Common use of PTO Request Procedure Clause in Contracts

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need to use PTO equivalent to their FTE. A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one time is defined at the unit level. B. Should the Medical Center be unable to find adequate coverage for a nurse’s requested PTO or requested unpaid time off, a nurse’s request for PTO hours or unpaid time off may be denied even though a nurse has given the required advance notice of fifteen (15) days. C. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made before the schedule’s posting deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to respond to the request before the schedule’s posting deadline shall be considered approval. D. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives the required advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level staffing needs will not allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) with the higher seniority will be given preference. Where the time off requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, a nurse who received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the preference provided for in the preceding sentence. E. If a nurse is denied requested time off but is able to find coverage after posting of the schedule and provides the nurse’s manager with written commitment from the other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades will be granted when they do not incur additional overtime or other premium pay, and staffing levels and skill mix must be maintained. All other requests for trades will be reviewed at manager discretion. F. PTO will be granted only if the nurse will have sufficient amount of PTO by the time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be converted to requests for unpaid time off, unless with manager approval, provided that previously approved time off will not be rescinded if the nurse’s shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by mutual agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the 7 entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need to use PTO equivalent to 8 their FTE. 9 A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one time is 10 defined at the unit level. 11 B. Should the Medical Center be unable to find adequate coverage for a nurse’s 12 requested PTO or requested unpaid time off, a nurse’s request for PTO hours or unpaid 13 time off may be denied even though a nurse has given the required advance notice of 14 fifteen (15) days. 15 C. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made before the schedule’s posting 16 deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to respond to the request before the 17 schedule’s posting deadline shall be considered approval. 18 D. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives the required 19 advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level staffing needs will not 20 allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) with the higher seniority will be 21 given preference. Where the time off requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or 22 Christmas, a nurse who received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the 23 preference provided for in the preceding sentence. 24 E. If a nurse is denied requested time off but is able to find coverage after posting 25 of the schedule and provides the nurse’s manager with written commitment from the 26 other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades will be 27 granted when they do not incur additional overtime or other premium pay, and staffing 28 levels and skill mix must be maintained. All other requests for trades will be reviewed at 29 manager discretion. 30 F. PTO will be granted only if the nurse will have sufficient amount of PTO by the 31 time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be converted to requests for unpaid 32 time off, unless with manager approval, provided that previously approved time off will 33 not be rescinded if the nurse’s shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. 34 G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by mutual 1 agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be 13 inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need 14 to use PTO equivalent to their FTE. 16 A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one 17 time is defined at the unit level. 19 B. Should the Medical Center be unable to find adequate coverage for a 20 nurse’s requested PTO or requested unpaid time off, a nurse’s request for 21 PTO hours or unpaid time off may be denied even though a nurse has given 22 the required advance notice of fifteen (15) days. 24 C. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made before the 25 schedule’s posting deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to 26 respond to the request before the schedule’s posting deadline shall be 27 considered approval. 29 D. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives 30 the required advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level 31 staffing needs will not allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) 32 with the higher seniority will be given preference. Where the time off 33 requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, a nurse who 1 received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the preference 2 provided for in the preceding sentence. 4 E. If a nurse is denied requested time off but is able to find coverage 5 after posting of the schedule and provides the nurse’s manager with written 6 commitment from the other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be 7 granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades will be granted when they do not incur additional 8 overtime or other premium pay, and staffing levels and skill mix must be 9 maintained. All other requests for trades will be reviewed at manager 10 discretion. 12 F. PTO will be granted only if the nurse will have sufficient amount of 13 PTO by the time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be 14 converted to requests for unpaid time off, unless with manager approval, 15 provided that previously approved time off will not be rescinded if the nurse’s 16 shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. 18 G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by 19 mutual agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need to use PTO equivalent to their FTE. A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one time is defined at the unit level. B. Should the Medical Center be unable to find adequate 37 coverage for a nurse’s requested PTO scheduled PTOs or requested scheduled unpaid time off, a 1 nurse’s request for PTO hours or unpaid time off may be denied even though a nurse has given 2 the required advance notice of fifteen (15) days. C. under Section 14.9. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made no 3 later than the third (3rd) day before the schedule’s posting deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to respond Prior to the date the 5 request. If a request before is granted for a block of PTOs of five consecutive workdays or more, the schedule6 nurse will not be scheduled to work during that time period without the nurse's consent. Once 7 approved and scheduled, a nurse’s posting deadline PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be considered approval. D. unilaterally changed by 8 the Medical Center. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives the 9 required advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level operational and staffing needs of 10 the Medical Center will not allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) with the higher seniority 11 longer continuous employment of any type by the Medical Center, commencing with the most 12 recent date of hire, will be given preference; except as provided below with respect to certain 13 “priority” requests. Where the time off requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or 14 Christmas, a nurse who received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the 15 preference provided for in the preceding sentence. E. . If a nurse is denied requested time off but is 16 able to find coverage before the 8th day after posting of the schedule and provides the nurse’s 17 manager with written commitment from the other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be 18 granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades will be granted when they do not incur additional overtime or other 19 premium pay, and staffing levels and skill mix must be maintained. All other requests for trades 20 will be reviewed at manager discretion. F. PTO will be granted only if the nurse will have sufficient amount of PTO by the time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be converted to requests for unpaid time off, unless with manager approval, provided that previously approved time off will not be rescinded if the nurse’s shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by mutual agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.21

