Recognition for Previous Experience. All nurses hired during the term of this Agreement shall be, subject to Section 7.5.1, placed on the salary schedule experience step which is equal to one continuous year full time employment with another employer as a registered nurse would equal one step on the salary schedule. 7.5.1 For purposes of this section, for those nurses hired after April 30, 2002, “continuous recent experience” as a registered nurse shall be defined as experience as a registered nurse without a significant break in nursing experience which would reduce the level of nursing skills. It shall remain the prerogative of the Employer to establish at which step in the schedule to place newly hired nurses, however, in no event shall a newly hired nurse be recognized for more than their actual years of experience. Newly hired nurses shall be given recognition and service credit for their nursing work at any other Providence Health & Services facility. Placement on the wage schedule based on previous experience has no impact on the accrual of benefits, determining seniority or computing time for awards of recognition.
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Samples: Tentative Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
