Common use of Changes in Shift Length Clause in Contracts

Changes in Shift Length. The Employer will endeavor to assign nurses to shifts of their desired length and will attempt to restrict changing a nurse’s shift length to those times when such change is mutually agreeable or is determined to be operationally necessary by the Employer. If the Employer initiates changes in shift length that impact a substantial number of RNs, the Employer will provide at least sixty (60) days’ notice to WSNA and the affected nurses. The Employer will be available to meet at least thirty (30) days before the intended change to meet and confer over the effects of the change. The Employer agrees to affirmatively assist any individual RN affected by a change under 7.1.1 to find a comparable position to the RN’s current position (same shift and shift length) if requested. Nurses with greater than twenty (20) years seniority who are assigned to a unit which changes its length of shift by greater than two (2) hours are entitled to retain their shift length on the same unit. They may need to work at a different time of day to retain shift length. A nurse who accepts a transfer to another unit in this situation would retain full seniority. 1.1 will not be utilized to incrementally change the number of hours in a shift beyond two (2) hours.

Changes in Shift Length. The Employer will endeavor to assign nurses to shifts of their desired length and will attempt to restrict changing a nurse’s 's shift length to those times when such change is mutually agreeable or is determined to be operationally necessary by the Employer. If the Employer initiates changes in shift length that impact a substantial number of RNs, the Employer will provide at least sixty (60) days’ ' notice to WSNA and the affected nurses. The Employer will be available to meet at least thirty (30) days before the intended change to meet and confer over the effects of the change. The Employer agrees to affirmatively assist any individual RN affected by a change under 7.1.1 to find a comparable position to the RN’s 's current position (same shift and shift length) if requested. Nurses with greater than twenty (20) years seniority who are assigned to a unit which changes its length of shift by greater than two (2) hours are entitled to retain their shift length on the same unit. They may need to work at a different time of day to retain shift length. A nurse who accepts a transfer to another unit in this situation would retain full seniority. 1.1 will not be utilized to incrementally change the number of hours in a shift beyond two (2) hours.