Common use of Professional Development Ladders Clause in Contracts

Professional Development Ladders. The Medical Center retains the right to modify, to replace, or to eliminate Professional Development Ladders. The Medical Center will develop a new Professional Development Ladder structure with collaboration from HPAE by December 31, 2017. The ladder will include credit for HPAE elected Officers, HPAE members who officially chair the Staffing, Labor Management, Violence Prevention, Health & Safety, Safe Patient Handling and or the Bloodborne Pathogen Committee, HPAE members who are part of the negotiating committee and union representatives. The Professional Council shall review the current compensation schedules and the requirements for each level of the Professional Ladders for Nursing Practice for the purpose of recommending increased payments and adjustments. The Professional Development Ladder compensation will be paid in a separate check from the regular check.