Vacation PTO-Vacation B Option
Although PTO includes sick time, holidays and vacation, there is very specific language regarding vacation PTO under section 9.3. of the contract. This language includes dates for choosing your vacation weeks, the number of weeks each nurse is allowed and
options if denied. There is also an option for an additional week of unpaid vacation.
options if denied. There is also an option for an additional week of unpaid vacation.
Scheduling of Vacation PTO (UTO for SH Nurses)
- Nurses (FT, PT, SH) shall submit their vacation preference by February 1 of each year.
- Short-hour Nurses shall be eligible for unpaid time off (UTO) each year. The amount of such unpaid time off and scheduling thereof shall be determined in the same manner as Regular Nurses (benefitted).
- Not later than March 1 of each year, the Medical Center shall post a schedule of vacation covering the period April 1 through March 31 of the following year.
- Vacation shall be scheduled on a Monday through Sunday basis, except for the night shift, which shall be scheduled on a Sunday through Saturday basis.
- If staffing and patient care requirements do not permit all Nurses requesting a certain PTO preference to take their PTO over the same time period, length of service in the Medical Center shall be the determining factor within each unit.
- PTO may be taken in daily segments. Requests for less than full-week PTO blocks which are submitted by February 1 will be granted on a seniority basis after full-week requests have been granted in accordance with Articles 9.3 (vacation) and 9.5, (length of service). Requests submitted after February 1 will be granted in accordance with Article 9.3. (vacation)
The Number of Weeks Allowed
These weeks are based on years of service and granted by seniority and shift.
For annual vacation bidding only, nurses will request based on the following:
Two (2) weeks for the first year of service allowance,
Three (3) weeks for the second through fourth year of service allowance,
Four (4) weeks per year for the fifth through the ninth year of service allowance and
Five (5) weeks for the tenth year and each year thereafter of service allowance.
These weeks are based on years of service and granted by seniority and shift.
For annual vacation bidding only, nurses will request based on the following:
Two (2) weeks for the first year of service allowance,
Three (3) weeks for the second through fourth year of service allowance,
Four (4) weeks per year for the fifth through the ninth year of service allowance and
Five (5) weeks for the tenth year and each year thereafter of service allowance.
What if Your Week is Denied?
- Once the schedule of vacation is posted, vacation requests for weeks not already claimed by a senior nurse on the vacation schedule shall be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
- If an RN requests, the RN’s name shall be placed on a waiting list of RNs who submitted requests by February 1st, but whose requests were denied because the time requested was filled by a senior nurse.
- In the event that a senior nurse vacates that vacation time, the next senior RN on the waiting list shall be granted that time requested.
- PTO requests submitted after February 1, but at least three (3) months prior to the date(s) requested, will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis; with written confirmation to the Nurse within two (2) weeks of receipt of the request.
- PTO requests submitted within three (3) months of the date(s) requested will be granted in accordance with Article 7.8.2, Scheduling Process.
Extra Week(s)* of Unpaid Vacation
- Each Nurse who is eligible for two (2) weeks or more of vacation may, at the Nurse's option, elect to take an extra week of vacation without pay.
- No more than one (1) extra week of vacation may be received in this manner, except as provided in Article 9.2.3 *
- An Alta Bates Nurse who has four or more years of service and who has requested a second unpaid week of vacation pursuant to Section 9(B) of the *Alta Bates/CNA contract in effect through June 30, 2000, may continue to elect a second unpaid week of vacation
- Shall be effective during the anniversary year immediately following receipt of notification and shall continue in effect until the Nurse notifies the hospital of his/her desire to rescind the option.
- Shall be granted in accordance with the vacation provisions of the contract
- Nurses who have exercised this unpaid time off option prior to the effective date of this provision shall have the option to continue from anniversary year to anniversary year until the Nurse notifies the Medical Center of his/her desire to rescind the option.
- In all cases a Nurse may only rescind the option on an anniversary-year basis.
IMPORTANT
To implement this provision each Nurse who wishes to exercise this option shall, at any time prior to the completion
of his/her year of employment, notify the Medical Center in writing!
A Nurse shall schedule her/his extra week(s) of vacation in conjunction with the scheduling of her/his annual accrual of paid vacation.
To implement this provision each Nurse who wishes to exercise this option shall, at any time prior to the completion
of his/her year of employment, notify the Medical Center in writing!
A Nurse shall schedule her/his extra week(s) of vacation in conjunction with the scheduling of her/his annual accrual of paid vacation.