Pre-Scheduled Usage. Scheduled Time Off may be used for any lawful purpose by the employee; the time requested shall require the approval of management with due consideration of employee convenience and administrative requirements.
Pre-Scheduled Usage. STO may be used for any lawful purpose by the employee, however; the time requested shall require the advance approval of management with due consideration of both employee convenience and administrative requirements.
Pre-Scheduled Usage. Paid Time Off may be used for any lawful purpose by the nurses; requests for Paid Time Off shall not be submitted more than one (1) year in advance of the requested time; the time requested shall require the approval of management with due consideration of nurse convenience and administrative requirements, including but not limited to staffing needs and budget constraints. Requests for paid time off shall not be unreasonably denied. Approvals/denials shall be made in writing to the requesting nurse in accordance with Nursing Standards within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the request. All Paid Time Off hours must be exhausted before Leave Without Pay may be used with the exception of leaves of absence Where there are no earnings in one (l) full pay period. A nurse may be granted Leave Without Pay for less than one (1) pay period upon the approval of the appointing authority or their designee. Coded part-time nurses working consistently above their code status for at least a six (6) month period of time within the previous twelve (12) months, may request Paid Time Off above their code status to the code status they consistently work as set forth above. Requests for Paid Time Off above code status will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and are subject to management approval after due consideration to nurse convenience and administrative requirements, including but not limited to staffing needs and budget constraints. Upon request of a part-time nurse denied Paid Time Off above code status, the reasons supporting the denial shall be documented and supplied to the affected nurse or to their authorized RNPA representative. Requests shall not be denied solely because they are above code status. Coded part-time nurses who do not consistently work above their code status for at least a six (6) month period of time within the previous twelve (12) months are not entitled to take Paid Time Off over their code status. Each unit shall maintain a vacation calendar effective June thirtieth
Pre-Scheduled Usage. Paid Time Off may be used for any lawful purpose by the nurses; the time requested shall require the approval of management with due consideration of nurse convenience and administrative requirements. Requests for paid time off shall not be unreasonably denied. Approvals / denials shall be made in writing to the requesting nurse in accordance with Nursing Standards within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the request. All Paid Time Off hours must be exhausted before Leave Without Pay may be used with the exception of leaves of absence Where there are no earnings in one (l) full pay period. A nurse may be granted Leave Without Pay for less than one (1) pay Period upon the approval of the appointing authority or their designee. Each unit shall maintain a vacation calendar effective June thirtieth
Pre-Scheduled Usage. Scheduled Time Off may be used for any lawful purpose by the employee; the time requested shall require the approval of management with due consideration of employee convenience and administrative requirements. In the event an employee's supervisor does not approve vacation time for an employee sufficient to reduce the accumulated STO balance to the maximum allowable balance, the employee may take vacation as a matter of right immediately before the end of the pay period in which STO would be lost.
