Holiday Pay

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Just received my check which covered Thanksgiving. I work night shift and was paid for one hour of holiday pay on Thanksgiving even though I worked an 8 hour shift and had worked an 8 hour shift the previous night. This is the first employer who has not paid me holiday pay for the entire shift. They could have counted 7 hours from the previous shift that was done after midnight on Thanksgiving, or they could have paid me 8 hours for the full shift starting at 11 pm. My question, is this the norm? As I said, this is the first employer who has shorted me this way. I plan on asking the Labor Board about this. Just wondered what other employers do.

Specializes in PICU, NICU, L&D, Public Health, Hospice.
We don't get holiday pay period. Everything under 40 is straight time.

Are you in USA?

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My facility does not give holiday pay at all. We have the option to take PTO if we want to, whether or not we work the holiday. So if I work 12 hours on Thanksgiving, I can take 12 hours of PTO on top of it to get paid "double time". If I'm not scheduled to work a holiday, I can also take PTO . Does that make sense?

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Ortho you are lucky to have PTO. My employer does not have this, or sick time, or overtime. I think they haven't paid holidays at all in the past and think they can shortchange people on night shift and that nobody will complain.

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Specializes in Neuro, Cardiology, ICU, Med/Surg.

Ugh, that sounds awful all around. As far as I can see at my hospital, the holiday designation goes mostly by when the shift starts... for example, last year, I worked Xmas Eve and Xmas 11p-7a, and got paid holiday pay for the 11-7 that started the night of the 25th (even though 7 of the hours were on the 26th). Conversely, I did not get holiday pay for the 11-7 that started on Xmas Eve even though 7 of those hours were spent on 12/25. As lont as it's consistent, it seems fair. Of course, what constitutes a holiday and not a holiday does not always correspond to undesirable vs. desirable days to work. For example, I'm happy to work New Year's Day, a holiday, but would really prefer not to work New Year's Eve (not a holiday, but the more important day -- and also my birthday:smokin:).

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Specializes in ED, CTSurg, IVTeam, Oncology.
my facility does not give holiday pay at all. we have the option to take pto if we want to, whether or not we work the holiday. so if i work 12 hours on thanksgiving, i can take 12 hours of pto on top of it to get paid "double time". if i'm not scheduled to work a holiday, i can also take pto . does that make sense?

what nurses often fail to recognize is that many institutions regularly, and willfully cheat their nurses out of what they've already earned. they do this with arcane rules, creative and deceitful accounting of time, and intimidation and harassment of nurses who choose to inquire.

in your example above, it does makes sense, but you're still getting ripped off. for the exact same situation i get your "double time" ...and another half; meaning that for the same time frame, i'm getting a dollar value of 2.50, while you're getting 2.00, and many respondents in this thread getting substantially less than that. if i worked on the national holiday; i get paid at time and a half (just like overtime), plus they give me another day off at straight time (added together that makes double time and a half for the value for working on a holiday).

nurses need to wise up to the fact that their employer is not above ripping them off... :angryfire

this is why i would always support the unions.

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We don't get holiday pay period. Everything under 40 is straight time.

Could you explain please?

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Do you work for an agency? I wasnt aware there were places who didnt provide PTO or vacation of any sort unless it was an agency

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what nurses often fail to recognize is that many institutions regularly, and willfully cheat their nurses out of what they've already earned. they do this with arcane rules, creative and deceitful accounting of time, and intimidation and harassment of nurses who choose to inquire.

in your example above, it does makes sense, but you're still getting ripped off. for the exact same situation i get your "double time" ...and another half; meaning that for the same time frame, i'm getting a dollar value of 2.50, while you're getting 2.00, and many respondents in this thread getting substantially less than that. if i worked on the national holiday; i get paid at time and a half (just like overtime), plus they give me another day off at straight time (added together that makes double time and a half for the value for working on a holiday).

nurses need to wise up to the fact that their employer is not above ripping them off... :angryfire

this is why i would always support the unions.

one of the first things i noticed when i worked for a union shop in healthcare was the nice list of holidays, the discussion on holiday pay, as well as the incremental pay raises associated with time in service, and other benefits dealing with pay, vacation, sick leave, etc. it was as if i was respected as an employee. and the employer representatives skillfully pointed out the benefits of working for this employer. i listened to what they had to say. however, the pay check talked louder than they did, and it certainly screamed at me in comparision to the pay check i was getting from my non-union employer.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

When I worked nights I got holiday pay for whatever portion of the day I worked. Since I worked both Sunday and Monday nights and most holidays were on Monday, I normally got seven hours for the AM (midnight to 0700) and the remaining five hours for Monday evening (1900-midnight).

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When I worked nights I got holiday pay for whatever portion of the day I worked. Since I worked both Sunday and Monday nights and most holidays were on Monday, I normally got seven hours for the AM (midnight to 0700) and the remaining five hours for Monday evening (1900-midnight).

At least this makes sense. And according to this I am due 7 hours of holiday pay because I worked a total of 8 hours on the holiday, not one.

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Holiday time where I worked previously was 11PM the night before a holiday (i.e Christmas Eve at 11 PM)) to 11 PM the night of the holiday (i.e. Christmas night 11 PM))

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This employer is just plain stingy. I think they paid the one hour because they want to be able to say they pay holiday pay, when in fact, they would not pay the one hour if it were up to them. They want to mislead people. I have to see what the Labor Board says about this because it bothers me to be taken advantage of. The low pay to begin with is enough of an insult.

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