USE OF PLH. 13 1. PLH is accumulated from the first hour of work and may be taken after a 14 nurse has completed the first 90 days of employment. At no time may 15 PLH and EIH be combined to cover more than scheduled hours. PLH and 16 EIH may not be taken under any circumstances until they have been 17 accrued. Nurses may not take scheduled time off without pay if they are 18 eligible and have accruals in their banks. The exceptions are as follows:
19 a. If a nurse has responded to a call to return to work during 20 scheduled standby or just to fill in and has worked his/her 21 scheduled hours for the week or pay period.
23 b. If a nurse elects or is asked to take a low-census day, the nurse 24 has the choice of taking the time off with or without pay (see 25 paragraph 5 below).
27 c. When Hospital determines that a Per Diem nurse desiring to work 28 would otherwise be canceled from a shift on a unit, a nurse 29 scheduled on the same unit and shift may volunteer to take a day 30 off without pay. A day off under such conditions is not a low- 31 census day and is not subject to the provisions of Article 16. A day 32 off without pay under this section may be taken by each nurse a 33 maximum of twice a year.
1 d. When a unit is closed for one of the holidays designated in Article 2 5, Section G, the nurse may take the holiday off without pay.
4 2. Requests to take PLH, except for an unexpected emergency or illness, 5 should be made in writing to Nurse Managers as far in advance as 6 possible. Requests will be given preference on a first come, first served
USE OF PLH. PLH is accumulated from the first hour of work and may be taken after a nurse has completed the first 90 days of employment, except for low census. At no time may PLH and Legacy EIH be combined to cover more than scheduled hours. PLH may not be taken under any circumstances until they haveit has been accrued. Nurses may not take scheduled time off without pay if they are eligible and have accruals in their banks. The exceptions are as follows:
USE OF PLH. 15 1. PLH is accumulated from the first hour of work and may be taken after a 16 nurse has completed the first 90 days of employment, except for low 17 census. At no time may PLH and EIH be combined to cover more than 18 scheduled hours. PLH and EIH may not be taken under any 19 circumstances until they have been accrued. Nurses may not take 20 scheduled time off without pay if they are eligible and have accruals in 21 their banks. The exceptions are as follows:
22 a. If a nurse has responded to a call to return to work during 23 scheduled standby or just to fill in and has worked his/her 24 scheduled hours for the week or pay period.
26 b. If a nurse elects or is asked to take a low-census day, the nurse 27 has the choice of taking the time off with or without pay (see 28 paragraph 5 below).
30 c. When Hospital determines that a Per Diem nurse desiring to work 31 would otherwise be canceled from a shift on a unit, a nurse 32 scheduled on the same unit and shift may volunteer to take a day 33 off without pay. A day off under such conditions is not a low- 34 census day and is not subject to the provisions of Article 16. A day 1 off without pay under this section may be taken by each nurse a 2 maximum of twice a year.
4 d. When a unit is closed for one of the holidays designated in Article 5 5, Section H, the nurse may take the holiday off without pay.
7 e. If a nurse utilizes a 10-hour work break under staffing law, the 8 nurse may choose to take hours missed from next scheduled shift 9 without pay.
11 2. Requests to take PLH, except for an unexpected emergency or illness, 12 should be made in writing to Nurse Managers as far in advance as 13 possible. Foreseeable sick leave must be scheduled in a manner that 14 minimally disrupts business operations. If unforeseeable (unexpected 15 emergencies or illness), the first 40 hours of PLH and EIH taken for 16 reasons covered by Oregon Sick Leave will be granted preference over 17 other requests. Otherwise, requests will be given preference on a first 18 come, first served basis. Every consideration will be given in trying to 19 grant nurses time off when requested. Because of the fluctuation of 20 business, however, there may be times that a request is not granted.
22 3. Since Hospital believes that each nurse should have time away from the 23 workplace for relaxation and well-being, full-time nurses are required to 24 take 96 hours of PLH per year.
26 4. Days missed because of illness are deducted from the PLH a...
USE OF PLH. 1. PLH is accumulated from the first hour of work and may be taken after a nurse has completed the first 90 days of employment, except for low census. At no time may PLH and EIH be combined to cover more than scheduled hours. PLH and EIH may not be taken under any circumstances until they have been accrued. Nurses may not take scheduled time off without pay if they are eligible and have accruals in their banks. The exceptions are as follows:
a. If a nurse has responded to a call to return to work during scheduled standby or just to fill in and has worked his/her scheduled hours for the week or pay period.
b. If a nurse elects or is asked to take a low-census day, the nurse has the choice of taking the time off with or without pay (see paragraph 5 below).
c. When Hospital determines that a Per Diem nurse desiring to work would otherwise be canceled from a shift on a unit, a nurse scheduled on the same unit and shift may volunteer to take a day off without pay. A day off under such conditions is not a low- census day and is not subject to the provisions of Article 16. A day off without pay under this section may be taken by each nurse a maximum of twice a year.
d. When a unit is closed for one of the holidays designated in Article 5, Section G, the nurse may take the holiday off without pay.
2. Requests to take PLH, except for an unexpected emergency or illness, should be made in writing to Nurse Managers as far in advance as possible. Foreseeable sick leave must be scheduled in a manner that minimally disrupts business operations. If unforeseeable (unexpected emergencies or illness), the first 40 hours of PLH and EIH taken for reasons covered by Oregon Sick Leave will be granted preference over other requests. Otherwise, Requests requests will be given preference on a first come, first served basis. Every consideration will be given in trying to grant nurses time off when requested. Because of the fluctuation of business, however, there may be times that a request is not granted.
3. Since Hospital believes that each nurse should have time away from the workplace for relaxation and well-being, full-time nurses are required to take 96 hours of PLH per year.
4. Days missed because of illness are deducted from the PLH account unless the illness is longer than five consecutive days or a nurse is hospitalized (refer to Section G below).
5. When a low-census-day cancellation occurs, nurses have the choice of using PLH to make up the difference in pay. A nurse may,...
