Common use of Required Education Clause in Contracts

Required Education. (a) The Employer shall provide and fund any Employer required training/education for a Nurse. (b) The Employer will make every effort to arrange for the presentation of the required training/education during a Nurse’s scheduled hours of work. (c) Any time spent in such training or educational sessions shall be considered time worked but will be paid at the regular hourly rate of the Nurse. For the purposes of this Article, time spent travelling to an education session at a distance in excess of two hundred and fifty (250) kilometres round trip from the Nurse’s home site will be considered time worked and will be compensated on the following conditions. Travel time will be calculated at the rate of one (1) hour for each one hundred (100) kilometres traveled. A Nurse will only be compensated for travel time for required education if the total travel time plus the time spent in the education session exceeds the normal shift length of the Nurse and for which the Nurse is already being compensated. (d) A Nurse may take the time in lieu at a mutually agreed time. A Casual Nurse (except a Casual Nurse while in a Temporary Position) shall be entitled to compensation as pay only. (e) When a Nurse Practitioner is required by the Employer to attend courses, the Nurse Practitioner is required to schedule such course(s) into his or her regular hours of work. (f) The Nurse (including Casual Nurses) shall be reimbursed for authorized costs related to registration fees, textbook costs and course fees. Other related costs for travel, lodging and meals will be reimbursed in accordance with the Employer’s travel policy. (g) A Nurse may use these required education hours to qualify for Education Premiums in Appendix “B”.