Common use of Temporary Reduction Clause in Contracts

Temporary Reduction. a. Temporary reduction is defined as a reduction of hours not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days. Such reduction shall take place by reverse Bargaining Unit seniority provided the remaining employees are qualified to immediately perform the required work as determined by the Employer. b. Outpatient Short-Term Cancellation Outpatient RNs will not be subject to short-term reduction. c. Inpatient Surgical Services 1) Overtime in the affected inpatient area. 2) Volunteers in the affected inpatient area. 3) External temporary employees (see Article 8). 4) On-call in the affected inpatient arena. 5) Short hour employees in the affected inpatient arena. 6) Part-time employees with no permanent work assignment in the affected inpatient arena. 7) Any employee filling a temporary position in the affected inpatient nursing unit/shift. 8) Regular employees with permanent work assignments in the affected inpatient unit/shift by seniority. d. Inpatient (7/70) and Non-Surgical Units. Full-time inpatient 7/70 float staff will be assigned a home unit for purposes of short-term reductions. 1) Overtime in the affected area. 2) Volunteers in the affected area. 3) Non-union temporary employees (Article 8). 4) Employees in the arena not pre-scheduled according to Article 10. 5) On-call with zero-coded hours in the affected arena. 6) Short-hour employees in the affected arena. This will include short shift employees coded less than twenty (20) hours per week. 7) Regular float employees coded twenty (20) or more hours per week in affected arena that are pre-scheduled according to Article 10. 8) Regular employees with a permanent work assignment coded 20-34 hours per week in the affected unit and shift. 9) Regular employees with a permanent work assignment coded 35 hours or more per week in the affected unit and shift. This shall include any Nurse floated to that unit, 7/70 float who is home based in that unit, or any temporary employee. (See Article 8).