Calculating Sen·ior·i·ty​

​Hire Date-Date a new employee is hired but not necessarily the start date
Years of service With Employer
  • Measurement of the nurse’s time of employment with the employer during a twelve (12) month period of time commencing with the nurses date of hire, and going forward through the years.
  • This usually remains the same but can be adjusted or reset by resignation, acceptance of severance, dismissal for just cause or failure to return from a leave to name a few.
Employer Seniority
  • Exclusive status attained by an employee based on the length of continuous service with the same employer, and may determine the order of promotion, benefits, or layoffs.
  • Based on initial hire date 
  • Can be adjusted backwards based on breaks of service with the employer
Years of Service with the Union
  • Measurement of the nurse’s time within the union during a twelve (12) month period of time commencing with the nurse taking a CNA union position and going forward in time.
  • This usually remains the same but can be adjusted or reset by resignation, acceptance of severance, dismissal for just cause or failure to return from a leave.
Union Seniority
  • Exclusive status attained by an employee based on the length of continuous service within the bargaining unit and may determine the order of promotions, benefits, or layoffs
  • Based on the initial date of hire into a CNA bargaining unit position.
  • Can be adjusted forward or backwards based on contractual rules.
Break in Service
  • If a Nurse has a break in service away from the Medical Center of less than six months, then he/she is reemployed the nurse retains previously accrued seniority, adjusted for the time spent away from the Medical Center.
  • If a Nurse leaves the bargaining unit for another Medical Center position and then returns within 18 months, he/she retains seniority previously accrued, adjusted for time spent out of the bargaining unit.
Seniority Recognition from Other Unions
  • For CHEU, SEIU-UHW and local 29, the employee’s seniority date under his/her former CBA is carried over.
  •  This is for benefits only and not for pay.
  • If the nurse is in a non-benefitted position and moves to a benefitted position the change in status language under Article 6 determines how that seniority is applied.
  • Pay credit is totally based on previous experience under sec 5.3.
Leave of Absence
If an employee has unpaid time while on leave of absence (excluding Military and workers comp) greater than 30 days, the employee’s seniority date is adjusted accordingly​​​​.

​SH/PD nurse's seniority is determined by eligible hours worked per quarter
0-99.9 hours
No seniority credit
All hours carried over to next quarter
Adjust seniority date by 90 days earlier
100-199.9 hours
1 month seniority credit
All hours over 100 carried over to next quarter
Adjust seniority date by 60 days earlier
200-299.9 hours
2 month seniority credit
All hours over 200 carried over to next quarter
Adjust seniority date by 30 days earlier
300+ hours
3 month seniority credit
No additional hours carried over to next quarter
Seniority date not adjusted

​Years of service and seniority can be the same or one could have more years of service but less seniority.
Years of service and seniority are treated differently throughout the contract depending on the benefit.
 
Vacation weeks are determined by years of service whereas awarding of those weeks on the schedule is based solely on seniority.

Fringe benefit accumulation starts as of the date of change in status from non-benefited to benefited
​which can be prorated if part-time.
If previously benefited with no break in service, the nurse retains for fringe benefit accumulations the same date the nurse had when benefited. It is adjusted forward for the length of time in SH status