Recognition for Previous Experience. Nurses hired during the life of this Agreement shall be given full credit for recent experience when placed on the wage schedule. Recent experience shall be defined as nursing experience in an approved health care setting as determined by the Medical Center. It shall remain the prerogative of the Medical Center to establish at which step in the schedule to place newly hired nurses in all other circumstances. Placement in the wage schedule based on previous experience has no impact on the accrual of benefits, determining seniority, or computing time for awards of recognition. Effective January 1, 2004, nurses who are paid at a step which is lower than their experience as defined by this Agreement, where there are nurses with the same or lower years of experience who are paid at a higher step, will be advanced one (1) step each January, commencing January 2004, until equity is achieved.
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