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Per‑diem P103 nurses urge San Francisco DPH to extend 80 hours of COVID sick leave
Summary
Multiple per‑diem (P103) nurses and SEIU 1021 representatives told the Health Commission that per‑diem nurses performing frontline work remain excluded from the city's 80‑hour COVID emergency sick leave and urged DPH/HR to extend the benefit for equity and safety.
Several callers during the public comment period told the Health Commission on Jan. 17 that per‑diem P103 nurses who do frontline testing, outreach and inpatient care are being treated differently from benefited staff and should receive the city's emergency COVID sick‑leave allocation.
Teresa Rutherford, speaking for SEIU 1021, said P103 nurses "are literally working more as full time workers right now" and asked the commission to correct what she called an "equity issue" by giving P103 nurses access to the 80…
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