Joint Staffing Committee Clause Samples
Joint Staffing Committee. A Hospital-Union committee will be formed entitled, “Joint Staffing Committee.” MFH representatives shall include: CNO or designee; Clinical Educator; Patient Care Manager, Human Resource Reps. The Union representatives shall be elected as set forth below and shall include: one (1) staff RN elected by his/her peers from each nursing unit, and one (1) FMHNA Executive Board Member. Elections for the Union representatives shall be held in September and will be managed by an Executive Board member and a Manager from each unit. Elections for Joint Staffing Committee (and NCPC) shall be for two (2) year terms. The elections for the Union representatives (and for the Union Representatives on the Nurses Practice Committee) shall take place so that the Joint Staffing Committee elections shall be held in even years, and The NQPC in odd years. Initial elections shall take place within sixty (60) days upon ratification. Times and places for the Joint Staffing Committee meeting shall be mutually agreed upon. The Union shall use its best efforts to assure that only fifty percent (50%) of the Union representatives on the joint staffing committee also serve on the Nurses Quality and Practice Committee at the same time.
(1) The Union representatives on the Committee shall be paid for time spent at the Committee meetings at the applicable straight-time rate as set forth in Appendix A of the contract. Such time shall not count as “time worked” for purposes of computing overtime or for any other purpose.
(2) The Committee shall meet on a monthly basis. The Head of the Nursing Department (or his/her designee) and the Union President (or his/her designee) shall prepare an agenda for all Committee meetings, which shall determine the issues to be addressed.
(3) The Joint Staffing Committee shall promote a commitment to excellence in nursing practice by addressing issues and making recommendations to the Hospital concerning staffing, technology, training, equipment, supplies and all aspects of hospital policy affecting nurse practice. The Committee shall also identify performance improvement opportunities and quality issues to ensure delivery of excellent nursing care and review staffing forms.
(4) The CNO shall respond in writing within 30 days, except for good cause, upon receiving the recommendations from the Joint Staffing Committee.
(5) CND RN Advisory Forum shall take place under the guidelines set out in Article 19.
Joint Staffing Committee. L14.01 Composition of the Joint Staffing Committee L14.02 Responsibilities of the Joint Staffing Committee
Joint Staffing Committee. A Joint Staffing Committee shall be established and maintained from year to year to review the staffing requirements of the secondary system.
Joint Staffing Committee. Such as the Hospital has established a Joint Staffing Committee, the primary responsibilities of the committee will be:
Joint Staffing Committee a) The committee will consist of three (3) representatives appointed by the Board and three (3) representatives appointed by the Association not to exceed six (6) in total.
b) The parties agree that where possible decisions at this Joint Committee will be reached through consensus.
c) The first meeting shall occur before the end of January 2009.
d) The Committee shall reconvene no later than October 10, of each year and thereafter shall, on a continuing basis, meet up to four (4) times per school year inclusive of the October 10 meeting.
e) The Committee shall:
(i) Identify, on a Board wide basis, best practices with respect to the scheduling and assignment of secondary supervision/on-calls;
(ii) Advise, on an individual school to school basis, with respect to the selection and application of the appropriate practice(s) from (a) above;
(iii) Review and discuss both existing and future staffing models and staff allocation;
(iv) Monitor compliance with respect to Ministry and Collective agreement staffing requirements;
(v) Make recommendations on and monitor the implementation of new programs and initiatives;
(vi) Consult and advise on the implementation and role of community partnerships that have an impact on students and schools;
(vii) Consider and make recommendations on staffing issues arising from the Provincial Discussion Table Agreement;
(viii) Monitor the use of funding enhancements generated by the Provincial Discussion Table Agreement aimed to providing increased school safety through added supervision personnel;
(ix) Address other staffing and workload issues as agreed to by the Board and O.E.C.T.A.
f) The Board shall provide all necessary reports and data related to staffing and workload in a timely manner.
Joint Staffing Committee a) There shall be established a Joint Staffing Committee composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Association and three (3) representatives appointed by the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson.
b) The terms of reference of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
i) to review and discuss all matters related to secondary school staffing and make recommendations regarding: -the staffing model -class size -workload issues -the master schedule; and -other issues as agreed to by the parties; and
ii) to receive staffing status reports from Local School Staffing Advisory Committees (LSSAC).
c) The Board shall provide the Association with up-to-date staffing information upon request.
d) The Committee shall meet four (4) times annually, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The first meeting shall take place prior to October 31.
e) The Committee shall meet during the school day. The Board shall meet during the school day. The Board shall pay for the occasional teacher costs if required, for the Association representatives to the Joint Staffing Committee.
