Common use of Seniority Conversion Clause in Contracts

Seniority Conversion. (a) When a Nurse transfers from a permanent position to a casual position, the Nurse’s hours worked shall be used to establish Nurse’s accrual of hours for the Nurse’s date of hire in the casual position. In no case will any Nurse accrue more than 1950 hours seniority per year for the purposes of the above. (b) A Casual Nurse while working in a long/short assignment shall have hours worked while in the long/short assignment accumulate on the Casual Seniority list. (c) A Nurse hired directly to a long/short assignment shall be a Casual Nurse and accumulate Casual Seniority for the hours worked in the long/short assignment. In the event the Nurse becomes a Casual Nurse and continues in an employment relationship at the completion of the long/short assignment the Casual Seniority shall continue to accumulate.