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For those of you who work 12 hour shifts, do you get straight pay for the entire shift? Time and a half for the four hours? I'm curious about this as my facility does not pay anything over straight pay for the 12 hours. If you do get a differential/time and a half, are you union or nonion? Thanks. I've been posting alot today -- got to cut down on my coffee.....
Most facilities have done away with OT unless it's more than 80 hours in a 2 week pay period...that way they can work 3 12's one week and 4 the next--and pay only 4 hours of OT.
My last facility used bonus pay to encourage extra shifts..so that if you wanted to come in extra (even if you were only part time) you would get an extra $$ bonus. That was kinda nice.:)
Some Dallas facilities are denying OT due to 'exempt' policy for nursing staff.....I won't work in those facilities.
Again the facility policies cannot over ride what the state's labor laws say. So if your facility operates a certain way it must do so within the confines of the state labor regulations.
In NV OT is >40 hours a week.
When I was in CA OT specifically for hospitals and healthcare facilities was >80 hours in a 2 week period. AND you could work twelve hours in 24. However, if your normal shift was 8 hours and your worked 10 then you got paid OT. But if your normal shift was 12 hours and you worked 12 you got straigth time.
So if you want to know exactly what is legal call the labor board. Facilities can give you better than what the board allows but not worse. Ex. If they allow 12 without OT pay and one facility wants to be competetive and offer you more pay to work 12 instead of 8 they can do it. But If they don't allow 12 shifts and you work over 8 they must pay OT.
i work the weekend plan: 2 12's: every saturday and sunday and get paid for 36..i don't get overtime unless i work over 40 physical hours per week, and then its time and one half..i have all benefits but accumulate pto slower based upon actual number of hours worked.
we get 4.00/hr shift diff for eves and nights...
Agnus
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It depends on your state's labor laws. Some make a provision for 12 hour shifts, (especially health care,) to be treated as straight time. A call to your state labor board or Dept. Labor should give you a definitive answer to your question.
In NV 12 hour shift is straight time.