Voluntary Paid Educational Leave. Continuing education and 16 accompanying educational leave for RNs is an important part of the Hospital’s patient 17 care mission, and therefore should be a priority component of unit based scheduling. 18 Except as provided in Article 14.2 above with respect to night shift RNs, mandatory 19 education courses and/or leaves shall not affect voluntary educational leave allowances. 20 21 The Hospital will provide to the Association reports on RN voluntary educational 22 leave utilization on Association request, such requests to be made no more frequently 23 than every six (6) months. 24 25 After each year of employment, regular status nurses will be eligible for thirty-six 26 (36) hours paid education leave per fiscal year October 1 through September 30. An 27 annual maximum of 3,200 hours (of which a maximum of 1,600 hours will be granted 28 during the first six (6) months of the fiscal year) paid education leave will be provided by 29 ARRMC for this purpose. The RN must show proof of attending the educational course 30 or activity or will forfeit this paid educational leave. The RN will receive pay for the hours 31 missed due to the educational leave, not to exceed the nurse’s regular FTE, at the RN’s 32 normal rate of pay, calculated in the same manner as ETO pay. Voluntary paid education 33 leave will not count towards overtime or any other premium payment. The Hospital will 1 work with RNs requesting paid educational leave to minimize lost work hours, or to 2 reschedule hours. In particular, the nurse and theirhis/her clinical manager will agree on 3 the scheduled shift(s) to be missed in connection with deciding upon an educational leave 4 request, and paid educational leave will be available for all such hours if the request is 5 granted. Normally no work at the Hospital will be required on educational leave days. 6 7 This thirty-six (36) hour annual paid educational leave is the maximum Hospital 8 management may award an eligible RN. It is not a guarantee or entitlement. 9
Voluntary Paid Educational Leave. Continuing education and 22 accompanying educational leave for RNs is an important part of the Hospital’s patient 23 care mission, and therefore should be a priority component of unit based scheduling.
Voluntary Paid Educational Leave. Continuing education and 21 accompanying educational leave for RNs is an important part of the 22 Hospital’s patient care mission, and therefore should be a priority component 23 of unit-based scheduling. 25 Except as provided in Article 14.2 above with respect to night shift RNs, 26 mandatory education courses and/or leaves shall not affect voluntary 27 educational leave allowances. 28 29 The Hospital will provide to the Association reports on RN voluntary 30 educational leave utilization on Association request, such requests to be 31 made no more frequently than every six (6) months. 33 After each year of employment, regular status nurses will be eligible for thirty- 34 six (36) hours paid education leave per fiscal year October 1 through 1 September 30. An annual maximum of 3,200 hours (of which a maximum of 2 1,600 hours will be granted during the first six (6) months of the fiscal year) 3 paid education leave will be provided by ARRMC for this purpose. The RN 4 must show proof of attending the educational course or activity or will forfeit 5 this paid educational leave. The RN will receive pay for the hours missed 6 due to the educational leave, not to exceed the nurse’s regular FTE, at the
