Low Census Process Clause Samples

Low Census Process. 15 1. Low Census will be assigned in the following sequence within the 16 cluster (and within unit in the surgical clusters) where the need for Low Census is 17 identified in the following order: 18 a. Per diem agency nurses. 19 b. Temporary nurses. 20 c. Resources nurse after they have worked 24 hours in that 21 week. If more than one resource nurse is subject to low census, the unit 22 will use a rotation system to determine which nurse will receive low 23 census. 24 d. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or other 25 premium rates, including for extra shifts. 26 e. Volunteer nurses on units, followed by volunteer nurses 27 within the cluster where the Low Census will occur, subject to the 28 provisions of Sections (D(2)(b) and (E), below. Lists of requested 29 voluntary Low Census are maintained in the appropriate department 1 indicating Low Census and the nurse must designate his or her preference 2 related to Standby at the time the nurse places his or her name on the list. 3 Such preference will be considered by the Medical Center in determining 4 which nurse will be given the Low Census, based on the determination as 5 to the standby needs for the unit/cluster (e.g., with or without standby). 6 Where multiple requests are received for the same status of voluntary low 7 census (e.g., with or without standby), the earliest request(s) will be given 8 preference and the order will be viewable by nurses on-line, provided that

Low Census Process. 18 1. Low Census will be assigned in the following sequence within the cluster 19 (and within unit in the surgical clusters) where the need for Low Census is 20 identified in the following order: 21 a. Agency Nurses (Travelers, Per Diem or Guaranteed) 22 b. Temporary Nurses (A nurse employed by the Medical Center for less 23 than six (6) months) 24 c. Share Care Nurses 25 d. Nurses earning overtime and extra shift incentive pay 26 e. Nurses earning overtime without extra shift incentive pay 27 f. Nurses earning extra shift incentive pay without overtime 28 g. Volunteers, with preference given to standby volunteers 1 h. Resource RNs (0.0 FTE) (After working twenty-four (24) hours that 2 week) 3 i. Part-time nurses working an extra shift without extra shift incentive pay 4 or overtime. 5 j. Resource RNs (0.0 FTE) (Working less than twenty-four (24) hours 6 that week 7 k. Mandatory Low Census 9 2. Low Census from the “Mandatory List” will be assigned to the nurse with the 10 lowest “Factor”.

Low Census Process. 1. Low Census will be assigned in the following sequence within the cluster (and within unit in the surgical clusters) where the need for Low Census is identified in the following order: a. Agency nurses (per diem, guaranteed or travelers). b. Temporary nurses. c. Share Care nurses. d. Resources nurse after they have worked 24 hours in that week. If more than one resource nurse is subject to low census, the unit will use a rotation system to determine which nurse will receive low census. e. Nurses whose work would be payable at overtime or other premium rates, including for extra shifts. f. Volunteer nurses on units, followed by volunteer nurses within the cluster where the Low Census will occur, subject to the provisions of Sections (D(2)(b) and E), below. Lists of requested voluntary Low Census are maintained in the appropriate department indicating Low Census and the nurse must designate his or her preference related to Standby at the time the nurse places his or her name on the list. Such preference will be considered by the Medical Center in determining which nurse will be given the Low Census, based on the determination as to the standby needs for the unit/cluster (e.g., with or without standby). Where multiple requests are received for the same status of voluntary low census (e.g., with or without standby), the earliest request(s) will be given preference and the order will be viewable by nurses on-line, provided that a nurse on the same unit or cluster is qualified to perform the work of the nurse given the time off. i. The parties acknowledge that the Medical Center will make its best effort to select accurately among volunteers for low census. ii. The parties also acknowledge that the Medical Center may assign Low Census to a nurse in the categories below, if the only volunteer does not indicate the standby preference needed by the Medical Center. g. Resource nurses, regardless of the number of shifts they worked that week. h. Low Census from the “Mandatory List” will be assigned to the nurse with the lowest “Factor”.