Common use of Displaced Nurses Clause in Contracts

Displaced Nurses. A. A nurse who is not a successful priority bidder for an open position during the fourteen (14) business day notice period under Article 7.1.B or the first four (4) weeks of layoff shall have displacement rights as follows, within the fourteen (14) business day period subsequent to his/her completion of four (4) weeks layoff. B. The laid off nurse may displace the least senior nurse, regardless of status, in the Hospital. 1. New graduate nurses who have not bid into a position and supplemental nurses shall not be included in the displacement process. 2. Only status nurses will have displacement rights. Only nurses who are qualified may bump. Qualified means the ability to perform bumped position’s requirements within three (3) weeks’ orientation and training. 3. If more than one nurse has displacement rights at the same time, the Hospital will identify the same number of the least senior status nurse’s (Hospital-wide) seniority, without regard to shifts or nursing units, as those nurses being subject to displacement. a. The nurses with displacement rights will select positions to displace from among this identified group according to seniority. b. Nurses displaced by this procedure will not have priority bid or displacement rights. C. A nursing unit may not be subject to multiple displacements if patient care would be adversely affected, which shall be decided on a case-by-case basis. D. The parties will meet in advance of displacement situations to try to minimize problems and issues. E. If a laid off nurse chooses not to exercise such displacement rights, or cannot exercise them because of low seniority or any other reason, the nurse will remain on layoff status. F. During the four (4) week layoff period and the fourteen (14) business day period for the displacement procedure, the nurse may elect not to receive any vacation, holiday, or sick leave cash out for which they are eligible, if any. Such funds will be paid at any time during such period that the nurse requests, or alternatively, if no such request is made, shall be reinstated to the nurse when he/she returns to active work. There shall be no partial cash outs of such accrued benefits. G. The nursing units subject to the displacement process are the following: Medical, Post Surgical, PCU, and ACD. H. When a laid off nurse has displacement rights, the nurse must make, and communicate to the Hospital, a final and binding decision to exercise such rights or to stay on layoff within the first three (3) business days of the fourteen (14) business day period of the displacement procedure subsequent to the four (4) weeks of layoff under Article 7.4.A above. 1. The most senior nurse must select from among the available displacement positions to allow other senior nurses to make their displacement selections. I. If a nurse voluntarily terminates Hospital employment, s/he will no longer have any rights under this Article 7. (Example: Hospital offers and nurse accepts a severance package, which specifies voluntary termination in lieu of layoff, job bid, or displacement rights.)

Displaced Nurses. A. A nurse who is not a successful priority bidder for an open position during the fourteen (14) business day notice period under Article 7.1.B or the first four (4) weeks of layoff shall have displacement rights as follows, within the fourteen (14) business day period subsequent to his/her completion of four (4) weeks layoff. B. The laid off nurse may displace the least senior nurse, regardless of status, in the Hospital. 1. New graduate RN1 nurses who have not bid into a position and supplemental nurses shall not be included in the displacement process. 2. Only status nurses will have displacement rights. Only nurses who are qualified may bump. Qualified means the ability to perform bumped position’s requirements within three (3) weeks’ orientation and training. 3. If more than one nurse has displacement rights at the same time, the Hospital will identify the same number of the least senior status nurse’s (Hospital-Hospital- wide) seniority, without regard to shifts or nursing units, as those nurses being subject to displacement. a. The nurses with displacement rights will select positions to displace from among this identified group according to seniority. b. Nurses displaced by this procedure will not have priority bid or displacement rights. C. A nursing unit may not be subject to multiple displacements if patient care would be adversely affected, which shall be decided on a case-by-case basis. D. The parties will meet in advance of displacement situations to try to minimize problems and issues. E. If a laid off nurse chooses not to exercise such displacement rights, or cannot exercise them because of low seniority or any other reason, the nurse will remain on layoff status. F. During the four (4) week layoff period and the fourteen (14) business day period for the displacement procedure, the nurse may elect not to receive any vacation, holiday, or sick leave cash out for which they are eligible, if any. Such funds will be paid at any time during such period that the nurse requests, or alternatively, if no such request is made, shall be reinstated to the nurse when he/she returns to active work. There shall be no partial cash outs of such accrued benefits. G. The nursing units subject to the displacement process are the following: Medical, Post Surgical, PCU, and ACD. H. When a laid off nurse has displacement rights, the nurse must make, and communicate to the Hospital, a final and binding decision to exercise such rights or to stay on layoff within the first three (3) business days of the fourteen (14) business day period of the displacement procedure subsequent to the four (4) weeks of layoff under Article 7.4.A above. 1. The most senior nurse must select from among the available displacement positions to allow other senior nurses to make their displacement selections. I. If a nurse voluntarily terminates Hospital employment, s/he will no longer have any rights under this Article 7. (Example: Hospital offers and nurse accepts a severance package, which specifies voluntary termination in lieu of layoff, job bid, or displacement rights.)

Displaced Nurses. A. A nurse who is not a successful priority bidder for an open position during the fourteen (14) business day notice period under Article 7.1.B or the first four (4) weeks of layoff shall have displacement rights as follows, within the fourteen (14) business day period subsequent to his/her completion of four (4) weeks layoff. B. The laid off nurse may displace the least senior nurse, regardless of status, in the Hospital. 1. New graduate RN1 nurses who have not bid into a position and supplemental nurses shall not be included in the displacement process. 2. Only status nurses will have displacement rights. Only nurses who are qualified may bump. Qualified means the ability to perform bumped position’s requirements within three (3) weeks’ orientation and training. 3. If more than one nurse has displacement rights at the same time, the Hospital will identify the same number of the least senior status nurse’s (Hospital-wide) seniority, without regard to shifts or nursing units, as those nurses being subject to displacement. a. The nurses with displacement rights will select positions to displace from among this identified group according to seniority. b. Nurses displaced by this procedure will not have priority bid or displacement rights. C. A nursing unit may not be subject to multiple displacements if patient care would be adversely affected, which shall be decided on a case-by-case basis. D. The parties will meet in advance of displacement situations to try to minimize problems and issues. E. If a laid off nurse chooses not to exercise such displacement rights, or cannot exercise them because of low seniority or any other reason, the nurse will remain on layoff status. F. During the four (4) week layoff period and the fourteen (14) business day period for the displacement procedure, the nurse may elect not to receive any vacation, holiday, or sick leave cash out for which they are eligible, if any. Such funds will be paid at any time during such period that the nurse requests, or alternatively, if no such request is made, shall be reinstated to the nurse when he/she returns to active work. There shall be no partial cash outs of such accrued benefits. G. The nursing units subject to the displacement process are the following: Medical, Post Surgical, PCU, and ACD., Day Surgery, and Tier 1 of the Flex Team. TA 12/5/14 H. When a laid off nurse has displacement rights, the nurse must make, and communicate to the Hospital, a final and binding decision to exercise such rights or to stay on layoff within the first three (3) business days of the fourteen (14) business day period of the displacement procedure subsequent to the four (4) weeks of layoff under Article 7.4.A above. 1. The most senior nurse must select from among the available displacement positions to allow other senior nurses to make their displacement selections. I. If a nurse voluntarily terminates Hospital employment, s/he will no longer have any rights under this Article 7. (Example: Hospital offers and nurse accepts a severance package, which specifies voluntary termination in lieu of layoff, job bid, or displacement rights.)