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need to use PTO equivalent to their FTE. A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one time is defined at the unit level. B. Should the Medical Center staffing office be unable to find adequate coverage for a nurse’s requested PTO scheduled PTOs or requested scheduled unpaid time off, a nurse’s request for PTO hours or unpaid time off may be denied even though a nurse has given the required advance notice of fifteen (15) days. C. under Section 12.8. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made no later than the third (3rd) day before the schedule’s posting deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to respond Prior to the date the schedule is posted, the staffing office will attempt to notify the nurse of the action on the request, but it is the responsibility of the requesting nurse to contact the staffing office for information about the request. If a request before is granted for a block of PTOs of five consecutive workdays or more, the schedulenurse will not be scheduled to work during that time period without the nurse's consent. Once scheduled, however, a nurse’s posting deadline PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be considered approval. D. unilaterally changed by the Hospital. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives the required advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level operational and staffing needs of the Hospital will not allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) with the higher seniority longer continuous employment of any type by the Hospital, commencing with the most recent date of hire, will be given preference; except as provided below with respect to certain “priority” requests. Where the time off requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, a nurse who received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the preference provided for in the preceding sentence. E. . If a nurse is denied requested time off but is able to find coverage before the 8th day after posting of the schedule and provides the nurse’s manager staffing office with written commitment from the other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades The nurse working the shift will be granted when they do not incur additional overtime or other eligible for the extra shift premium payunder Appendix A, and staffing levels and skill mix must be maintained. All other requests for trades will be reviewed at manager discretion. F. PTO will be granted only if Section G, but is subject to the nurse will have sufficient amount conditions of PTO by the time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be converted to requests for unpaid time off, unless with manager approval, provided that previously approved time off will not be rescinded if the nurse’s shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by mutual agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.Appendix B.

PTO Request Procedure. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting. The nurse will only need to use PTO equivalent to their FTE. A. The number of nurses who may be on pre-scheduled time off at one time is defined at the unit level. B. Should the staffing office Medical Center be unable to find adequate coverage for a nurse’s requested PTO scheduled PTOs or requested scheduled unpaid time off, a nurse’s request for PTO hours or unpaid time off may be denied even though a nurse has given the required advance notice of fifteen (15) days. C. under Section 12.8 12.9. A decision to grant or deny a request will be made no later than the third (3rd) day before the schedule’s posting deadline. The response will be in writing. Failure to respond Prior to the date the schedule is posted, the staffing office Medical Center will attempt to notify the nurse of the action on the request, but it is the responsibility of the requesting nurse to contact the staffing office for information about the request. If a request before is granted for a block of PTOs of five consecutive workdays or more, the schedulenurse will not be scheduled to work during that time period without the nurse's consent. Once approved and scheduled, however, a nurse’s posting deadline PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be considered approval. D. unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. If more than one nurse in a unit asks for the same time off, and gives the required advance notice under the scheduling article, but the unit level operational and staffing needs of the Medical Center will not allow all such nurses to take this time off, the nurse(s) with the higher seniority longer continuous employment of any type by the Medical Center, commencing with the most recent date of hire, will be given preference; except as provided below with respect to certain “priority” requests. Where the time off requested is for New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, a nurse who received that holiday off in the previous year may not use the preference provided for in the preceding sentence. E. . If a nurse is denied requested time off but is able to find coverage before the 8th day after posting of the schedule and provides the nurse’s manager staffing office with written commitment from the other nurses of such coverage, the nurse shall be granted Deleted: A nurse hired on or before April 19, 2011 may elect at any time that the provisions of 21.2, Section 2, will apply to him or her, and once elected shall apply to that nurse for the remainder of the nurse’s employment with the Medical Center.¶ Deleted: 1➝ approved and scheduled, a nurse’s PTOs or unpaid time off shall not be unilaterally changed by the Medical Center. the time off. Trades The nurse working the shift will be granted when they do not incur additional overtime or other eligible for the extra shift premium payunder Appendix A, and staffing levels and skill mix must be maintained. All other requests for trades will be reviewed at manager discretion. F. PTO will be granted only if Section G, but is subject to the nurse will have sufficient amount conditions of PTO by the time of the requested dates. PTO requests shall not be converted to requests for unpaid time off, unless with manager approval, provided that previously approved time off will not be rescinded if the nurse’s shortage of PTO is a direct result of PTO taken for MDO. G. Once a time off request has been approved, it can only be changed by mutual agreement between the Medical Center and the nurse.Appendix B.