Per Diem Employment. A. Effective calendar year 2024, to be a per diem bargaining unit employee, the following minimum scheduled work commitments must be met.
1. In all cost centers in inpatient units and departments, Imaging, Phlebotomy, the OR, ED, Patient Support Services, and Rehabilitation Services, a minimum of three hundred (300) hours per calendar year.
2. In all cost centers in outpatient clinics, Registration, Environmental Services, and the Call Center, a minimum of two hundred (200) hours per calendar year.
3. In Nutrition Services, a minimum average of sixteen (16) hours per pay period in each calendar quarter.
4. The total hours in each of the above subsections must include a minimum of one
(1) holiday per calendar year. For purposes of this article, the calendar year holidays begin with New Year’s and proceed through Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, December 24, and December 25. All hours worked shall count towards the minimum requirements. Per diem bargaining unit employees who work in cost centers that do not staff on holidays will not have to comply with the requirements in subsection 4. For bargaining unit employees who work in multiple cost centers, the minimum requirements can be met in any combination of cost centers in which the bargaining unit employee holds a per diem position. Hours worked in regularly scheduled special, part-time or full-time positions will not count towards the minimum requirements. A per diem bargaining unit employee will not be subject to corrective action for failure to satisfy the minimum requirements for lack of available shifts or because the employee had a substantial amount of legally protected time away from work that impacted their ability to meet their minimum requirements. Prescheduled shifts that are canceled as a result of staffing adjustments will count toward the minimum requirements. On call hours will count towards the minimum requirements. The minimum requirements will be pro-rated during the first calendar year in the per diem position.
B. All bargaining unit per diems:
1. Will be required to attend mandatory in-service education courses and successfully complete department competencies and mandatories. Failure to complete department competencies and/or mandatories by the prescribed due date will result in a cancellation of scheduled hours and corrective action up to, and including, termination.
2. Must maintain knowledge and skills that are consistent with current practice standards, as determine...
Per Diem Employment. Per diem employment is any employment that requires the services of a person on a daily basis, and that person is paid on an hourly basis and his/her classification has "per diem" in its title. Notwithstanding any other provision of the MOU, per diem employees are entitled only to an hourly wage and those special pays identified in Attachment I. No other pays or benefits identified in the MOU apply to per diem employees.
Per Diem Employment a. Associates who accept assignments on a day-to-day basis as needed by the Hospital will be considered per diem Associates. Such nurses who work less than 40 hours every two weeks shall be considered per diem and not be eligible for benefits.
b. A per diem nurse will receive wages as set forth in Article 3, overtime pay (time and ½), time and one-half their regular hourly rate for holiday work, and per diem differential (contained in Article 3, Section D, item 4) and will be covered under the other sections of the agreement, except shall be excluded from sections dealing with additional economic and fringe benefits (Article 3, Section E 4,5,6,7,8; Article 4, Section A 1 thru 7; Article 4, Section B)).
Per Diem Employment
