Common use of Part-time Nurses Clause in Contracts

Part-time Nurses. The Parties agree that each fifteen hundred (1500) hours either worked, or spent on a leave of absence during which seniority is agreed to accumulate, shall be equivalent to one year full time service. Seniority shall be calculated back to the Nurses' date of last hire. (a) Separate seniority lists shall be established for all Part-time and Full-time Nurses covered by this Agreement who have completed their probationary period. A copy of these lists will be filed with the Bargaining Unit President, or their designate, every six (6) months in the last pay periods of April and October. A copy of the seniority list shall also be posted at the same time and a copy sent to the appropriate Labour Relations Officer. Seniority on such lists will be expressed in terms of total hours worked for Part-time Nurses and date of last hire for Full-time Nurses. (b) Seniority, as posted on the part-time and full-time seniority lists, will be deemed to be final and binding and not subject to complaint unless such complaint is made within sixty (60) calendar days from current date of posting. After the sixty (60) day period has passed, any actions taken by the Employer in reliance upon the seniority list may not be the subject of a grievance. However, corrections to the list may be made at any time. (a) Nurses employed by this Employer transferring from other bargaining units into this bargaining unit shall be credited with full service for the purposes of vacation entitlement and percentage in lieu of benefits. For all other purposes except probation, they shall be treated as newly hired. (b) The Employer shall, before offering temporary vacancies to non-bargaining unit members, offer such temporary vacancies to members of this bargaining unit. In the absence of any willing applicant, the Employer may hire a Nurse from outside the bargaining unit. A Part-time Nurse who fills a temporary full-time vacancy remain classified as a Part-time Employee for all purposes related to the collective agreement.