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.
Use of ESL requests cannot be granted, then seniority shall govern, subject to the following:
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.
Use of ESL
