Common use of Hire-In Rates Clause in Contracts

Hire-In Rates. Employees hired during the term of this Agreement shall be given full credit for continuous recent experience when placed on the wage scale. For purposes of this section, continuous recent experience shall be defined as clinical nursing experience (including temporary employment with KFHPWA) in an accredited hospital or ambulatory care setting, home health agency, long term care facility or equivalent health care experience or participation in a formal program of nursing education without a break in nursing experience which would reduce the level of nursing skills and is experience relevant to that required in the position for which the nurse is being hired in the opinion of Nursing Administration. It shall remain the prerogative of the Employer to establish at what step in the schedule to place newly hired nurses in all other circumstances.

Hire-In Rates. Employees hired during the term of this Agreement shall be given full credit for continuous recent experience when placed on the wage scale. For purposes of this section, continuous recent experience shall be defined as clinical nursing experience (including temporary employment with KFHPWAGroup Health) in an accredited hospital or ambulatory care setting, home health agency, long term care facility or equivalent health care experience or participation in a formal program of nursing education without a break in nursing experience which would reduce the level of nursing skills and is experience relevant to that required in the position for which the nurse is being hired in the opinion of Nursing Administration. It shall remain the prerogative of the Employer to establish at what step in the schedule to place newly hired nurses in all other circumstances.