Common use of Compensation for Time Clause in Contracts

Compensation for Time. A. Nurses shall be compensated for all overtime over fifteen (15) minutes when it is necessary to remain in school due to an emergency situation prior to the opening or after the closing of school. An emergency shall be deemed to exist when an injury or illness occurs which threatens the safety of a child or requires professional assistance for the child’s safety. The latitude of such a situation may be extended beyond the normal school hours, until such a time that a parent or a guardian has appeared on the scene or other responsible authorities take over. 1. All pre-planned, non-emergency extra hour work will be subject to the term of Article V, Section 5A. 2. All such overtime shall be calculated on the basis of time and one-half, that is the regularly hourly rate of pay multiplied by one and one-half (1 ½). 3. Except in cases of emergency when a principal may not be available, all overtime must be approved by the appropriate administrator prior to the use of said time. The Supervisor of Nursing and Child Care shall be notified of all occurrences of overtime. 4. An overtime code shall be provided at the beginning of each school year and whenever the code changes. B. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site, the nurse in the designated stand by school shall be contacted. In an emergency situation, if the standby nurse’s presence is required, advice and direction shall be given by the standby nurse until such time as the nurse can arrive on the emergency site. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site the nurse in the designated standby school shall be paid sixty dollars ($60) per day. Effective September 1, 2007, the rate shall also be sixty-five dollars ($65) per day. To qualify for the standby coverage the following conditions must be met. 1. The School Nurse must physically leave the school to which she/he is permanently assigned and go to the stand by school assigned for that day. The standby school cannot be a school to which the nurse is assigned. 2. The School Nurse must sign in and out, utilizing the attendance book kept in the main office of each school. 3. The School Nurse must be at the school to perform a needed service, which can only be provided by School Nurse, i.e., medication, administration, emergency care, crisis intervention or if directed by the administration. 4. Itinerant nurses who are assigned to a building for a day shall be considered permanent in that building for that day and shall be eligible for compensation under this section if the itinerant nurse must travel to a standby school. 5. Pre-school collaborative nurses are not considered standby nurses at the schools to which they are regularly assigned. 6. Schools with annexes shall be excluded from coverage pay for the nurse from the school with the annex, with the exception of Ridge Street Annex.

Compensation for Time. A. Nurses shall be compensated for all overtime over fifteen (15) minutes when it is necessary to remain in school due to an emergency situation prior to the opening or after the closing of school. An emergency shall be deemed to exist when an injury or illness occurs which threatens the safety of a child or requires professional assistance for the child’s safety. The latitude of such a situation may be extended beyond the normal school hours, until such a time that a parent or a guardian has appeared on the scene or other responsible authorities take over. 1. All pre-planned, non-emergency extra hour work will be subject to the term of Article V, Section 5A. 2. All such overtime shall be calculated on the basis of time and one-one- half, that is the regularly hourly rate of pay multiplied by one and one-half (1 ½). 3. Except in cases of emergency when a principal may not be available, all overtime must be approved by the appropriate administrator prior to the use of said time. The Supervisor of Nursing and Child Care shall be notified of all occurrences of overtime. 4. An overtime code shall be provided at the beginning of each school year and whenever the code changes. B. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site, the nurse in the designated stand by school shall be contacted. In an emergency situation, if the standby nurse’s presence is required, advice and direction shall be given by the standby nurse until such time as the nurse can arrive on the emergency site. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site the nurse in the designated standby school shall be paid sixty dollars ($60) per day. Effective September 1, 2007, the rate shall also be sixty-five dollars ($65) per day. To qualify for the standby coverage the following conditions must be met. Coverage sheets must be submitted within two (2) weeks of the coverage date. Failure to submit the coverage report on time will lead to denial of payment. 1. The School Nurse must physically leave the school to which she/he is permanently assigned and go to the stand by school assigned for that day. The standby school cannot be a school to which the nurse is assigned. 2. The School Nurse must sign in and out, utilizing the attendance book kept in the main office of each school. 3. The School Nurse must be at the school to perform a needed service, which can only be provided by School Nurse, i.e., medication, administration, emergency care, crisis intervention or if directed by the administration. 4. Itinerant nurses who are assigned to a building for a day shall be considered permanent in that building for that day and shall be eligible for compensation under this section if the itinerant nurse must travel to a standby school. 5. Pre-school collaborative nurses are not considered standby nurses at the schools to which they are regularly assigned. 6. Schools with annexes shall be excluded from coverage pay for the nurse from the school with the annex, with the exception of Ridge Street Annex.

Compensation for Time. A. Nurses shall be compensated for all overtime over fifteen (15) minutes when it is necessary to remain in school due to an emergency situation prior to the opening or after the closing of school. An emergency shall be deemed to exist when an injury or illness occurs which threatens the safety of a child or requires professional assistance for the child’s safety. The latitude of such a situation may be extended beyond the normal school hours, until such a time that a parent or a guardian has appeared on the scene or other responsible authorities take over. 1. All pre-planned, non-emergency extra hour work will be subject to the term of Article V, Section 5A. 2. All such overtime shall be calculated on the basis of time and one-half, that is the regularly hourly rate of pay multiplied by one and one-half (1 ½). 3. Except in cases of emergency when a principal may not be available, all overtime must be approved by the appropriate administrator prior to the use of said time. The Supervisor of Nursing and Child Care shall be notified of all occurrences of overtime. 4. An overtime code shall be provided at the beginning of each school year and whenever the code changes. B. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site, the nurse in the designated stand by school shall be contacted. In an emergency situation, if the standby nurse’s presence is required, advice ad- vice and direction shall be given by the standby nurse until such time as the nurse can arrive on the emergency site. In the event of the absence of a nurse and no substitute nurse is on site the nurse in the designated standby school shall be paid sixty dollars ($60) per day. Effective September 1, 2007, the rate shall also be sixty-five dollars ($65) per day. To qualify for the standby coverage the following conditions must be met. Coverage sheets must be submitted within two (2) weeks of the coverage date. Failure to submit the coverage report on time will lead to denial of payment. 1. The School Nurse must physically leave the school to which she/he is permanently assigned and go to the stand by school assigned for that day. The standby school cannot be a school to which the nurse is assigned. 2. The School Nurse must sign follow the District’s procedures for signing in and out, utilizing the attendance book kept in the main office of each schoolout as determined by their department. 3. The School Nurse must be at the school to perform a needed service, which can only be provided by School Nurse, i.e., medication, administration, emergency care, crisis intervention or if directed by the administration. 4. Itinerant nurses who are assigned to a building for a day shall be considered permanent in that building for that day and shall be eligible for compensation under this section if the itinerant nurse must travel to a standby school. 5. Pre-school collaborative nurses are not considered standby nurses at the schools to which they are regularly assigned. 6. Schools with annexes shall be excluded from coverage pay for the nurse from the school with the annex, with the exception of Ridge Street Annex.