(a) Wages. Student nurses shall receive an hourly rate of pay that is within Salary Range 1M of the Craft, Labor, and Trades Unit.
(b) Working Conditions. The student nurse classification is for training purposes, and the class is in the unclassified service. The salary rates and step advancement provisions applicable to the Craft, Labor, and Trades Unit shall also apply to student nurses. Student nurses shall be compensated on an hourly rate basis only for hours actually worked and shall receive no other compensation or benefit. Overtime shall be defined as all hours actually worked in excess of 40 hours per work period, except that with mutual consent of the appointing authority, student nurses may define overtime as hours worked over eight in one day, or 80 in a 14-day work period. Any student nurse authorized by the appointing authority or authorized representative to work overtime shall be compensated at premium rates, i.e., one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay.
(1) PST Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees covered by this section shall participate in the County's PST deferred compensation plan in lieu of participation in any other retirement plan, program, or benefit. Said employees shall contribute seven and one-half percent of the employee's biweekly base compensation up to seven and one-half percent of the employee's maximum covered wages for Social Security purposes. The employee's contributions to PST deferred compensation shall be automatically deducted from employee's earnings. Employees shall enroll in the plan on forms approved by Human Resources. This subdivision shall not apply to any employee who is otherwise covered by the County retirement system.
(2) Deferred Compensation. Employees covered by this section may participate in the § 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan administered by the County, to the maximum extent provided by law.
(3) The Director of Human Resources shall have the authority, with the approval of the County's Chief Executive Officer, to provide Student Nurses with COVID-19 Premium Pay consistent with COVID-19 Premium Pay provided to the majority of represented bargaining units.
(4) Unclassified Service. Employees covered by this section are in the unclassified service.
(Am. Ord. 3845, passed - -2002; Am. Ord. 4270, passed - -2015; Am. Ord. 4339, passed - -2018; Am. Ord. 4357, passed - -2019; Am. Ord. 4409, passed - -2021; Am. Ord. 4433, passed - -2022)