Common use of Hours Increase Clause in Contracts

Hours Increase. It is Group Health's intent to assign employees an FTE status consistent with the number of hours normally assigned and worked by the employee on a regular, continuing basis. It is not Group Health's intent to permanently increase an employee's FTE, absent mutual agreement, as a means to permanently filling vacant FTE in the department. In the event that Group Health needs to make a temporary increase to an employee's FTE in order to provide coverage for a vacancy in the process of being filled, the Employer will first ask for volunteers from the unit and shift where changes are needed. When an involuntary increase is needed, the Employer will make a good faith effort to increase the hours of the least senior person on a work unit and shift, subject to patient care needs, staffing considerations, and hours of operation. The Employer will notify the affected employee(s) in writing of the effective date of the increase and, to the extent known, the expected duration of the increase. In the event that an employee who was formerly assigned to a 0.5 or more FTE status is assigned an hour's increase of more than 0.25 FTE that lasts for six or more months, the employee shall have access to the following options:

Hours Increase. It is Group Health's intent to assign employees an FTE status consistent with the number of hours normally assigned and worked by the employee on a regular, continuing basis. basis It is not Group Health's intent to permanently increase an employee's FTE, absent mutual agreement, as a means to permanently filling vacant FTE in the department. In the event that Group Health needs to make a temporary increase to an employee's FTE in order to provide coverage for a vacancy in the process of being filled, the Employer will first ask for volunteers from the unit and shift where changes are needed. When an involuntary increase is needed, the Employer will make a good faith effort to increase the hours of the least senior person on a work unit and shift, subject to patient care needs, staffing considerations, and hours of operation. The Employer will notify the affected employee(s) in writing of the effective date of the increase and, to the extent known, the expected duration of the increase. In the event that an employee who was formerly assigned to a 0.5 or more FTE status is assigned an hour's increase of more than 0.25 FTE that lasts for six or more months, the employee shall have access to the following options: