Per Diem Nurses Unit. Employees covered under this agreement are in the unclassified service and are utilized to supplement the regular nursing staff. Employees shall be required to work during such hours as necessary to carry out the duties of their position, as designated by the appointing authority, and such hours may be varied so long as the work requirements and efficient operations of the County are assured. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Chief Executive Officer may authorize overtime (including retroactively for emergencies as defined in Section 13.022(h) of the County Code), compensated as per the “Overtime” article in this Agreement, to be paid to any employee in order to carry out the intent of a Board-approved program, to respond to an emergency, or to compensate for hours of work performed above that normally expected of such employee.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Pursuant to the March 1, 2005 certification and subsequent amendment of that certification, the County recognizes the Association as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the Per Diem Nurses Unit defined as follows: Classifications of Interim Permit Nurse – Per Diem, Registered Nurse I – Per Diem, Registered Nurse II – Per Diem, Float Pool Registered Nurse – Per Diem, Float Pool Specialty Registered Nurse Per Diem, and employees who are authorized to work as an Interim Permit Nurse, excluding classifications in the Supervisory Nurses Unit, Nurses Unit, Exempt Group, and those employees working pursuant to an individual contract. The County further recognizes the Association as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for all classifications that may be added to the above-defined Per Diem Nurses Unit by the County during the term of this Agreement.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Per Diem Unit employees shall be compensated on an hourly basis only for hours actually worked unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement (e.g. bilingual pay) or as required by law. Per Diem Unit employees shall participate in the County’s PST Deferred Compensation Plan in lieu of participation in any other retirement plan, program, or benefit. Said employees shall contribute 7.5% of the employee’s biweekly gross earnings. The employee’s contributions to PST Deferred Compensation shall be automatically deducted from employee’s earnings. Maximum total contributions shall be 7.5% of the employee’s maximum covered wages for Social Security purposes. Employees shall enroll in the Plan on forms approved by the Human Resources Division Chief, Employee Benefits & Services. This paragraph shall not apply to any employee who is otherwise covered by the County Retirement System.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Employees in positions designated by the appointing authority (the Director of Nursing) which require employees as a condition of employment to perform bilingual translation involving the use of English and a second language (including American Sign Language) as a part of their regular duties, shall be entitled to bilingual compensation. Such compensation shall apply regardless of the total time required per day for such translation. Employees in such positions must be certified as competent in translation skills by Human Resources to be eligible for compensation. Bilingual compensation shall be five dollars ($5.00) per shift for shifts scheduled less than twelve (12) hours, and seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50) per shift for shifts scheduled twelve (12) hours or more.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Diem Nurse who has terminated County employment, and who is subsequently rehired in the same Per Diem Nurse classification within one (1) year (i.e., beginning the first day of work by the 365th calendar day), shall receive restoration of his/her salary step.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Purpose Return-to-work compensation is designed to compensate employees for being available to return to work with limited notice and for hours not previously regularly scheduled. There are three (3) types of return-to-work compensation covered by this Article: on-call, standby, and call-back. Assignment and approval of return to work compensation shall be made by the appointing authority or designee based upon the needs of the service.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. All written corrective and disciplinary actions of nurses in the RN I Per Diem, XX XX–Per Diem, Float Pool Specialty RN-Per Diem, Float Pool RN-Per Diem, Correctional Nurse-Per Diem, classifications with more than 1600 hours of service in the classification, except those specifically excluded (i.e., same as those items excluded in paragraph one of the Discipline and Appeals Article for the Nurses Unit), are subject to the discipline and administrative appeals process outlined in this article. The discipline and administrative appeals process is as follows:
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Effective the pay period following Board of Supervisors approval of this Agreement the County shall implement a new salary schedule, to include the following rates based on years of completed service from earliest hire date. A “year of completed service from earliest hire date” for the purposes of the Per Diem Nurses Section of this Article shall mean completion of twelve (12) full months from the earliest hire date in either of the Per Diem Nurses Unit or Nurses Unit, provided the nurse has no break in service between his/her Per Diem Nurses Unit and Nurses Unit employment dates.
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Employees covered under this agreement are in the unclassified service and are utilized to supplement the regular nursing staff. Employees shall be required to work during such hours as necessary to carry out the duties of their position, as designated by the appointing authority, and such hours may be varied so long as the work requirements and efficient operations of the County are assured. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the Chief Executive Officer may authorize overtime (including retroactively for emergencies as defined in Section 13.022(h) of the County Code), compensated as per the “Overtime” article in this Agreement, to be paid to any employee in order to carry out the intent of a Board-approved program, to respond to an emergency, or to compensate for hours of work performed above that normally expected of such employee. Each Department has the ability to establish minimum work requirements for Per Diem Nurses, subject to meeting and conferring with CNA. Each Per Diem Nurse shall execute an agreement to establish those minimum requirements. IMPLEMENTATION
Per Diem Nurses Unit. Step Placement for Newly Hired and Rehired Employees Into the Per Diem Nurses Unit