contingents and holiday pay

[Ms.RN]

a contingent cena that i'm working with said that she doesnt want to work holidays becuase she's not getting a holiday pay. our human resources book listed 6 holidays and we must be paid hour and half if we worked on those holidays. but what i dont understand is why is contingents not getting a holiday pay? contingents dont have set schedules but they are still working here and why arent holiday pay policy applied the same to the contingents? are your facilities like this too? do think this is illegal and department of labor should be consulted?

[MedSurgeMess]

This is part of the privilege to not have to be a "regular" employee. They don't work get holiday pay, and they usually don't schedule themselves to work them

[elkpark]

I work prn currently (as an RN), and I don't get the shift differentials or holiday pay that the regular staff get.

[Ms.RN]

oh really? because i'm working contingent at another facility and i'm getting a holiday pay. i guess our scheduler threatened her to reduce her hours if she doesnt work holidays.

[caliotter3]

You might want to check with the Labor Board to find out what the law saws about this practice. There are some employers who skirt around the rules banking on their employees never filing complaints. Usually people who are regular employees receive holiday pay.

[Mulan]

As a PRN RN in the US, I have always been required to work at least one holiday, sometimes two, and get the holiday pay.

[mamamerlee, LPN]

In most states, each institution can decide who gets holiday pay, shift diff, etc. My husband works for a large supermarket chain that stopped offering a Sunday diff a few years ago. Only employees who were already receiving the diff still get it, and newer employees don't. Guess which ones work the most Sundays? And we are talking CENTS here, not dollars!

Look carefully in your handbook for what part-timers and PRN personnel are entitled to, and what are the minimum requirements for weekends/holidays/off-shift.

[caliotter3]

I just had a discussion about this with the nurse that I relieved. She is wondering whether the employer pays holiday pay in order to plan whether or not, to work holidays.