Common use of LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES Clause in Contracts

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s record has been discipline free for such eighteen (18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not applicable to Part-Time. For purposes of layoff and recall, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. Any letter of reprimand or suspension will w i l l be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s record has been discipline free for such eighteen (1818 ) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the - purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will w i l l be provided to t o the employee at a t his request. Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will w i l l not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. A seniority list maintained for each department. The Hospital such list and provide the Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority twice per year. (a) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year 1)year of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not NOTE: Those Hospital contracts currently with a lesser hourly requirement shall continue. NOTE: Article applicable to PartFull-TimeTime Employees Only. (a) E f f e c t of Absence It understood that during an approved unpaid absence not exceeding thirty (30) continuous days or any approved absence paid by the Hospital, both seniority and service will accrue. For During an unpaid absence exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for.service for purposes of salary vacation, sick leave, or any other benefit under any provision of the Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended; the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro rata basis and the employee's anniversary date adjusted accordingly. In addition, the employee will become responsible for full payment of subsidized employee benefits in which he is participating for the period of the absence. The employee may arrange with the Hospital to prepay the full premium of any applicable subsidized benefits in which he is participating during the period of leave excess of (30) continuous days to ensure continuing coverage. It is further understood that during such absence, credit for seniority shall be suspended and not accrue during the period of absence. Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall accrue for a period of thirty (30) months if an absence due to disability resulting Notwithstanding Article (a) service and seniority will accrue for a maximum period of seventeen (17) weeks an absence is due to a pregnancy leave, and for a maximum period of eighteen (18) weeks if an employee's absence is due to a parental leave. In addition, the Hospital will continue to pay its share of the premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee is participating for up to seventeen (17) weeks from the commencement of the leave while the employee is on pregnancy leave, and for up to eighteen (la) weeks from the of the leave while the employee on parental leave, unless the employee does not intend to pay her contributions. The Hospital agrees to provide, in response to an employee's request, his service and/or anniversary date. purposes of layoff and recall, seniority shall operate on a department-wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s 's record has been discipline free for such eighteen (18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for far the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained Ifretained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary Probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. A seniority list will be maintained for each department. The Hospital shall post such list and provide the Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority, twice per year. Applies to Part-time Only (a) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year of f seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not applicable Applies to PartFull-Time. For purposes of layoff and recall, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.Time Only

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s 's record has been discipline free for such eighteen (( 18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. Part-time employees shall have their A seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual list shall be determined by multiplying maintained for each department. The Hospital shall post such list and provide the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority, twice per year. Not applicable to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicablefull-time. Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not applicable to Part-TimeNote: Those Hospital contracts currently with a lesser hourly requirement shall continue. For Effect of Absence It is understood that during an approved unpaid absence not exceeding thirty (30) continuous days or any approved absence paid by the Hospital, both seniority and service will accrue. During an unpaid absence exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for service for purposes of layoff salary increments, vacation, sick leave, or any other benefit under any provision of the Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended; the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro rata basis and recallthe employee‘s anniversary date adjusted accordingly. In addition, the employee will become responsible for full payment of subsidized employee benefits in which he is participatingfor the period of the absence. The employee may arrange with the to prepay the full premium of any applicable subsidized benefits in which he is participating during the period of leave in excess of thirty (30) continuous days to ensure continuing coverage. It is further understood that during such absence, credit for seniority shall be suspended and not accrue during the period of absence. Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability accrue for a period of thirty (30) monthsmonths if an employee’s absence is due to disability resulting in or benefits. (a) service and seniority will accrue for a maximum period of seventeen (17) weeks if an employee‘s absence is due to a pregnancy leave, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at and for a maximum period of eighteen 8) weeks if an employee’s absence is due to a parental leave. In addition, the time Hospital will continue to pay its share of the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If premiums of the subsidized employee benefits in which the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible participating for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal up to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.seventeen

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. (The following clauses will appear in all collective replacing any provisions related to Letters of Reprimand and Access to Files that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective agreement:) Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s 's record has been discipline free for such eighteen (18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. (The clause appear in agreements related to Probationary that existed in the Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration(The following will appear in all collective agreements replacing any provision to Seniority Lists that existed in the Hospital’s expiring collective agreement:) A seniority list will be maintained for each department. The Hospital shall post such list and provide the Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority, twice per year. (The following clause will appear in all collective agreements replacing any provision related to the manner of expressing Part-time Seniority that existed in the Hospital’s expiring collective agreement:) (a) Part-time employees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. . Notwithstanding Article (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. a p (The following clause will appear in collective agreements both full-time and part-time employees are represented replacing any provision related to Transfer of that in the expiring Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-full- time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not applicable to Part-Time. For purposes of layoff and recall, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s 's record has been discipline free for such eighteen (18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. request Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If if retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. extended It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. A seniority list will be maintained for each department. The Hospital shall post such list and provide the Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority, twice per year. (a) Part-time employees timeemployees shall have their seniority expressed on the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not NOTE: Those Hospital contracts currently with a lesser hourly u t s I cont n (NOTE: Article is applicable to PartFull-TimeTime Employees only). For purposes of layoff and recall, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full< -time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.

