Meetings and Inservices. Nurses shall be compensated at the appropriate rate for all time spent at meetings or inservices required by the Employer and at Practice Council of Nursing meetings.
Meetings and Inservices. Nurses shall be compensated at the appropriate rate for all time spent at Employer-provided training directly related to the employee’s current job position, or at meetings or inservices required by the Employer. If attendance is mandatory and if the meeting exceeds the regular workday or workweek, the nurse will be paid at one and one- half (1½) times the nurse’s regular rate of pay. The Employer will make a good-faith effort to offer multiple opportunities for nurses to attend required inservices.
Meetings and Inservices. If an employee is requested to attend meetings or inservice meetings called by the employer outside the regularly scheduled hours of work, they shall be paid for all time spent in the meeting or a minimum of one hour, whichever is greater. Employees who have scheduled PTO or who are on sick leave on days of mandatory inservice meetings will not be required to attend those meetings but will be required to attend special presentations upon their return to work.
Meetings and Inservices. Professional development is a shared responsibility. The Medical Center agrees to maintain a continuing education program for all nurses. Each nurse is encouraged to present suggestions for improving the program to his/her supervisor. Nurses are expected to attend inservice educational functions during their normal shifts, with the prior approval of the Medical Center. When it is not possible for a nurse to attend a voluntary inservice educational function during his or her normal shift, the nurse may choose to attend and be compensated for that function held at an alternative time outside of his or her normal shift, provided that the nurse’s attendance does not otherwise cause the nurse to receive a premium or overtime rate of pay. In the event a nurse is required by the Medical Center to attend inservice educational functions or unit staff meetings outside of his/her normal shift, time spent at such functions will be considered as time worked under this Agreement. A minimum of two (2) one (1) hour’s pay at the nurse’s Appendix A wage rate shall be paid for attendance under the preceding sentence, if the time spent at such functions is not continuous with the nurse’s normal shift. If a nurse must change her/his work schedule in order to attend such required inservice educational functions, the nurse may
(1) either use PTO or take leave without pay to cover all shifts the nurse would have worked if the nurse had been able to maintain her/his work schedule, or (2) arrange with the nurse manager to work a mutually agreeable alternate day within the same work week. Regular nursing unit meetings shall be scheduled by the Medical Center if a majority of the nurses in any unit vote in favor of this type of professional collaborative forum. The Medical Center shall have the discretion to determine whether a nursing unit meeting is required or voluntary, but a nurse will not be required to attend more than six (6) mandatory meetings per fiscal year. Attendance for an individual nurse will be excused in the event of illness, emergency or pre-approved PTO. Nurses are expected to avoid such an exceptional circumstance whenever possible. All reasonable efforts will be made to schedule mandatory meetings to coincide with unit start and stop times.
Meetings and Inservices. All Employees who are requested to attend the workplace, but not for work; e.g., meetings, inservices, etc., the time spent at the workplace shall be at regular rates of pay and not subject to minimum shift requirements.
