Impact on Collective Bargaining Agreements Sample Clauses

Impact on Collective Bargaining Agreements. The Council has no authority to make any decisions currently made through the collective bargaining process (referring to applicable provisions of the Agreement covering such issues as eligibility for benefit contribution, benefit contribution, definition of full-time and part-time status, contribution structure, automatic payroll transfers, enrollment criteria, effective date of benefits, self-pay opportunities, default coverage, guarantee of employee choice among insurance plans), nor can it make decisions or promulgate rules that in any way conflict with the provisions of the parties’ Agreement. The Council may make modifications to Sections 1 through 4 of this appendix shall be made by the Council utilizing the decision-making process described in Section 3 this appendix. The Appeal Process adopted in accordance with Section 1 is the sole dispute resolution process for any individual disputing a claim for benefits or any other decision made by the Council. The Oregon Nurses Association (“Association”) and Oregon Health & Science U niversity (“Employer”) hereby agree to the following provisions relevant to the ongoing transition of nurses from flat rates of pay to the wage scale set forth in Appendix A of the current agreement: 1. Employees employed as resource nurses as of October 1, 2007 may opt to continue to be paid at the flat rate of $37.00 for day shift, $41.64 for evening shift and $46.24 for night or weekend shift. These rates will remain unchanged for the duration of this Agreement. Nurses who so opt will continue to be eligible only for charge nurse, on-call and preceptor differentials, and they are not eligible for any of the differentials set forth in Section 24.3 (except pursuant to Section 24.2). 2. Said employees may make an election to change to the Appendix A wage scale by providing written notice within 30 days following ratification of the parties’ new agreement. Failure to so notify will result in their continuation at the current flat wage rate until no earlier than October 1, 2011. This election process will again be available within the 30-day period prior to October 1 of each succeeding year, with the same consequence of continuation at the current flat wage rate if no notification occurs. Nurses electing to change will be placed on the new scale based on their years of experience as determined by the Employer in accordance with Section 8.3.1. 3. If a nurse chooses to move to the new rate structure, the nurse may not move back t...