Joint Staffing Committee. (a) There shall be established a Joint Staffing Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Association and three (3) representatives appointed by the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson.
(b) The terms of reference of the Committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
i) to review and discuss all matters related to elementary school staffing and make recommendations regarding: the staffing model; class size; workload issues; the master schedule; the implementation of new programs and initiatives; and other issues as agreed to by the parties; and
ii) to receive staffing status reports from Local School Staffing Advisory Committees (LSSAC).
Joint Staffing Committee. The parties shall maintain a Joint Staffing Committee. The primary responsibilities of the Committee, which should be scheduled to meet quarterly, will be:
1. Development and oversight of an annual patient care unit and shift-based nurse staffing plan, based on the needs of patients, to be used as the primary component of the staffing budget. Factors to be considered in the development of the plan should include, but are not limited to:
a. Census, including total numbers of patients on the unit on each shift and activity such as patient discharges, admissions, and transfers;
b. Level of intensity, as determined by the nursing assessment of all patients, and nature of the care to be delivered on each shift;
c. Skill mix required;
d. Level of experience and specialty of available staff;
e. The need for specialized or intensive equipment;
f. The architecture and geography of the patient care unit, including but not limited to placement of patient rooms, treatment areas, nursing stations, medication preparation areas, and equipment;
g. Staffing guidelines adopted or published by national nursing professional associations, specialty nursing organizations, and other health professional organizations;
h. Significant technological or clinical advances.
2. Semiannual review, or more often as indicated, of the staffing plan against need and known evidence-based staffing information, including the nursing-sensitive quality indicators collected by the Hospital;
3. Assist in seeking solutions for the availability of staff to meet patient care needs.
4. Review, assessment and response to staffing concerns presented to the Committee.
5. The Joint Staffing Committee will agree upon the format of the public posting in addition to the components that will be reported (unit matrix, staff required, and staff available)
6. Collect unit-specific data sets which may include but are not limited to compliance with staffing matrices, performance measures, use of overtime, unmet breaks or meals, planned or unplanned absences, vacancies, extra shifts, double shifts, agency, travelers, floats and per diem to meet staffing requirements.
Joint Staffing Committee. 25.4.1 The Employer and the Union agree to establish a Staffing Committee that will meet to discuss and resolve issues of mutual concern to the Union and Employer.
25.4.2 All meetings of the Staffing Committee will be held at a mutually agreed to times.
25.4.3 Meetings will take place on the IMCW campus unless another location is mutually agreed to by the parties.
25.4.4 Employees who are designated as staffing members under Article 25.4.7 shall be paid their base hourly rate for time spent at the meetings up to one hour maximum unless mutually agreed to continue past the one hour time limit. Time spent at these meetings shall not be considered as time worked for the purpose of computing PTO or overtime.
25.4.5 Meetings shall be held bi-monthly (6 times per year) on a regularly scheduled day and time, and shall be on the same dates as the Labor/Management meetings set forth in Article
Joint Staffing Committee. A Joint Staffing Committee shall be established and maintained from year to year to review the staffing requirements of the secondary system. The Joint Committee shall be comprised of up to three (3) representatives appointed by the Employer and up to three (3) representatives appointed by the Bargaining Unit. Staffing Committee shall examine prior to April the total complement of secondary system teaching personnel needed for the following school year based on pupil projection numbers, course selection data, Article Staffing and Workload, Article Transfer, Surplus, Redundancy and Recall, and any other parameters as established by the Joint Staffing Committee. The Joint Staffing Committee shall liaise, as it deems appropriate, with Staffing Committees, keeping them informed of its deliberations and calculations, and shall meet with representativesof one or all of them, if required, to review each school's share of the system's instructional time. The Joint Staffing Committee shall perform the following functions: review annually the staffing spreadsheet used to generate allocations ensure that all desirable class size maxima have been achieved in accordance with the timelines in paragraph review, monitor and make recommendations regarding working conditions of teachers review and monitor the application of transfer, surplus, redundancy and recall procedures The Joint Staffing Committee shall be provided with: the Human Resources Staffing Report for Secondary Teachers teacher timetables and supervision schedules school timetables section allocations by department