Mandatory Absences Clause Samples

Mandatory Absences. Staff reductions may occur by mandatory absences (“MA”). A. An MA is defined as a staff reduction for all or part of a shift because of Medical Center projections of the staff needed for the Medical Center. B. The Medical Center will maintain an MA rotation list by job classifications. MAs will be rotated among employees in the same classification provided that the remaining employees are qualified to perform the work to be done on the relevant shift. C. A Mandatory Absence Rotation List is maintained by the Scheduling Office or within the departments for those not supported by the Scheduling Office. Employees who are given a mandatory absence will go to the bottom of the list. D. MAs will be given in the following order: 1. Agency employees 2. Traveler employees 3. Overtime employees requesting voluntary absence 4. Employees working overtime 5. Employees requesting a voluntary absence 6. Casual employees

Mandatory Absences. The Medical Center maintains responsibility for 19 determining a sufficient number of nurses who have demonstrated the necessary 20 skills to care for the represented patient populations. In the event of excess 21 nursing staff numbers, which need to be reduced, the following guidelines will 22 apply: 24 1. The priority for assigning mandatory absences will be: 25 26 a. Volunteers 27 b. Temporary RNs provided there is no financial penalty to the 28 hospital for cancellation 29 c. Overtime situations 30 d. PRN staff 31 e. Shifts above assigned FTE that are paid at the regular rate, 32 provided, however, that the nurse is responsible for informing the 1 supervisor that he or she is not working at a premium rate if the 2 nurse is assigned a mandatory absence

Mandatory Absences. Staff reductions may occur by mandatory absences (“MA”). 1. An MA is defined as a staff reduction for all or part of a shift on a unit because of Hospital projections of the staff needed for that unit and shift. 2. The Hospital will maintain an MA rotation list by job classifications. MA’s will be rotated among employees in the same classification in the same department and shift provided that the remaining employees are qualified to perform the work to be done on the relevant shift. 3. MA’s will be given in the following order: Employees working overtime or receiving premium payment; volunteers; temporary employees (not agency); per diem employees; employees working regularly scheduled hours at straight time (using the rotation list). 4. The hospital agrees to allow any regularly scheduled employee to restore hours lost due to mandatory absence on a seniority basis when unscheduled hours become available. When unscheduled hours become available, the supervisor will activate the most senior qualified person in the department and classification who has indicated his/her availability, ahead of per diem staff, unless the additional hours would result in overtime. If an employee is immediately unreachable, the next person will be contacted. The provisions of this section shall apply for the purpose of maintaining regularly scheduled hours to the extent possible. The remedy for omissions and errors in administering this section shall be prospective by providing preferential treatment regardless of seniority for unscheduled hours until the inequity is corrected. 5. An employee who is MA’d, within the classification on the same shift in the same department shall have the right to exercise one of the following options: 1. Take PTO hours; or 2. Take hours without pay, but all hours scheduled for that day will apply toward benefits and PTO accrual (“Mandatory Absence”); or 3. An employee who works another shift as make-up for a reduced shift (when they took the shift off without pay) must do so within the week reduced and shall waive any overtime for the make-up shift only. In the event the waiver of overtime is not statutorily permitted, the Hospital may refuse such request for make-up hours.

Mandatory Absences. Staff reductions may occur by mandatory absences (“MA”). A. An MA is defined as a staff reduction for all or part of a shift on a unit because of Medical Center projections of the staff needed for that unit and shift. B. The Medical Center will maintain an MA rotation list by job classifications. MAs will be rotated among employees in the same classification in the same department and shift provided that the remaining employees are qualified to perform the work to be done on the relevant shift. C. MAs will be given in the following order: 1. Agency employees 2. Travelers 3. Employees working overtime