Common use of Order of scheduling Clause in Contracts

Order of scheduling. Employees shall be scheduled for work in the following order: a. Regular nurses fulfilling their FTE requirements. This category includes nurses filling regular FTE positions on a temporary or interim basis. The Employer will prepare an initial schedule with nurses from the home unit before assigning nurses from other units. b. Traveler nurses with a multiple week contract c. Temporary nurses d. Resource nurses meeting their minimum shift obligation e. Regular nurses working above their assigned FTE at the regular rate of pay (including nurses opting to work without CNI pay on a critical need incentive shift) f. Resource nurses working beyond their minimum shift obligation g. Regular nurses working a critical need incentive shift h. Nurses working overtime (over 40 hours or scheduled shift length) or double back (when not part of their FTE requirement) i. Daily assigned (per diem) agency nurses Traveler or agency nurses referenced above may be hired to fill a posted temporary or interim staffing need that qualified Resource Nurses have not chosen to fill. Any non- temporary position filled by a traveler or agency nurse must remain posted until filled by a regular nurse or vacated by the traveler/agency nurse.