Mandatory Low Need Days Sample Clauses

Mandatory Low Need Days. If reductions cannot be met through the use of voluntary low need days, the Employer shall assign excused days on a rotation by shift and unit basis among the staff on each unit. Employees shall be limited to two (2) assigned excused days per month, not to exceed twelve (12) in a year. 1. If employees on a unit have been assigned the maximum excused days per month or per year and there exists a need to reduce staff on that unit, an employee may bump the least senior person on another unit, in which they are qualified to work, in order to receive work and pay for that shift. An employee who bumps to another unit shall work the hours of the individual who has been bumped. 2. An employee who declines the opportunity to cross-train may be assigned greater than the maximum absence days. An employee who has become cross-trained shall not be assigned greater than the maximum absence days. 3. Excused days shall not be subject to the layoff provision of this Agreement. 4. Employees may, at their discretion, use Paid Time Off (PTO) time to compensate for loss of pay. Up to four (4) Paid Time Off (PTO) days in a year may count as excused days. Any other PTO time taken when excused to compensate for loss of pay shall not count as excused days as defined in Section 15.2, part C.