pay so long as the holiday is not a result of trades. 5 OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL 6 MEDICAL CENTER 7 8 9 10 By: By: 11 12 Date: 13 14 15 Date: 1 APPENDIX B 2 SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT

Extra Shift Premium. 1. A nurse will be paid a premium of $15.50 15.00 $13.00 per hour for all hours worked in excess of the number of the nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) a. Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of the Medical Center or nurse. (b.) b. Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) c. Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" will not include working as a result of trades. 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement statement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5. This section replaces all other bonus rates for working extra shifts which may have been in existence before this section's effective date. APPENDIX B – TA’d 1/23/2017 DETERMINATION OF STAY HOME/ON CALL FOR LOW CENSUS After the determination has been made as to the number of staff needed to work the next shift: 1. The Charge or staff nurse determines who is scheduled to work the next shift in the department. 2. If there are more nurses scheduled than are needed, the charge or staff nurse will check the stay home chart for the most recent on call/stay home/or accumulated hours totaling a full shift. The Charge or staff nurse will then determine who will stay home using the following sequence: A. Non guaranteed Agency nurses, unless Medical Center determines in specific situations that it is in the best interest of patient care to use B below ahead of A. B. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or other premium rates, including for extra shifts. C. Volunteer request to stay home or be placed on call. Lists of requested voluntary Low Census are maintained electronically indicating Low Census, and the nurse must designate his or her preference related to Standby at the time the nurse places his or her name on the list. Such preference will be considered by the Medical Center in determining which nurse will be given the Low Census, based on the determination as to the standby needs for the department (e.g., with or without standby). Where multiple requests are received for the same status of voluntary low census (e.g., with or without standby), the earliest request(s) will be given preference and the order will be viewable by nurses on- line, provided that a nurse on the same department is qualified to perform the work of the nurse given the time off. 1. The parties acknowledge that the Medical Center will make its best effort to select accurately among volunteers for low census. The parties agree, however, that no grievance may be filed about disputes between two or more volunteers for low census. 2. The parties also acknowledge that the Medical Center may assign Low Census to a nurse in the categories below, if the only volunteer does not indicate the standby preference needed by the Medical Center. D. Guaranteed agency nurses, including traveler nurses. E. Per Diem staff F. Part time/full time staff on the posted schedule with the least recent stay home/standby/or accumulated hours totaling a full shift (including credit for mandatory floating).

Extra Shift Premium. 1. A nurse will be paid a premium of $15.50 15.00 $13.00 per hour for all hours worked in excess of the number of the nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) a. Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of the Medical Center or nurse. (b.) b. Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) c. Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" will not include working as a result of trades. 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement statement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5. This section replaces all other bonus rates for working extra shifts which may have been in existence before this section's effective date. APPENDIX B – TA’d 1/23/2017 DETERMINATION OF STAY HOME/ON CALL FOR LOW CENSUS After the determination has been made as to the number of staff needed to work the next shift: 1. The Charge or staff nurse determines who is scheduled to work the next shift in the department. 2. If there are more nurses scheduled than are needed, the charge or staff nurse will check the stay home chart for the most recent on call/stay home/or accumulated hours totaling a full shift. The Charge or staff nurse will then determine who will stay home using the following sequence: A. Non guaranteed Agency nurses, unless Medical Center determines in specific situations that it is in the best interest of patient care to use B below ahead of A. B. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or other premium rates, including for extra shifts. C. Volunteer request to stay home or be placed on call. Lists of requested voluntary Low Census are maintained electronically indicating Low Census, and the nurse must designate his or her preference related to Xxxxxxx at the time the nurse places his or her name on the list. Such preference will be considered by the Medical Center in determining which nurse will be given the Low Census, based on the determination as to the standby needs for the department (e.g., with or without standby). Where multiple requests are received for the same status of voluntary low census (e.g., with or without standby), the earliest request(s) will be given preference and the order will be viewable by nurses on- line, provided that a nurse on the same department is qualified to perform the work of the nurse given the time off. 1. The parties acknowledge that the Medical Center will make its best effort to select accurately among volunteers for low census. The parties agree, however, that no grievance may be filed about disputes between two or more volunteers for low census. 2. The parties also acknowledge that the Medical Center may assign Low Census to a nurse in the categories below, if the only volunteer does not indicate the standby preference needed by the Medical Center. X. Xxxxxxxxxx agency nurses, including traveler nurses. E. Per Diem staff F. Part time/full time staff on the posted schedule with the least recent stay home/standby/or accumulated hours totaling a full shift (including credit for mandatory floating).

