Common use of FURLOUGH PROGRAM Clause in Contracts

FURLOUGH PROGRAM. (a) Fluctuations in patient census and/or financial constraints may lead to an occasional need to reduce staffing in the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) or San ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ General Hospital (SJGH). (b) When the County determines the need for furloughs due to fiscal concerns in the DHCS or SJGH, it will inform the Union in writing of how many furlough days are necessary. The County will develop a plan to maximize the number of furlough hours taken on a voluntary basis, both within SJGH and in the Mental Health, Public Health, Substance Abuse and Correctional Health divisions of the DHCS. Such plan shall include the following provisions, to the extent allowed by patient care needs and skill levels of personnel, as determined by the Director of Health Care Services or the CEO of SJGH (department heads) or their designee). 1. Voluntary furlough hours may be utilized to offset the number of mandatory furlough hours required under provisions of (c) below. 2. Regular employees who are subject to mandatory furloughs under the provisions of (c) below may volunteer to accept additional mandatory furlough hours on behalf of a designated fellow employee in the same job classification and work unit (unless otherwise determined by the department heads or designee). Those additional mandatory furlough hours will be credited to the designated employee, and the volunteer will be treated under the provisions of (c) below. 3. Employees who volunteer for furloughs shall be treated for payroll purposes in accordance with section (c) below, subsections (8), (9) and (10). 4. By means and manner approved by the department heads or designee, volunteers for furlough will be solicited by County and Union representatives.

FURLOUGH PROGRAM. (a) Fluctuations in patient census and/or financial constraints may lead to an occasional need to reduce staffing in the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) or San ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ General Hospital (SJGH). (b) When the County determines the need for furloughs due to fiscal concerns in the DHCS or SJGH, it will inform the Union in writing of how many furlough days are necessary. The County will develop a plan to maximize the number of furlough hours taken on a voluntary basis, both within SJGH and in the Mental Health, Public Health, Substance Abuse and Correctional Health divisions of the DHCS. Such plan shall include the following provisions, to the extent allowed by patient care needs and skill levels of personnel, as determined by the Director of Health Care Services or the CEO of SJGH (department heads) or their designee). 1. Voluntary furlough hours may be utilized to offset the number of mandatory furlough hours required under provisions of (c) below. 2. Regular employees who are subject to mandatory furloughs under the provisions of (c) below may volunteer to accept additional mandatory furlough hours on behalf of a designated fellow employee in the same job classification and work unit (unless otherwise determined by the department heads or designee). Those additional mandatory furlough hours will be credited to the designated employee, and the volunteer will be treated under the provisions of (c) below. 3. Employees who volunteer for furloughs shall be treated for payroll purposes in accordance with section (c) below, subsections (8), (9) and (10). 4. By means and manner approved by the department heads or designee, volunteers for furlough will be solicited by County and Union representatives.