Overtime pay

Penelope_Pitstop, BSN, RN · Jul 3, 2017

Sounds about right based on my experience. At a lot of places 36 hours equaling full-time means that the position is eligible for full-time benefits at no added cost (unlike part-time employees who will pay more for benefits and earn less PTO) but that overtime will not be paid out until that 40 hour mark is reached. I've always had everything based on an 80-hour two-week pay period, though. Principle is the same.

Sour Lemon · Jul 3, 2017

I am curious to know how other hospitals handle overtime. I work 36hrs per week (considered full time) but don't get overtime pay until I hit 40 hours. If I work over 12 hours in a day, anything over 12 is OT (time and a half). If we are called and asked to pick up an extra day but get cancelled later in the week there is no extra pay. If we do work a 4th day in a week, we don't get OT until we hit 40 hours. Regarding holidays, we only get holiday pay if we work the holiday. If we pick up an extra (4th) day during a week in which a holiday lands, it isn't OT. What do other hospitals do? Do any of you get added OT incentives or bonuses during staffing shortages? I am very curious!

I've worked in two hospitals in California. Both paid double-time after more than 12 hours in one day and one paid time and a half after more than 8 hours in one day (so 4 hours of overtime every shift). More than 40 hours a week was also time and a half ...and getting canceled deducted from your total hours just like working extra days added on to them.

All full time employees got 8 hours of holiday pay whether they worked the holiday, or not ...and the people who worked got that 8 hours of pay plus time and a half for the actual holiday.

Incentives at my current hospital are not usually offered because they typically staff well and people are willing to come in. Occasionally, one can bargain for a specific unit or task, though. "I'll come in, but only as a sitter.", or "I'll come in, but I don't want to float to tele." or "I'll come in today, but I want Saturday off instead."

Atl-Murse · Jul 3, 2017

California is maybe the exception. OT pay starts after 40 hrs of actual physical work not time credit. Dose not matter if it take 2 or 5 days to reach 40 hours .