Extra Shift Premium. 1. 14 A. A nurse will be paid a premium of nineteen dollars ($15.50 19.00) per hour 15 for all hours worked in excess of the number of the nurse's regularly 16 scheduled hours for the week, when such excess hours result from the 17 nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) of at least four (4) hours each in 18 duration, (three and ½ 0.5 (3.50) hours if following the completion of the nurse’s 19 regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Per diem nurses are 20 eligible for the extra shift premium for shifts picked up during the same work 21 week in which they have already worked thirty-six (36) hours. Employees 22 may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly 23 scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the 24 week. (a.) 26 1. Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of the 27 Medical Center or nurse. (b.) 29 2. Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or 30 nurse due to low census. (c.) 32 3. Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, 33 PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice in- 1 service meetings. 3 4. In determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" will 4 not include working as a result of trades. 2. 6 B. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement signed by the nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premiumgranted. 3. 8 C. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be 9 compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal 10 wage and hour laws. 4. 12 D. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that 13 qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate 14 as well as the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a 15 result of a call-back. 5. This section replaces all other bonus rates for working extra shifts which may have been in existence before this section's effective date.

Extra Shift Premium. 8 1. A nurse will be paid a premium of $15.50 15.00 per hour for all hours worked in 9 excess of the number of the nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, when such 10 excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) of at least four (4) 11 hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s 12 regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long 13 as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also 14 be counted for "hours worked" in the week. . 15 (a.) Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of the 16 Medical Center or nurse. . 17 18 (b.) Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse 19 due to low census. . 20 21 (c.) Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, 22 PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice 23 meetings. 25 In determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" will not include working as a 26 result of trades.. 27 28 2. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement statement signed by the 29 nurse director or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra 30 shift premium.. 31 32 3. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be 33 compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal wage and 34 hour laws. 36 4. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that 37 qualifies for the extra shift premium will be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as 1 the extra shift premium for all hours worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back.. 2 3 5. This section replaces all other bonus rates for working extra shifts which 4 may have been in existence before this section's effective date. 2 PROCEDURE 4 After the determination has been made as to the number of staff needed to work the next shift: 5 A. The Charge or staff nurse determines who is scheduled to work the next shift in 6 the department. 7 8 B. If there are more nurses scheduled than are needed, the charge or staff nurse will 9 check the stay home chart for the most recent on call/stay home/or accumulated hours totaling a 10 full shift. 11 The Charge or staff nurse will then determine who will stay home using the following sequence: 12 1. Non-guaranteed Agency nurses, unless Medical Center determines in 13 specific situations that it is in the best interest of patient care to use B below ahead of A. 14 15 2. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or other premium rates, 16 including for extra shifts. 17 18 3. Volunteer request to stay home or be placed on call. Lists of requested 19 voluntary Low Census are maintained electronically indicating Low Census, and the nurse 20 must designate his or her preference related to Standby at the time the nurse places his 21 or her name on the list. Such preference will be considered by the Medical Center in 22 determining which nurse will be given the Low Census, based on the determination as to 23 the standby needs for the department (e.g., with or without standby). Where multiple 24 requests are received for the same status of voluntary low census (e.g., with or without 25 standby), the earliest request(s) will be given preference and the order will be viewable by 26 nurses on-line, provided that a nurse on the same department is qualified to perform the 27 work of the nurse given the time off. 28 (a.) The parties acknowledge that the Medical Center will make its 29 best effort to select accurately among volunteers for low census. The parties 30 agree, however, that no grievance may be filed about disputes between two or 31 more volunteers for low census. 32 33 (b.) The parties also acknowledge that the Medical Center may assign 34 Low Census to a nurse in the categories below, if the only volunteer does not 35 indicate the standby preference needed by the Medical Center. 36 37 4. Guaranteed agency nurses, including traveler nurses. 1 5. Per Diem staff 2 3 6. Part time/full time staff on the posted schedule with the least recent stay 4 home/standby/or accumulated hours totaling a full shift (including credit for mandatory 5 floating). 7 7. Situations that will alter the assignment of Voluntary and Mandatory Low 8 Census are: 9 (a.) The nurse’s qualifications may not meet the needs of an area.

