Question about biweekly nightshift paychecks

[felicity1188]

Hi everyone,

I am a recently graduated RN. I have what may be a silly question to many nightshift nurses. I have accepted a nightshift position, 7p-7a, at my local hospital. We are paid biweekly. My question concerns when I work on a Saturday night. Our payperiod runs from Sun-Sat. If, say, the pay period runs from July 31st through August 13th and I were to work August 13th, will my check reflect the whole 12 hour shift, even though technically, after midnight, the remaining 7 hours are now on August 14th?? I just wanted to know that when I get my check biweekly, unless I take a day off without PTO or work overtime, that it will be about the same.

Thanks,

felicity1188

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

I work 12-hour nights and my entire shifts are reflected in my paycheck, not partial hours.

However, I previously worked at one place where time would 'go in' at 6:00 in the morning, meaning that night shifters who worked the last night of the pay period would see the last 1.5 hours of that shift cut from their upcoming paycheck and tacked onto the next paycheck, assuming they got off at 7:30am.

Since different facilities may have varying ways of handling night shift hours, perhaps your human resources or payroll department would be the best resource for answering this question. Good luck to you!

[SnowStar4]

From what I have seen it depends on the facility. I have seen it where the shift is split strictly by calender days, and also where a night shift counts as the day on which it starts. Best bet is to ask your HR person as TheCommuter suggested.

[Aurora77]

You'll have to ask your supervisor. Mine goes Sun-Sat and my Sat night (technically Sun morning) goes to the previous week's pay period, no different than day shift.

[loriangel14, RN]

If I work a night shift on a Saturday night at the end of the pay period that whole shift shows up on that pay.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

The end of the pay period is usually a week before payday...:)

[carolmaccas66, BSN, RN]

Our pays run from Mon-Sun, and payslips must be faxed and/or scanned/emailed to work by end of business Tuesday. So the pay offices Sunday ends on the nightshift period, because even though ur going into Monday, u started work on a Sunday night, so that is their Sunday end of pay week. U don't get paid half of Sunday and half of Monday. So nurses who start days on a Monday, start working the new pay week.

Does that make sense? Why didn't u just call the pay office and ask them or email them? I contact them all the time with queries & they don't mind.