Purpose and Rate of Pay. Extended sick leave compensates Regular Nurses in the case of an extended illness or injury, and is utilized beginning the fourth (4th) consecutive day of absence due to illness or injury, or from the first (1st) day if the employee is hospitalized on that day. A Nurse may not take unpaid time off for any absence for which ESL is intended, if the employee has accumulated ESL available, Nurses with anticipated or realized six (6) months of assignment to an evening or night shift in a calendar year will receive shift differential for ESL hours used when the Nurse is scheduled to work a shift for which a differential is paid at the time the ESL hours are used.
Purpose and Rate of Pay. Paid Time Off (PTO) allows individual flexibility in time off, subject to the Employer’s reserved right to determine scheduling and ensure the continuity of patient care. PTO compensates Regular Nurses at their hourly base wage rate of pay when they are absent from work for such purposes as vacation, illness, holidays, family emergencies, religious observances, preventive health and dental care, and other approved elective absences. A Regular Nurse permanently assigned to evenings or nights at the time of payment will receive a full shift differential. See Section 7.5.7.
Purpose and Rate of Pay. Paid Time Off (PTO) allows more flexibility and individual management of time off subject to the Employer’s reserved right to determine scheduling and ensure the continuity of patient care. PTO compensates Regular Nurses at their hourly base wage rate of pay when they are absent from work for such purposes as vacation, illness, holidays, family emergencies, religious observances, preventive health and dental care, and other excused elective absences. A Regular Nurse permanently assigned to evenings or nights at the time of payment will receive a differential of ten percent (10%) or eighteen percent (18%), respectively, based upon the hourly base wage rate. Permanent assignment constitutes an anticipated or realized six (6) months of assignment. This assignment is agreed upon by the Nurse and department and indicated on a signed Personnel Action Form.