Extra Shift Premium. 1. A nurse Full-time and part-time nurses will be paid a premium at one and one-half (1 1/2) times their regular straight-time rate of $15.50 per hour pay for all hours worked in excess of the number of above the nurse's regularly scheduled hours for the week, FTE except when such excess hours result from the nurse's working hours on an extra shift(s) there is a change of at least four (4) hours each in duration, (three and ½ hours if following the completion of the nurse’s regular shift) at the request of the Medical Center. Employees may split a shift as long as the total shift is covered. The following regularly scheduled hours not worked will also be counted for "hours worked" in the week. (a.) Hours because of stay home time whether at the request of schedule agreed upon by the Medical Center or and nurse. (b.) . Hours placed on call at the request of the Medical Center or nurse due to low census. (c.) Any time taken as paid time off including but not limited to EIB, PTO, jury duty, bereavement, paid educational days, or mandatory inservice meetings. In worked in determining eligibility for this premium, "hours worked" premium will not include working hours worked as a result of trades. 2; at the request of other nurses; or being called back to work while on standby. Each nurse shall receive a written confirmation when a shift is grantedstatement signed by This section will apply only if the nurse director also works all of his/her scheduled shifts in the same pay period, other than such shifts that were not worked because of a low census day or staffing coordinator indicating what shift/hours will qualify for the extra shift premium. 3because they had previously been scheduled as earned leave time off. If extra shift hours qualify for overtime, the extra shift hours will be compensated at the applicable overtime rate, according to applicable federal wage and hour laws. 4. A nurse who is placed on standby call while working on a shift that qualifies for the extra shift This premium will not be paid the applicable call-back rate as well as the extra shift premium for all hours any un- worked on the extra shift as a result of a call-back. 5hours. This section replaces all other bonus rates premiums for working extra or unscheduled shifts which that may have been in existence before this section's effective date. Once a nurse agrees to work an extra shift, the nurse is committed to working that shift. If a nurse calls in unable to work during a pay period in which the nurse has signed up for extra shift(s), the extra shift differential will be waived for the corresponding number of extra shifts that the nurse misses. Further, a nurse is required to use accrued PTO for the missed shift. 2. There will be no pyramiding of hours worked under the terms of this letter of agreement. (Example: If a nurse is paid the premium under this section, the hours so paid will not be counted toward the computation of weekly overtime.) No hour will be eligible for the payment of two such premiums. 3. An apparently eligible nurse will be paid the extra shift premium for the payroll period covering the hours worked. If it is subsequently determined that the nurse was not eligible, the one-half premium amount will be deducted from the nurse's pay for a subsequent payroll period. 4. If the nurse reduces his/her FTE status the extra shift differential will be payable to the nurse only for extra shifts worked after the completion of thirteen (13) full pay periods following the nurse's FTE reduction. If, during any of the thirteen (13) pay periods, the nurse works his/her prior FTE hours, then the nurse will become eligible for the extra shift premium, as per the terms of this Letter of Agreement. Nurses, supervisors, managers or their designees may not engage in individual bargaining to receive a higher rate of pay during this period. 5. If extra shifts remain after the Medical Center has attempted to fill the schedule with PRN nurses, the Medical Center will post the extra shifts. The nurses who hold an FTE in the relevant unit will be permitted to sign up for extra shifts for the first five (5) days that the schedule is posted. Thereafter, all qualified nurses in the bargaining unit may sign up. A nurse may sign up for extra shifts; however, the Medical Center may limit nurses to one hundred eight (108) hours in a pay period. If the Medical Center is concerned about patient care and safety, the Medical Center reserves the right to limit the number of extra shifts a nurse may work. 6. If two (2) or more nurses sign up for the same extra shift in the first seven (7) days that the extra shifts are posted, the senior nurse prevails. 7. PRN nurses are not eligible for the extra shift premium. OREGON NURSES ASSOCIATION GOOD SAMARITAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER By: By: 1. The GSRMC/ONA LMCC will undertake to address the issue of approval and scheduling of PTO and Education leave requests. 2. The goal of these discussions will be to develop and implement a procedure that will allow GSRMC management to grant nursing staff PTO and education leave requests while maintaining appropriate patient staffing levels. 3. The process to be developed will include the participation of nursing management in the resolution of PTO and education leave denial and scheduling conflicts.