Partial Shift Low Census Clause Samples
The Partial Shift Low Census clause defines how staffing adjustments are managed when patient numbers fall below a certain threshold during a scheduled shift. Typically, this clause allows the healthcare facility to send employees home early or reduce their hours if there are fewer patients than anticipated, often specifying how much notice must be given and whether any minimum compensation applies. Its core function is to provide flexibility for the employer to align staffing levels with actual patient census, thereby controlling labor costs and operational efficiency during unexpectedly low-demand periods.
Partial Shift Low Census. This means that the nurse is obligated to the Medical Center for a portion of that shift. The Medical Center will, consistent with operational and patient care needs, make its best efforts to honor the nurse’s preference for full or partial shift low census.
Partial Shift Low Census a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. Partial shift low census will be limited to one (1) instance per shift, and result in not less than four (4) hours of work. If standby is needed by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby during the low census portion of the nurse’s shift. While on standby, the nurse may receive an assignment commensurate with the floating grid. If the nurse is called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply. Nurses on mandatory low census will not be required to be on standby during such hours.
b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census, whether voluntary or mandatory, and the nurse has informed the Medical Center of their preference to be placed on full shift low census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for voluntary low census.
c. To better ensure consistency of patient care and safety, if there is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary low census before granting the request of any other nurse who has already reported to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census list.
d. If the nurse works only the last four or six hours of a scheduled shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four-hour segment of their shift.
Partial Shift Low Census. This means that the nurse is 29 obligated to the Medical Center for a portion of that shift.
Partial Shift Low Census a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. The nurse will then receive a scheduled partial shift of either four, six or eight hours (10- or 12-hour night shift nurses will have a partial shift length of 8 hours). If standby is needed by the Medical Center, the nurse will be given the option to be on standby for the nurse’s cluster during the low census portion of the nurse’s shift. If the nurse is called in to work during the time the nurse is on voluntary standby, the standby provisions of this contract will apply.
b. If the Medical Center places a nurse on partial shift low census and the nurse has informed the Medical Center of the nurse’s preference to be placed on full shift low census, that nurse will be moved to the top of the list for voluntary low census. If there is subsequent low census in that nurse’s cluster before the nurse has reported to work such that the nurse could be given full shift low census, the Medical Center will grant that nurse’s request for voluntary low census before granting the request of any other nurse who has already reported to work or who would have been ahead of the nurse on the voluntary low census list.
c. If the nurse works only the last four or six hours of a scheduled shift due to low census, the nurse will be credited with the entire length of the nurse’s shift as credit towards the nurse’s Low Census Factor. Evening shift nurses (3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.) will receive this credit if they work any four hour segment of their shift.
Partial Shift Low Census. 9 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full 10 shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. The 11 nurse will then receive a scheduled partial shift of either eight or four
Partial Shift Low Census. 27 a. If the Medical Center cannot grant a nurse’s request for full 28 shift low census, it will place the nurse on partial shift low census. The 1 nurse will then receive a scheduled partial shift of either four, six or eight 2 or four hours . (10- or 12-hour night shift nurses will have a partial shift
Partial Shift Low Census. This means that the nurse 10 is obligated to the Medical Center for a portion of that shift.