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Staffing News

Issue 2, December 10, 2002

Issue	SEIU Proposal	UIHC Proposal
Staffing language	Creation of a hospital wide committee to review existing staffing systems, acuity tools and resource distribution   Unit /area based committees to establish safe staffing levels	None
Retention and recruitment	Retention ladder with incentives for each year of seniority:  paid certifications  parking reimbursements  vacation accrual	Decrease vacation leave for new hires:  3 weeks up to 4 years of seniority 4 weeks from 5 to 8 years 5 weeks for more than 8 years
Hours of Work	Define what a line is. Rotation cannot be changed without staff approval.	Trades have to be done at least 24 h in advance
Weekend Option	Becomes part of the contract  90% pay and 90% benefits	Not in contract proposal
Annual raises	6% + seniority raise of 1.5% to 4%	0%

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