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County approves interim handbook change to let some 12-hour-shift medical staff join retirement plan
Summary
The Oklahoma County commissioners voted to amend the interim employee handbook to allow medical personnel scheduled for 12-hour shifts (averaging 36 hours per week) employed by a public trust authority to participate in the county retirement plan; backers said it will aid recruitment and reduce reliance on costly temporary contracts.
Oklahoma County commissioners on Monday voted to amend language in the 2021 interim employee handbook so that certain medical personnel who work 12-hour shifts averaging 36 hours per week are explicitly eligible to participate in the county retirement plan.
The board approved the change following a presentation from the representative of the public trust authority, Miss Etherington, who said the revision is narrowly tailored to retirement eligibility and is designed to help the authority recruit and retain nurses who are accustomed to 12-hour hospital shifts. "When that happened, a number of employees were hired directly from Turnkey," she said, recounting the authority's shift to in-house medical services, "we need to…
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