Low Need Days. When the need is not met by the above, then a full-time or part-time employee will have one of their regularly scheduled authorized shifts (shifts that are part of their authorized FTE) reduced by reverse order of seniority.
Low Need Days. In the event that the Employer determines a need to reduce the number of employees scheduled or the number of hours on a particular shift because of changes in staffing needs, the following procedure will be utilized:
A. Voluntary absent days or reduced hours will be requested from employees on the affected shift in accordance with staffing patterns established for that shift by the Employer. Employees will be allowed to take voluntary absent days in order of seniority.
B. If the needed reduction is not accomplished by (A) above, mandatory low need days will be assigned to least senior employee on the shift (day, evening, night) where the low need is necessary, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. If the least senior employee has had 24 hours of mandatory low need time (for employees with 8 hour shifts) or 30 hours (for employees with 10 hour shifts) during the calendar year, the low need will be assigned to the next least senior employee. If all the employees on the shift where the low need is necessary have reached the threshold in the previous paragraph, the least senior employee on the shift will receive the low need, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. Casual, per diem, and temporary pharmacists (residents not included) will be low needed first, so long as qualified personnel remain to perform the needed work. Pharmacy residents will not be used to back-fill shifts for which a regularly scheduled pharmacist has been assigned a mandatory low need day. A pharmacist who is assigned a mandatory low need day will be given at least 90 minutes’ notice before the beginning of the low need time. Employees will have the choice to use vacation or take a benefit/no-pay day.
Low Need Days. In the event that the Employer determines a need to reduce the number of employees scheduled or the number of hours on a particular shift because of changes in staffing needs, the following procedure will be utilized:
(a) Voluntary absent days or reduced hours will be requested from employees on the affected shift in accordance with staffing patterns established for that shift by the Employer.
(b) If the needed reduction is not accomplished by (a) above, employees will be required to take absent days or reduced hours on the basis of seniority on the scheduled shift, provided the employee is qualified and properly oriented to perform the available work.
Low Need Days. When the need for reduced staffing occurs, the Employer will first seek volunteers starting with the most senior employee within the affected department and site by classification. If there are no volunteers, it will be assigned in reverse order of seniority within the affected department and site by classification. Employees whose hours are reduced under this section will be offered work in another department or site, if available. All employees shall continue to accrue the following benefits when requested to take voluntary or mandatory low need days:
A. Sick Leave
B. Vacation
C. Health Insurance D. Life Insurance
E. Salary Increments
F. Seniority
Low Need Days. In the event that the Employer determines a need to reduce the number of empl oyees scheduled or the number of hours on a particul ar shift because of changes in staffing needs, the following procedure will be utilized:
(a) Voluntary absent days or reduced hours will be requested from employees on the affected shift in accordance with staffing patterns established for that shift by the Employer.
(b) If the needed reduction is not accomplished by (a) above, employees will be required to take absent days or reduced hours on the basis of seniority on the scheduled shift, provided the empl oyee is qualified and properly oriented to perform the available work.
Low Need Days. When the need to reduce staffing occurs, the Employer will first seek volunteers starting with the most senior employee within the affected department and site by classification. The Employer has no obligation to seek volunteers outside the affected department or site. If there are no volunteers, the low need will be assigned in reverse order of seniority within the affected department and site, by classification. Any such low need will be rotated to the extent possible within the department and site by classification so that if, during the course of the calendar month, the least senior employee has already received a low need day, the next more senior employee will be the one given the low need in the absence of volunteers. Employees continue to accrue benefits on mandatory low need days. Employees on low need may, but are not required to, use available Paid Time Off (PTO) to maintain their FTE.
Low Need Days a. When the Hospital determines that there is a temporary (not to exceed thirty (30) days) decreased need for staff in a particular job classification(s) in a particular unit(s) or department(s) on a particular shift(s) as a result of decreased volume of work, early completion work, or an unexpected occurrence such as an equipment breakdown or power failure (“low need day”), the provisions of this section rather than section 7 shall be applicable.
b. On a low need day, the affected department(s) shall first reduce the scheduled hours in the affected job classification(s) for the affects shift(s) by:
i. seeking volunteers to reduce their hours of work by not reporting to work or by leaving work early without pay or with PTO time;
ii. canceling extra shifts;
iii. canceling agency staff; and
iv. canceling per diems.
c. On a low need day, if the reductions in hours set forth in subsection (b) are not sufficient to meet the Hospital’s reduction objective, the affected department(s) will assign hours off without pay in reverse order of seniority, beginning with the least senior employee, in each affected job classification, as follows:
i. Temporary employees, beginning with the least senior;
ii. Probationary employees, beginning with the least senior;
iii. Other employees, beginning with the least senior. Such affected employees may utilize any available PTO for the assigned hours off.
d. On low need days there is no displacement of employees, but an affected employee may be given the opportunity to work another available assignment that the employee is qualified to perform, as defined in section 17.7.3.
