On call pay?

tewdles, RN · Dec 24, 2009

$3/hr. straight pay from the call until you return home (unless you are over 40hr for that week). they don't pay the on call amt when you are on the clock even tho you continue to carry the pager and must respond to other calls. non union.

mamamerlee, LPN · Dec 24, 2009

Every place I have worked has had a different set of rules. They will pay as little as they can get away with. It's usually better if there is a union or some kind of bargaining unit. What's really sad is that these figures haven't changed much in 25 years.....

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Dec 24, 2009

We used to get $50 for being on call for a weekend. If we got called and went in, it was time and a half. Did it for 2 years...only had to go in once....during a huge blizzard.

dmc_rrt · Dec 25, 2009

$2.75, then $4.25 when on call greater then 72hrs

marlboroking · Dec 25, 2009

Our call pay is about $2.25. I think they should at least give you base pay for being on call. Why? Because the hospital is asking you to stay in a certain mile radius during call. The rule is that I must be within close proximity to the hospital. If they are asking me to stay within a certain mile radius, then they should pay for that.

tewdles, RN · Dec 25, 2009

the on call pay I described was a 90-150hr/mo requirement of the job. some weeks we were "out" a lot, sort of depends on the census, etc.

Nascar nurse, ASN, RN · Dec 26, 2009

We get NOTHING. It is an expectation of the job and if you want the job, you will take your rotation of being on-call.

I looked up years ago in my states labor rules and this is perfectly legal, although it sucks.

txredheadnurse, BSN, RN · Dec 26, 2009

We are on call round the clock for our homes from 8AM Mon until 5PM and we rotate call on the weekends and holidays.

We get paid our normal hourly rate when on call. However we only get paid for the actual clock time spent dealing with a call. In other words when I get a page or phone call the clock starts ticking and covers the time I have to spend doing associated paperwork. Sounds nice, huh? Not really. If you exceed 15 minutes on any 1 page then you had better have a dazzling explanation as to why. And if you have to go physically assess a client or do some other task requiring your actual presence away from your home then you will not be paid for the travel time. You will get paid for the mileage to the site but....not from your home to the site. The mileage is counted from the main office to the site. Also if you are doing your own call weekend the expectation is you will flex out the on call times during your work week so you will not have any overtime. Having overtime kicks off a whole other process of justification, documentation and lectures for not managing your time wisely.

I have also been in the management on call part for this same company. That was every other week for the entire week. Since I was salaried we did not receive a penny for being on call. The expectation was we would fill in for any missing shifts and still do our 40 hours of our job that week. Heaven forbid if you tried to flex out your time after working 16+ hours doing your job then a shift on the floor. If you did that you received numerous in services, memos, emails and lectures about "wise time management". That was especially galling coming from folks who never, ever had to fill in for a missing shift worker. Sorry guys I am human and when I have been awake over 24 hours and been at work I am going home and going to bed no matter how you view it.

OK :spbox: mode off lol.

tewdles, RN · Dec 26, 2009

We get NOTHING. It is an expectation of the job and if you want the job, you will take your rotation of being on-call.
I looked up years ago in my states labor rules and this is perfectly legal, although it sucks.

I hope you are a salaried professional with this type of responsibility written into your job description. Otherwise you are being taken advantage of, IMHO.

Nascar nurse, ASN, RN · Dec 27, 2009

I hope you are a salaried professional with this type of responsibility written into your job description. Otherwise you are being taken advantage of, IMHO.

I am salaried now, but wasn't for the first 10 years of this. Even an unit manager, staff development and MDS coordinator, it is written into the job description and expectation of the job. Seems to be the norm around here, as all the other local LTC's do the same thing.