No 12 hour shifts in Southern California LTC?

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Oct 16, 2016

Perhaps the reason is because California is the only state in the entire country that is legally mandated to pay daily overtime (time and a half) for any time worked that exceeds 8 hours. Hence, hours 8 through 12 would be paid at time and a half.

Many hospitals have exemptions, but many nursing homes and SNFs do not.

VegGal, BSN, RN · Oct 18, 2016

Thank you for your response. That does make a lot of sense.

Sour Lemon · Oct 18, 2016

We also get double pay for any hours in excess of twelve. So leaving "a little late" here and there can get very expensive. I'm not sure if there are exemptions for that, or not. I've only had two California jobs. One paid overtime after eight hours and the other did not- but they both paid double time after twelve hours.

VANurse2010 · Oct 18, 2016

Just curious why 12 hour shifts are so rare in Southern California LTC facilities? I've worked as a nurse (LPN & RN) in a couple different states and have always found LTC with 12 hour shifts. Just seems to be very rare in Southern CA. Any idea why?

I've never seen a long term care facility routinely do 12 hour shifts. It must be regional

VegGal, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2016

We also get double pay for any hours in excess of twelve. So leaving "a little late" here and there can get very expensive. I'm not sure if there are exemptions for that, or not. I've only had two California jobs. One paid overtime after eight hours and the other did not- but they both paid double time after twelve hours.

Oh, I didn't know that re double time, Sour Lemon. Thanks for that info.

VegGal, BSN, RN · Oct 19, 2016

I've never seen a long term care facility routinely do 12 hour shifts. It must be regional

VANurse, maybe it is. I've worked as an LPN and / RN in Colorado and Tennessee and a CNA in Pennsylvania many years ago, and all three states have had 12 hour shifts in LTC, so that's pretty much what I've been used to, and found that California not having 12 hour shifts rather odd, but I understand why now if they're mandated to pay the time and a half and even double time. Wow!