Baylor/Weekend reward questions??

StNeotser, ASN, RN · Aug 8, 2008

My Baylor is different, I get paid 40 hrs for 32 hrs worked. If I pick up an 8 hr shift then I just get straight time for it. However, anything over 40 I get overtime for.

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Aug 8, 2008

What hours do you work to equal 32? I do 2-12hour shifts that equal 24 hours, then basically get paid for 36.

I am thinking I am getting burned by not getting the time and a half for anything over 40. Their logic is "well you are getting 24 hours time a half each week, so you are"---my thought is "well that is my contract and my reward for working every single sat/sun"

Now if I pick up extra shifts to help you out so you dont have to bring in agency/pool nurses and I am physically working more than 40 hours a week, i should get anything over 40 at time and a half.

Of course my logic is in my favor and thier logic is in thier favor. I dont think I am going to win this argument....

So I dont think I will be picking up extra to help them now, what was a win-win situation has turned into a "sorry for your luck" deal

StNeotser, ASN, RN · Aug 8, 2008

I am doing two 16hr shifts on Saturday & Sunday. However, I thought it was a federal law that anything over 40 = time and a half. I rarely pick up shifts during the week anyway but the one time I did I got paid time and a half for the shift worked over 40 hrs.

Atheos · Aug 8, 2008

How many of you nurses work "baylor" or "weekend reward-premium pay" posisitions? the Every weekend staff.
My question is this--Where I work I get time and a half for my weekend reward. So for every 24 hours worked I get paid for 36 hours.
In the past if I physically worked over 40 actual hours in a 7 day span I would get time and a half for those hours worked over 40.
So if I pick up 2 extra 12 hour shifts I physically work 48 hours. I am already getting my time and a half for my weekend pay then I would get an extra 8 hours time an a half as well.
Now they are saying no more. That I already have time and a half in my pay check, so they dont need to pay me for the extra 8 over 40. I only get straight time for those 8 hours---clear as mud right?? Ya me too.
My thought is if I am physically working 48 hours I should get time and a half for any hours worked over 40. It does not matter that I am already getting the time and a half for the weekend hours worked as that is part of my contract.
So question being asked if, who of you are weekend reward/baylor folks?? How do they pay you if you work over time on top of your weekends?

They are being slick. By calling the time and a half pay the overtime pay they avoid you being able to go to the Labor Dept. They technically are paying you the overtime pay. What you need is a lawyer to make them honor their contract. The only entity that can enforce a contract is a court. If you have a lawyer they may change their tune...

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Aug 8, 2008

They are being slick. By calling the time and a half pay the overtime pay they avoid you being able to go to the Labor Dept. They technically are paying you the overtime pay. What you need is a lawyer to make them honor their contract. The only entity that can enforce a contract is a court. If you have a lawyer they may change their tune...

They are being slick I agree..my paycheck does not state overtime and states NP (non production) work 24hours--that is a two week pay check.

In the past when I worked the over 40 I had labeled Over Time pay.

My contract also clearly states

*I will be paid in accordance to the 40 hour overtime standard.

* I will recieve 36 hours paid for 24 hours worked.

I brought this to thier attention and was told "you are being paid according to the over time standard--you worked 48 hours and 24 of those hours were paid at time and a half." my argument was "that is because that is my reward for working every weekend"

I dont want to take it to a lawyer as all and all I like my job, but I do feel as if I was taken advantage of.

When I questioned why in the past was I paid the over time for the 8 over 40 I was told that was a mistake... :banghead:

Thanks for your advice.

leslie :-D · Aug 9, 2008

i still say you should call your labor board and run it by them.

leslie

BigT · Aug 9, 2008

I would take your paycheck stub and ask them to show you where the 8 hours of overtime for the 8 hours work past 40 is. Then when they say its in the non-production work- tell them that you were working and that it cannot be labeled non-production work. Also state that according to the contract you signed, you would be paid overtime for anything over 40 hours and there is no overtime listed on the check stub. If they still insist that the non-production work reflects your overtime pay, then ask them where your 12 hours of pay per your contract is. Then when they say its in there, get out a piece of paper and write 8+12= 12 ? and ask them how they do there math as 8+12=20. Tell them that if they insist on violating the contract terms that you will be taking your contract and pay stub to a lawyer to have him help you understand this better.

Also state the by paying you in the past for working overtime, they set a precident and now that they deviated from that precident and from your contract, you are exploring your legal options.

Usually that will get there attention and get things straight again.

T

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Aug 9, 2008

For two years I worked 32 hours over the weekend on Saturday and Sunday, and got paid for 40 hours. I now work 24 hours over the weekend and am paid for 32 hours.

My workplace pays time-and-a-half only if you were physically working in excess of 40 hours per week. Since I am physically in the building only 24 hours per week, I'd need to work another 16 hours during the week to start going into overtime. Until then, it is only considered straight time.

tothepointeLVN, LVN · Aug 9, 2008

It might one of those tricky instances where 40hr workweek overtime is paid after working 40 hours of regular time hours not 40 hours total. In that case they should call is a 6 day rule not 40 hours.

Atheos · Aug 9, 2008

There are only 2 acceptable overtimes rules for the Labor department.

Anything over 40 per week = overtime

Or anything over 8 hours in a day and over 80 hours in 2 weeks = overtime.

The company has to choose one for each employee. They can use both of course but they have to inform the employee ahead of time which rule applies to them and they can't arbitraliy change it back and forth to suit them.

racing-mom4, BSN, RN · Aug 9, 2008

Stanly I wish you were correct but unfortunatly that is an assumption anything over 8=ot and anything over 80=ot.

That is just not the case, there are all sorts of exemptions/classifications etc etc when it comes to pay and labor laws.

My husband owns a buisness and i do the payroll each work and work pretty close with ADP to do our taxes etc.

I liked the advice of taking my pay stub to the CFO and saying "whre is my Baylor pay" and then having him show me the NP hours, then asking "now were is my over time?" and having him again show me the NP hours.

Fact is, they will get away with it, I am not going to hire a lawyer at 265.00 an hour ( gee we are in the wrong buisness) to get me my 4 hours of OT pay. I already got staight pay for them so we are talking about 100 bucks..from now on I just wont pick up unless I get somehting in writing from my mgr stating that shift will be paid at time and a half.