Common use of DOCK TIME Clause in Contracts

DOCK TIME. ‌ Nurses regularly scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient census or acuity, may be placed in dock status. Dock is used to cover regularly-scheduled shifts that appear on a department’s monthly schedule. Nurses placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock time. Time spent on dock status shall count as time worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority. The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours. Therefore, the use of dock time cannot cause the employee to exceed their regularly-scheduled hours and any additional unscheduled time worked. Nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby after they have already reported for work will be responsible for entering their own dock hours or earned leave into the payroll system. The Hospital will enter dock hours for nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby prior to reporting to work. The nurse will be responsible for entering earned leave if he/she wishes to utilize earned leave for the time, which shall include deleting the dock hours, as appropriate. Nurses will have thirty (30) days following the end of the pay period to correct errors related to entering dock hours in that pay period.

DOCK TIME. ‌ Nurses regularly scheduled but subsequently asked not to work because of low patient census or acuity, may be placed in dock status. Dock is used to cover regularly-regularly scheduled shifts that appear on a department’s monthly schedule. Nurses placed on dock are not expected to remain available to the Hospital. There is no compensation for time on dock status. A nurse’s status will not be negatively affected by dock time. Time spent on dock status shall count as time worked for purposes of group benefits, including earned leave and seniority. Any nurse who works less than one half of their scheduled shift will receive credit on the dock rotation. The use of dock time is meant to offset a nurse’s regularly-scheduled hours. Therefore, the use of dock time cannot cause the employee to exceed their regularly-scheduled hours and any additional unscheduled time worked. Nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby after they have already reported for work will be responsible for entering their own dock hours or earned leave Earned Leave into the payroll system. The Hospital will enter dock hours for nurses who are placed on dock or dock standby prior to reporting to work. The nurse will be responsible for entering earned leave Earned Leave if he/she wishes to utilize earned leave Earned Leave for the time, which shall include deleting the dock hours, as appropriate. Nurses will have thirty (30) days following the end of the pay period to correct errors related to entering dock hours in that pay period.