Is this overtime at your facility?

[frankiebaby]

Ok maybe a dumb question, but sometimes I'm asked to work Day shift (7-3) and then come back 8 hours later and work Noc shift (11-7a). My facility doesn't consider this overtime because I have 8 hours off in between shifts. But with the driving back and forth, not to mention trying to get some sleep at odd hours it really isn't much of a break. Do all facilities do this or is mine "special"?

Any info would be great. Thanks!

[aprilr]

Our facility considers anything over 8 hours a day overtime. But if you work 8 hours then have 8 off and come back, it wouldn't be overtime. Also anything over 80 hours in the two week pay period is overtime. It doesn't matter how many hours you have in one week, it has to be in the pay period.

[BookwormRN]

We get OT for anything over 8 hours in a day, but I think it has to be consecutive hours.

[loriangel14, RN]

Where I work anything less than 12 hours between shifts is OT. So if I work evenings1530-2330 and then get asked to come in for days 0730-1530 the next day then I would get OT for the day shift. We are unionized and this part of the contract.

[Otessa, BSN, RN]

Overtime in my facility was over 8 hours(in a row)-if you normally worked 8 hour shifts or over 40 hours in a week. If you normally worked a 12 hour shift then you wouldn't be eligible for overtime until you worked over 12 hours(in a row).

otessa

[frankiebaby]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I do get OT if I work over 8 hours in a row, but not if there is a break in between. After 8 hours, the next consecutive 4 hours are time and a half, and anything more is double-time.

And no, my facility does not require me to work the split double, I only do it once in a while to help out.

I really shouldn't be complaining, they do treat us well there. One example is that our shifts are only 8 hours long but they pay us for 10. Awesome, I know! They call it a break penalty because we technically don't get a break. We do have time to sit and eat but we don't clock out for this because we can be interrupted at anytime (like every other floor job, I know!). Well my facility rewards us for this little inconvenience with 2 hours extra pay!!

Thanks again to everyone for sharing your facilities policies!

[Plagueis]

For me to get OT, I have to work more than 80 hours in a 2-week pay period. It does not matter what hours achieves that in the meantime, if I want OT, it has to be more than 80 over 2 weeks.

ETA : I recall getting screwed on this once, as they scheduled me for a 60 hour week, and then a PT week "to make-up for it", and I didn't get any OT for working (over) 60 hours that week.

The same thing happened to me almost 15 years ago: I worked as a janitor, and the employer didn't allow anyone to work more than 80-hours in two weeks, but had many of us working 60-70 hours one week, 10-20 the next, but not get any overtime for the 60-hour week, arguing that since the pay system was twice a month, and not weekly, this was perfectly legal. I heard that it's not, but I don't know for sure.

Where I work, anything over 8 hours in a day is OT, so in the OP's scenario, I would be entitled to OT pay.

[jennylevi]

Are you in California and do you work for any Regents of CA hospital such as UCLA or USF where they have a union contract? I do wage and hour work in CA and without a union contract, as a general rule, you should get overtime for all hours in excess of 8 in any one period of 24 hours, or excess of 40 hours in any consecutive 7 day period. It will depend on your state and a possilby a few more facts about yor specific employer and situation.

[lvnandmomx3]

California labor law is over 40 hours a week or 8 hours a day.

[Fiona59]

Thank god for unions.

It's written right into my contract. An employee works 7.75 hour shifts is required to have 15.5 hours between shifts. Failure to have the required time results in OT (double time). I've worked 15-23 and had to be back at 07 the next morning and been paid the OT rate.

Anything over your scheduled shift is also OT.

[RNKPCE]

We get double time if you return to work in less than 8 hours and 1.5 time if you return to work in less than 12 hours.

[carrie13]

At my hospital anything over 40 hours per week or over what you are hired to work in a 24 hour period is overtime. So if you are hired for 8-hour shifts and work a 12-hour shift you would get 4 hours of overtime for the extra 4 hours worked. So in your situation it would be overtime from 11pm-midnight only. Then the next 24 hour period would start and it would be base pay from midnight til 7am.

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

At my place of employment, no overtime accrues until one has worked in excess of 40 hours in one week. Anything less than 40 hours is straight time. Anything in excess of 40 hours is time and one-half pay.