Recognition for Past Experience. Nurses hired during the term of this Agreement shall be given full credit for continuous recent nursing experience when placed on the wage scale. Recent continuous experience shall be defined as clinical nursing experience in an accredited hospital, ambulatory care setting, home health agency or equivalent experience acceptable to the Employer without a break in experience as a registered nurse which would reduce the level of nursing skills in the opinion of the Employer. Nurses have been given full credit for continuous experience as per the definition above based upon the nurse’s resume and/or application at the time of hire. Incomplete applications or materials not contained in the resume and/or application at the time of hire were not and will not be considered. Nurses hired on or after April 1, 2004 will have recourse to the grievance procedure if they believe the Employer did not give full credit consistent with Article 8.4.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement
