Requesting and Granting ETO ETO must Sample Clauses

Requesting and Granting ETO ETO must except in unusual 31 circumstances, be requested in writing in advance of the time off desired. Consistent 32 with the Hospital's responsibilities to provide adequate safe patient care, the Hospital 33 will normally approve said request if less than 20 percent of the department’s core 34 nursing staff have requested that day off (individual departments may exceed the 20 1 percent minimum). Before the schedule is posted, it is the responsibility of the Hospital 2 to find a replacement for a nurse’s granted ETO, including coverage of standby shifts. If 3 a replacement is necessary for a nurse who utilizes emergency or sick ETO, it shall also 4 be the Hospital's responsibility to arrange for the replacement. For ETO requests after 5 the schedule is posted, with management approval, nurses may replace themselves 6 utilizing part-time or relief nurses (this will not count toward the minimum required hours 7 for the replacement nurse’s position). ETO approvals cannot be rescinded by either 8 party without mutual agreement once the ETO is on the posted work schedule. An 9 exception to this will be ETO approval for scheduled time off can be canceled if, after 10 the approval was given, the nurse used so much ETO time for purposes other than call- 11 off, emergency or sick that the nurse will not have sufficient ETO time for the scheduled 12 time off. 14 The Hospital will develop a tracking system for ETO denials and the data will be 15 available upon request.