Daughters of Charity - SEIU-UHW Healthcare Workers West

a. Benefit accruals shall be effective as of the beginning of the pay
period closest to the date of such reclassification and are subject to any
waiting period or other requirements contained in the Agreement;
b. If retroactive corrections in status are made, health benefits and life
insurance shall be effective prospectively (at the beginning of the
following month), and the employee shall have no deduction for any
premium in lieu of benefits received in the interim.
c. The reclassification provisions shall not apply to hours worked by
an employee temporarily replacing another employee who is on an
approved leave of absence.
A Per Diem employee shall not be reduced in hours solely to prevent his or her
advancement to Regular or Limited Part-time status when the Per Diem hours
continue to be available or for the sole purpose of keeping a regular job constantly
staffed by Per Diem employees.
2. A Regular part-time employee who is regularly assigned for ninety (90)
calendar days or more to a work schedule which exceeds the employee’s regular
work schedule by at least a full shift, for each and every pay period of the ninety
(90) day period (e.g. a regular part-time 3/5 employee is regularly assigned a 4/5
or a full-time schedule), shall be reclassified to the applicable regular work
schedule provided that the additional hours fall on the employee’s normal shift.
For the sole purpose of the first sentence (1) if the employee has paid time off
(PTO/ESL) for a one week period or longer, the ninety (90) day period shall be
extended by the same number of days for which the employee was off work on
such paid time off, and (2) if the employee has a paid day off, on a scheduled
workday, such day(s) shall be counted as a regularly assigned workday. The
applicable regular work schedule shall be based on the lowest number of
additional shift(s) worked during any pay period within such ninety (90) day
period. Any reclassification under this Paragraph shall be effective as of the
ninetieth (90th) day, and increase benefit accruals shall be effective the beginning
of the pay period closest to the date of such reclassification. The provisions of this
Paragraph may be waived only by the mutual written agreement of the employee,
the Union and the Employers.
3. For the purpose of this Section only, shifts shall be defined as follows: (1)
Days start on or after 5:00 a.m. but prior to 12:00 noon; (2) PMs start on or after
12:00 noon but before 10:00 p.m.; and (3) Nights start on or after 10:00 p.m. but
before 5:00 a.m.
For St. Francis only:
Regular Part-time or Limited Part-time employees may claim additional regular hours to
increase their predetermined (budgeted) schedule or to change their employment category
and be reclassified as a Regular full-time or Regular Part-time employee subject to
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