BY HAND Lucille Swaim Coordinator of Negotiations United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10010 Re: LPN Collective Bargaining Agreement between VNSNY Home Care and United Federation of Teachers Dear Ms. Swaim: This letter is...

21.1 Definitions As used in this Agreement and except as otherwise clearly required by its context: 21.1.1 Agreement. “Agreement” means this Agreement and each appendix, schedule, amendment or supplement thereto; 21.1.2 Employee. . “Employee” or “LPN...

This Agreement, except as otherwise stated, will be effective from the date of execution and will remain effective through January 31, 2017, and from year to year thereafter unless terminated as provided in Article Twenty-Three.

The Employer has both the legal responsibility and the sole right to manage VNSNY Home Care and, except as specifically limited in this Agreement to: (a) hire, assign, transfer, promote, demote, schedule, lay off, recall, discipline, discharge its...

During the term of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employees covered by this Agreement will, directly or indirectly, cause, sanction or engage or participate in any strike, walkout, picketing, work stoppage, work interruption, work...

The Employer and the Union will comply with applicable local, state and federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, political belief...

Employees shall be given a copy of all written disciplinary warning notices issued to them. 16.2 Union Representation at Disciplinary Interviews. The Employer recognizes the reasonably exercised right of an Employee, upon request, to have a local...

Per diem service refers to pedagogic personnel serving on a day to day basis in a school and/or any of its programs.

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15.1 Layoff. 15.1.1 Within a Region/Program Before any layoff within a Region/Program of any Regular Full-Time or Regular Part-Time Employees, Per Diem Employees in the Region/Program shall be released first, provided the remaining Employees have the...

14.1 Posting. A posting shall be made for voluntary application for the Adult Care On-Call Group by Regular and Per Diem Adult Care LPNs only and for the Hospice On-Call Group by Regular and Per Diem Hospice, Adult Care and Long Term Care LPNs only...

12.1 Job Descriptions. Specific job descriptions for all Licensed Practical Nurse job classifications shall be maintained and shall be made conveniently available to all Licensed Practical Nurses in each Region/Program office in which Employees are...

13.1 Posting. When a job vacancy in the bargaining unit exists, VNSNY Home Care shall post a notice of such opening in each Region/Program office for at least five (5) workdays and an Employee who desires to bid on the position shall do so in writing...

11.1 Staff Development Policy. Subject to budgetary restraints, and recognizing the necessity for flexibility and adaptation to changed circumstances, purposes and philosophies, the Employer shall continue its policy regarding the following: 11.1.1...

10.1 Basis and Amount. On application as required by Section 10.2 of this Article, a Regular Full-Time or Regular Part-Time Employee who has completed six (6) months or more of continuous employment with the Employer will be eligible for leave of...

9.1 Sick Leave. 9.1.1 Entitlement and Amount. After one (1) month of employment, a Regular Full-Time Employee working five-day (5) or three-day (3) workweek schedule shall be entitled to paid sick leave earned at the rate of 3.346 hours (3.415 hours...

8.1 Holidays. 8.1.1 Designation Regular Full-Time Employees will be entitled annually to the following holidays: New Year's Day (January 1) Independence Day (July 4) Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday Labor Day President's Day Thanksgiving Day...

7.1 Benefit Fund. The Employees covered by this Agreement, as provided herein, are participants in and covered by the Health Care Chapter United Federation of Teachers Benefit Fund (“Fund”). Effective January 1, 2014 and thereafter, any changes...

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6.1 Staff LPN Rates. 6.1.1 Regular Full-Time Employees. The minimum annualized Base Compensation Rate for Regular Full-Time Employees is Effective Date Amount Per Annum July 1, 2014 $46,478.37 December 31, 2015 $46,943.15 October 1, 2016 $47,647.30 6...

5.1 Normal Workday For the purposes of determining application of an Employee’s regular compensation rate, the Employee’s normal workday will be seven and one-quarter (7.25) work hours for Employees working a five-day workweek, nine and one quarter...

4.1 Definition In the computation and determination of eligibility for all economic benefits where length of service is a factor pursuant to this Agreement, "Seniority" shall be defined as the length of time an Employee has been continuously employed...

3.1 Recognition The Employer recognizes the Union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of every Licensed Practical Nurse covered by this Agreement. 3.2 New Employee At the time a new Employee subject to this Agreement is employed...

2.1 Categories The Licensed Practical Nurses covered by this Agreement (“Employees” or “LPNs”) are classified as either (1) Regular Full-Time; (2) Regular Part-Time; (3) Other Part-Time; (4) Temporary or (5) Per Diem. 2.1.1 Regular Full-Time Employee...

This Agreement covers the unit certified by the National Labor Relations Board ("NLRB") in NLRB Case No. 2-RC-22325 to wit: Unit: Included: All full-time and regular part-time licensed practical nurses employed by the Employer at and out of its...

AGREEMENT between Visiting Nurse Service of New York Home Care, 107 East 70th Street, New York, New York 10021 (herein called "Employer" or “VNSNY Home Care”) and Federation of Nurses/ UFT, FNHP/AFT, AFL-CIO, 52 Broadway, New York, New York 10004...