Common use of Scheduling Time Off Clause in Contracts

Scheduling Time Off. Scheduling of time off is best resolved by unit-based decisions, where the affected nurses are involved in creative and flexible approaches to such scheduling. Each unit will develop guidelines that promote the ability of the nurses on that unit to preschedule vacation. A. The Medical Center will make good faith efforts to approve no less time off than the amount a nurse accrues annually. B. Nurses will make good faith efforts to balance their vacation and PTO requests in a manner that supports a core schedule and allows the Medical Center to maximize approval of requests. In order to facilitate these efforts, units and schedulers will use transparent processes to inform nurses’ selections for requesting time off. C. Requests for PTO or vacation should be inclusive of the entire block of time the nurse is requesting to be away from work. The nurse will only need to use PTO or vacation time equivalent to their FTE.