5 consecutive 12hr shifts

[wishiwereanurse]

does anyone know if it is legal in california to give employees 5 straight 12hr shifts in 2 consecutive weeks and not give overtime?

like let's say you're working thurs, fri, sat, sun, mon

coworkers said it's not overtime because you are working 3 days on a week and 2 days on another week...but i've always thought that if they make you work consecutive like that then they should give u overtime bec within 7 days you worked consecutive 5 days..

i dunno about y'all but after 3 consecutive 12 hrs shift, i feel like i've been run over by a thousand cows already..

[Sarah010101]

WOW!...

Thats OT here in Canada... if you are working four 12 hr shifts in a row (2 days, 2 nights)... then we are given 5 days off and then start the cycle all over again. Anything more is OT.

I feel bad for you, that is a long couple weeks of work

[WillowNMe]

I had two jobs when I first graduated - one in hospice and one in an acute care setting. Both were 12 hour shifts and both were over nights. I told the hospice I would work one day a week (thinking like... Wednesday....) So they ended up putting one day at the end of one week, the other and the beginning (IE: Saturday and Sunday) and BY THE WAY we need you to pick up Friday. So it happened I think twice? I ended up working nine 12 hour overnight shifts in a row.

Said no more after that. No more hospice, just the hospital now.

[ks1773]

it's difficult enough to work 3-12s in a row.. let alone 5. but on the bright side you get more days off consecutively!

no OT tho