Incentive Pay and Overtime

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Hello. I am a new nurse who has been working at my hospital for 6 months. My job offers an shift incentive pay usually $9-$12/hr. I am just curious on how this works with overtime pay. Does the incentive pay get added onto the overtime rate? Can someone explain? Thanks.

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Usually it is added on separately and not included as a base for the overtime rate. Scenario: $30 base = $45 overtime rate. If you worked premium (incentive hours) on overtime it would be $45/hr + $9 (for example) to equal $54/hr.

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Oh ok. Makes sense! Thanks for the clarification!

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