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Please be advised that according to Art. 33 of our contract with SBMC, management may reduce staff in the event that the needs of the unit should change. However there is a process that must be followed, as seen here:

1. They must first cancel any agency and/or traveler nurses within the affected unit.
2. They must cancel all prescheduled overtime within the affected unit.
3. They must cancel all per diem nurses within the affected unit.
4. They must cancel additional part-time shifts.
5. They must offer benefit time according to seniority within the affected unit.
6. They must cancel agency and traveler nurses within the affected division, and reassign bargaining unit staff nurses.
7. They must reduce staff by inverse seniority in the affected unit.

This is what the Department of Labor Says about the Mandatory Overtime Law:

Q. Is there a law that protects health care workers from being forced to work overtime?

A. Yes. The New Jersey Mandatory Overtime Restrictions for Health Care Facilities stipulates the conditions under which health care facilities may require certain hourly employees to work overtime. The law is contained in N.J.S.A. 34:11-56a31 et seq. The regulations are contained in N.J.A.C. 8:43E-8.1 et seq.

Q. Who is covered under the law for mandatory overtime restrictions?

A. Hourly workers who are involved in direct patient care activities or clinical services and are employed by a health care facility (see below for definition of health care facility). This may include nurses and nurse’s aides, but not doctors. For a list of employees that are not covered, click on N.J.A.C. 8:43E-8-2.