LETTERS OF REPRIMAND AND ACCESS TO FILES. (The following clauses will appear in all collective agreements repiacing any provision related to Letters of Reprimand and Access to Files that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective Any letter of reprimand or suspension will be removed from the record of an employee eighteen (18) months following the receipt by the employee of such letter or suspension provided that the employee’s 's record has been discipline free for such eighteen (18) month period. Each employee shall have reasonable access to his file for the purposes of reviewing any evaluations or formal disciplinary notations contained therein in the presence of the Employer. A copy of the evaluation will be provided to the employee at his request. (The following clause will appear in all collective agreements replacing any provision related to Probationary Period that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective agreement:) Newly hired employees shall be considered to be on probation for a period of sixty (60) tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day). If retained after the probationary period, the employee shall be credited with seniority from date of last hire. , With the written consent of the Hospital, the probationary employee and the President of the Local Union or his designate, such probationary period may be extended. It is understood and agreed that any extension to the probationary period will not exceed an additional sixty (60) tours (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than the standard work day) worked or such lesser period as may be agreed by the parties. The release of a probationary employee shall not be the subject of a grievance or arbitration. Part(The following clause will. appear in all collective agreements replacing any provision related to Seniority Lists that existed in the Hospital's expiring collective agreement:) A seniority list shall be maintained for each department. The Hospital shall post such list and provide the Union with a copy, indicating bargaining unit seniority, twice per year. Not applicable to full-time. (The following clause will appear in collective agreements when both full-time and part- time employees shall have their seniority expressed on are represented by replacing any provision related to Transfer of Seniority that existed in the basis of number of hours worked. (a) seniority shall accrue during a pregnancy leave or parental leave. For the purposes of pregnancy leave and parental leave, seniority accrual shall be determined by multiplying the normal weekly hours times the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a pregnancy leave up to a maximum of weeks and/or the number of weeks the employee is absent due to a parental leave up to a maximum of weeks, whichever is applicable. Hospital's collective agreement:) Seniority shall be retained by an employee in the event he is transferred from full-time to part-time or vice versa. For the purposes of the application of seniority under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from full-time to part-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of hours worked for each year of full-time seniority. For the purposes of the application of seniority, under the agreement but not for the purposes of service under any provisions of the agreement, an employee whose status is changed from part-time to full-time shall receive credit for his seniority on the basis of one (1) year Iy)ear of seniority for each hours worked. Any time worked in excess of an equivalent shall be pro-rated at the time of transfer. Not applicable Note: Those Hospital contracts currently with a lesser hourly requirement shall continue. (The foilowing clause appear in all collective agreements replacing any provision related to Part-TimeEffect of Absence that existed inthe Hospital's expiring collective agreement:) is understood that during an approved unpaid absence not exceeding thirty (30) continuous days or any approved absence paid by the Hospital, both seniority and service will accrue. For During an unpaid absence exceeding thirty (30) continuous calendar days, credit for service for purposes of layoff salary increments, vacation, sick leave, or any other benefit under any provision of the Collective Agreement or elsewhere, shall be suspended: the benefits concerned appropriately reduced on a pro rata basis and recallthe employee's anniversary date adjusted accordingly. addition, the employee will become responsible for payment of subsidized employee benefits in which he is participating for the period of the absence. The employee may arrange with the Hospital to prepay the premium of any applicable benefits in which he is participating during the period of leave in excess of thirty (30) continuous days to ensure coverage. It is further understood that during such absence, credit for seniority shall be suspended and not accrue during the period of absence. Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall operate on a wide basis, i.e., laboratory, radiology or such other departments which exist in the individual hospitals where the employees are covered by this Agreement. Seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for full-time employees shall be separate from seniority lists and layoff and recall rights for part-time employees. An employee who is transferred to a position outside the bargaining unit for: (a) a period of less than eighteen (18) months or such longer period as the parties may agree upon or; a specific term of appointment, including temporarily replacing an employee outside the bargaining unit shall retain but not accumulate seniority held at the time of transfer. In the event the employee is returned to a position in the bargaining unit within the time periods noted in (a) or above he shall be credited with the seniority held at the time of transfer and shall resume accumulation from the date of his return to the bargaining unit. leaves of his own accord; is discharged and the discharge is not reversed through the grievance or arbitration procedure; has been laid off without recall pursuant to Article for twenty- four (24) months. is absent from scheduled work for a period of three (3) or more consecutive working days, without notifying the Hospital of such absence and providing a reason satisfactory to the Hospital; fails to return to work (subject to the provisions of upon termination of an authorized leave of absence, without satisfactory reason or utilizes a leave of absence, without permission, for purposes other than that for which the leave was granted; fails upon being notified of a recall to signify his intention to return within five (5) calendar days after he has received the notice of recall mailed by registered mail to the last known address according to the records of the Hospital and fails to report to work within ten calendar days after he has received the notice of recall or such further period of time as may be agreed upon by the parties; is absent due to illness or disability accrue for a period of thirty (30) months, unless he has less than six (6) months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits. If the employee has less than six months’ service at the time the illness or disability commenced and is not eligible for long-term disability benefits, this provision will apply months if an absence equal to his length of service at the time the absence commenced. In order to establish the initial seniority list, seniority is the number of hours worked since January or the last date of hire which ever is later. Effective the date of ratification and subsequent to that date, part-time employees including casual employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of one year’s seniority for each hours worked in the bargaining unit as of the date of last hire. Employees who have been continuously employed by the Hospital since December shall receive credit for the purposes of seniority only, for sixty (60) hours for each full month of employment with the Hospital prior to January and subsequent to the employee’s last date of hire. Service for the purpose of progression on the vacation scale shall be calculated on the basis as outlined in parts and above.absence is due to disability in