Common use of Personnel Practices Clause in Contracts

Personnel Practices. A. The Hospital agrees to provide adequate and regularly maintained sanitary facilities for staff use. Each staff member will maintain acceptable standards of personal hygiene and cleanliness in accordance with the requirements of his job. B. The staff member shall be responsible for paying for the replacement of lost identification cards at the then prevailing rate. The Hospital shall furnish identification cards to all staff. Lost cards shall be reported immediately. C. Whenever a staff member is delayed in reporting for a scheduled work assignment, he shall endeavor to contact his supervisor in advance, if possible. Staff will be paid minute-for-minute when they punch/swipe in for their scheduled shift. D. Inclement Weather 1. The President and CEO of the Hospital, or his/her designee, has the option, in his/her sole discretion, to declare an “Inclement Weather Emergency”. The decision to declare an “Inclement Weather Emergency” will be announced on the Hospital’s Inclement Weather hotline (telephone), the Hospital’s intranet page, and/or by any other reasonable means of communication. Once so announced, it is presumed that all employees are aware of the determination. Announcements of closing or “state of emergency” by any federal, state or local government agency will not pertain to University Hospital. 2. Employees will be assigned at the sole discretion of the Hospital as either: a. Category Red employees – those employees whose presence the Hospital has determined as necessary to the provision of safe, effective and efficient services. b. Category Blue employees – those employees whom the Hospital has determined may be absent for a limited period of time without impacting critical services to patients and the community. 3. The determination as to which Category employees are assigned shall be made by the applicable department, in the sole discretion of the department. Employees shall be advised of their assigned Category in writing, and will sign an acknowledgment of receipt of the assignment information. This acknowledgement will be forwarded to Human Resources by the department for inclusion in the employee’s personnel file. If an employee is not so advised in writing, the employee shall default to Category Red. When the department deems it necessary to change the designation, it must advise the employee of the change and obtain a revised signed acknowledgement from the employee, which shall be promptly forwarded to Human Resources. 4. If the Hospital declares an Inclement Weather Emergency, Category Red employees will be paid as follows: a. Employees who arrive for their assigned shifts on time will be paid a differential of 20% of their regular rate of pay for all hours worked. b. Employees who report up to two (2) hours late for their assigned shift shall be paid their regular rate of pay for all hours worked and will be paid for the time, up to two hours, they were late. Employees must adhere to the department’s call in procedure regarding lateness. c. Employees who report for their assigned shift more than two hours late will be paid their regular rate of pay for hours actually worked only. Employees must adhere to the department’s call in procedure regarding lateness. 5. Category Red employees may not use Float Holiday time, Compensatory time, or Vacation time on any day that is declared an Inclement Weather Emergency, unless the time off was approved prior to the declaration. 6. Category Blue employees will not report to work on a declared Inclement Weather Emergency. Category Blue exempt and non-exempt employees will utilize Float Holiday time, compensatory time, or accrued vacation time in order to be paid for the shift not worked during an Inclement Weather Emergency. The type of time to be used is at the employee’s option. If no accrued paid leave time is available, the employee will be salary deleted. 7. All Category Red staff that is on duty at the time when an Inclement Weather Emergency is declared must remain on duty until sufficient coverage is obtained as determined by management. However, management will make best efforts to see to it that no employee will be required to remain for more than 4 hours beyond his shift. 8. The Hospital maintains the right to require a Category Blue employee to report to work if management determines they are needed in order to provide safe and effective patient care.