Use of ESL. ESL must be used for any absence for which its use is intended, until exhausted. ESL hours for a full day’s absence will be taken in the same manner as the Nurse is normally scheduled to work (e.g., in 8 hour increments for 8 hour shifts, in 12 hour increments for 12 hour shifts, etc.) and will include applicable shift differential.
a. A Nurse changing status from Regular to Relief status will lose all accumulated but unused ESL.
b. Accumulated but unused ESL is not paid out upon a Nurse’s termination of employment.
Use of ESL requests cannot be granted, then seniority shall govern, subject to the following:
(a) Seniority will not govern if a less senior bargaining unit member's PTO request has already been approved.
Use of ESL a. ESL is to be used for absences from work that exceed three (3) consecutive workdays or five (5) calendar days, whichever is earlier, and that are necessary because of the bargaining unit member's own physical disability. If the bargaining unit member is hospitalized or has same day surgery at an outpatient surgery center or hospital, ESL may be used commencing with the first clay of hospitalization or same day surgery. Bargaining unit member may use a maximum of three (3) days of ESL each calendar year to attend to the illness of a bargaining unit member's child, parent, spouse or legally domiciled adult. A bargaining unit member must have completed one full year of employment as a regular bargaining unit member to be eligible to use ESL for the care of a family member as defined above. Guidelines covering ESL for a bargaining unit member's own illness apply to the use of ESL for family illness. A bargaining unit member can elect to use PTO for the three (3) or five (5) day waiting period. Appropriate documentation of the family member illness is required for a bargaining unit member to access ESL for the care of a family member.
b. Reasonable medical or other verification or information may be requested by the Employer regarding unplanned absences for the use of ESL. Such information or verification also may be required upon a bargaining unit member's return from an illness or injury, or if the Employer believes a question exists as to the bargaining unit member's ability to work.
c. PTO/ESL is to be used in increments of eight (8) hours unless one of the following exists:
(1) Advance approval is obtained for less than eight (8) hours;
(2) The bargaining unit member's regular shift is greater or less than eight hours, in which case PTO/ESL hours equal to the shift shall be used; or,
(3) The bargaining unit member is eligible for State Disability or Worker's Compensation payments, in which case ESL shall be integrated to supplement such payments; or,
(4) An emergency requires the bargaining unit member's absence for less than a full shift, in which case the Employer may excuse the bargaining unit member from the full shift, with equivalent PTO/ESL hours being used, or it may require that the bargaining unit member report back to work.
d. PTO/ESL hours shall be paid at the straight-time rate in effect as of the date PTO/ESL is used (or cashed in, in the case of PTO) plus any shift differential/premium to which the Clinical Laboratory bargaining unit memb...
Use of ESL. ESL must be used for any absence for which its use is intended, until exhausted. ESL hours for a full day’s absence will be taken in the same manner as the employee is normally scheduled to work (e.g., in 8 hour increments for 8 hour shifts, in 12 hour increments for 12 hour shifts, etc.) and will include any applicable shift differential.
Use of ESL
